KITZMANTEL , Michael

Hoy en día el interés por desarrollar nuevos materiales que satisfagan las necesidades tecnológicas, conlleva a un estudio continuo en la innovación de los procesos de fabricación. La ventaja que ofrecen las técnicas pulvimetalúrgicas de procesado en caliente convencional (HP) y directa (dHP), suponen un ahorro en tiempo que puede favorecer la...

Dentro de las técnicas más innovadoras de fabricación aditiva, va cogiendo fuerza la denominada Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) o Fabricación por Filamento Fundido. Tradicionalmente, sólo se han producido piezas en materiales poliméricos (FDM, Fused Deposition Modelling), pero las ventajas que presenta han estimulado la investigación y...

High specific modulus materials are considered excellent for the aerospace industry. The system Ti-TiAl-B4C is presented herein as an alternative material. Secondary phases formed in situ during fabrication vary depending on the processing conditions and composition of the starting materials. The final behaviors of these materials are therefore...

En cuanto a los materiales compuestos de base titanio (TMC), sus propiedades dependen en gran medida del material de refuerzo empleado para su fabricación; dando lugar a una gran diversidad de investigaciones sobre los TMCs. Considerando la diversa tipología del refuerzo, en este estudio se trabajó con seis tipos de partículas cerámicas: B₄C,...

La fabricación aditiva ha despertado gran interés en la industria metalúrgica debido a que la producción de piezas cercanas a su geometría final reduce los costes de producción comparado con los métodos de fabricación tradicional, ahorrando en energía, tiempo de producción y materia prima. El ahorro en material es especialmente significativo si...

This research is focused on the influence of processing temperature on titanium matrix composites reinforced through Ti, Al, and B4C reactions. In order to investigate the effect of Ti-Al based intermetallic compounds on the properties of the composites, aluminum powder was incorporated into the starting materials. In this way, in situ TixAly...

This work focuses on the study of the microstructure, hardening, and stiffening effect caused by the secondary phases formed in titanium matrices. These secondary phases originated from reactions between the matrix and boron particles added in the starting mixtures of the composites. Not only was the composite composition studied as an...

The purpose of this research is to study the influence of the processing conditions that affect the final behaviour of specimens made from a 17-4PH composition powder without the necessary thermal treatment to be considered 17-4PH, which is manufactured using the additive technique known as plasma metal deposition (PMD). To that end, two walls...

Plasma metal deposition (PMD) is an interesting additive technique whereby diverse materials can be employed to produce end parts with complex geometries. This study investigates not only the effects of the manufacturing conditions on the final properties of 316L stainless steel specimens by PMD, but it also affords an opportunity to study how...

This research was carried out to determinate the effect of the atmosphere processing conditions (air and argon) and two specific thermal treatments, on the properties of specimens made from the nickel-based alloy Hastelloy C-22 by plasma transferred arc (PTA). Firstly, the additive manufacturing parameters were optimized. Following, two walls...

In this work, a study of the influence of the starting materials and the processing time used to developW/Cu alloys is carried out. Regarding powder metallurgy as a promising fabrication route, the difficulties in producingW/Cu alloys motivated us to investigate the influential factors on the final properties of the most industrially demanding...

In the last decade, titanium metal matrix composites (TMCs) have received considerable attention thanks to their interesting properties as a consequence of the clear interface between the matrix and the reinforcing phases formed. In this work, TMCs with 30 vol % of B4C are consolidated by hot pressing. This technique is a powder metallurgy...

La necesidad de fabricar piezas de geometrías complejas empleando materiales ligeros con altas propiedades, en el sector aeroespacial conlleva al uso de técnicas cada vez más flexibles y con mayor complejidad técnica. Este es el caso de los procesos de fabricación aditiva capa por capa (Additive Manufacturing, AM). La posibilidad de diseñar...

This study aims at the analysis of the reaction layer between titanium matrices and reinforcements: B4C particles and/or intermetallic TixAly. Likewise, the importance of these reactions was observed; this was particularly noteworthy as regard coherence with the obtained results and the parameters tested. Accordingly, five starting material...

La constante necesidad de mejora en el sector aeronáutico y aeroespacial introdujo el uso de materiales compuestos de matriz metálica, para lograr propiedades excelentes con reducción de peso. Dadas las buenas características del titanio, éste fue considerado excelente candidato para constituirse como matriz de materiales compuestos de...