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http://dx.doi.org/10.4150/KPMI.2014.21.3.215

A study on the Powder Injection Molding of Translucent Alumina via Flowability Simulation of Powder/Binder Mixture  

Kim, Hyung Soo (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University)
Byun, Jong Min (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University)
Kim, Se Hoon (Material Convergence & Design R&D Center, KATECH)
Kim, Young Do (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University)
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Journal of Powder Materials / v.21, no.3, 2014 , pp. 215-221 More about this Journal
Abstract
Translucent alumina is a potential candidate for high temperature application as a replacement of the glass or polymer. Recently, due to the increasing demand of high power light emitting diode (LED), there is a growing interest in the translucent alumina. Since the translucent property is very sensitive to the internal defect, such as voids inside or abnormal grain growth of sintered alumina, it is important to fabricate the defect-free product through the fabrication process. Powder injection molding (PIM) has been commonly applied for the fabrication of complex shaped products. Among the many parameters of PIM, the flowability of powder/binder mixture becomes more significant especially for the shape of the cavity with thin thickness. Two different positions of the gate were applied during PIM using the disc type of die. The binder was removed by solvent extraction method and the brown compact was sintered at $1750^{\circ}C$ for 3 hours in a vacuum. The flowability was also simulated using moldflow (MPI 6.0) with two different types of gate. The effect of the flowability of powder/binder mixture on the microstructure of the sintered specimen was studied with the analysis of the simulation result.
Keywords
Powder Injection Molding; Translucent alumina; Flow front; Shear rate; Simulation;
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