• Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.41-49
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• 2021

3D printing techniques have been recently adopted in the construction industry. It mainly utilizes additive manufacturing which is the fabrication process depositing successive layers of materials without any formworks. Conventional cementitious materials may not be directly applicable to 3D printing because 3D printable cementitious materials is required to satisfy such characteristics as pumpability, extrudability, and buildability in a fresh state. This study aimed to investigate rheological properties and required performances of 3D printable cementitious materials, by reviewing existing studies. Test methods and equipments, evaluation results and characteristics of mixture additives were compared. Based on reviews of existing studies, this study indicates that the viscosity is mainly relevant to the pumpability of 3D printable materials whereas the yield stress and thixotropy are important in securing buildability of the materials.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.140-145
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• 2023

Although the Ti-6Al-4V alloy has been used in the aircraft industry owing to its excellent mechanical properties and low density, the low formability of the alloy hinders broadening its applications. Recently, laser-powder bed fusion (L-PBF) has become a novel process for overcoming the limitations of the alloy (i.e., low formability), owing to the high degree of design freedom for the geometry of products having outstanding performance used in high-tech applications. In this study, to investigate the effect of bulk shape on the microstructure and mechanical properties of L-PBFed Ti-6Al-4V alloys, two types of samples are fabricated using L-PBF: thick and thin samples. The thick sample exhibits lower strength and higher ductility than the thin sample owing to the larger grain size and lower residual dislocation density of the thick sample because of the heat input during the L-PBF process.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.208-215
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• 2021

Metal three-dimensional (3D) printing is an important emerging processing method in powder metallurgy. There are many successful applications of additive manufacturing. However, processing parameters such as laser power and scan speed must be manually optimized despite the development of artificial intelligence. Automatic calibration using information in an additive manufacturing database is desirable. In this study, 15 commercial pure titanium samples are processed under different conditions, and the 3D pore structures are characterized by X-ray tomography. These samples are easily classified into three categories, unmelted, well melted, or overmelted, depending on the laser energy density. Using more than 10,000 projected images for each category, convolutional neural networks are applied, and almost perfect classification of these samples is obtained. This result demonstrates that machine learning methods based on X-ray tomography can be helpful to automatically identify more suitable processing parameters.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.54 no.3
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• pp.285-292
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• 2016

Three-dimensional (3D) printing is driving major innovation in various areas including engineering, manufacturing, art, education and biosciences such as biochemical engineering, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Recent advances have enabled 3D printing of biocompatible materials, cells and supporting components into complex 3D functional tissues. Compared with non-biological printing, 3D bioprinting involves additional complexities which require the integration of technologies from the fields of biochemical engineering, biomaterial sciences, cell biology, physics, pharmaceutics and medical science.

• Composites Research
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.192-201
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• 2018

The use of 3D printing for rapid tooling and manufacturing has promised to produce components with complex geometries according to computer designs and it is emerging as the next generation key of manufacturing. Due to the intrinsically limited mechanical/electrical properties and functionalities of printed pure polymer parts, there is a critical need to develop 3D printable polymer composites with high performance. This article gives a review on 3D printing techniques of polymer composite materials and the properties and performance of 3D printed composite parts as well as their potential applications in the various fields.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.123-129
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• 2023

High-temperature and high-pressure post-processing applied to sintered thermoelectric materials can create nanoscale defects, thereby enhancing their thermoelectric performance. Here, we investigate the effect of hot isostatic pressing (HIP) as a post-processing treatment on the thermoelectric properties of p-type Bi_0.5Sb_1.5Te_3.0 compounds sintered via spark plasma sintering. The sample post-processed via HIP maintains its electronic transport properties despite the reduced microstructural texturing. Moreover, lattice thermal conductivity is significantly reduced owing to activated phonon scattering, which can be attributed to the nanoscale defects created during HIP, resulting in an ~18% increase in peak zT value, which reaches ~1.43 at 100℃. This study validates that HIP enhances the thermoelectric performance by controlling the thermal transport without having any detrimental effects on the electronic transport properties of thermoelectric materials.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.134-145
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• 2016

최근 3D 프린팅이 제조업의 혁신을 이끌 새로운 키워드로 주목을 받으면서 하드웨어인 3D 프린터를 비롯해 각종 프린팅 재료, 프린팅 대상을 만들 수 있는 3D 저작 및 편집 소프트웨어에 이르기까지 관련 분야에 대한 관심과 지원이 빠르게 확산되는 추세다. 특히, 개인의 아이디어를 3D 프린터로 직접 출력할 수 있다는 점이 강조되면서 개인용 3D 콘텐츠 제작을 위해 필요한 저작/편집도구의 수요가 급격히 증가하고 있다. 더불어 3D 프린팅 출력 대상이 개인화되고 사용자의 기호에 따른 맞춤형으로 변하면서, 3D 콘텐츠 제작에 필수적인 소프트웨어 개발 업체의 영향력이 하드웨어 제조사보다 더욱 커지고 있다. 3D 프린팅 관련 세계적 기술 및 수요 변화에 발맞춰 본고에서는 3D 프린팅용 콘텐츠를 제작할 수 있는 3D 저작/편집도구 및 연구동향을 살펴보고, 다양한 응용을 목적으로 ETRI에서 개발 중인 3D 프린팅용 편집기술을 소개하고자 한다.

• 프린팅코리아
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• v.13 no.10
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• pp.92-92
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• 2014

스타라타시스(지사장 다니얼 톰슨, www.stratasys.com)는 지난 9월 18일 독보적인 트리플 젯 기술을 탑재한 복합재료 3D 프린터 '오브젯500 코넥스1'과 오브젯500 코넥스2'를 출시했다고 밝혔다.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.56 no.7
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• pp.40-44
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• 2016

1980년대 처음 세상에 등장한 3D프린팅기술은 시제품을 빠르고 경제적으로 생산하려는 초기의 목적에서 나아가 현재에는 직접 제품생산에 적용하려는 시도들이 이루어지고 있다. 하지만 이를 극복하기 위해서는 몇 가지 해결해야 할 문제들 또한 존재하는 것이 현실이다. 전자제품의 회로 제작에 3D프린팅기술을 적용하기 위한 기술들이 개발되고 있으며, 이는 기존의 플라스틱 재료를 이용하는 3D프린팅기술과 전도성 재료를 토출하여 도선을 성형하는 기술이 융합된 하이브리드 3D프린팅기술로 발전되고 있다. 입체전자기술로 알려지고 있는 이 기술은 단일 공정으로 다양한 소재를 사용하여 구동이 가능한 회로소자를 제작할 수 있기 때문에 주문형 회로소자, 웨어러블 디바이스 및 플렉서블 디바이스 등의 개발에 매우 유용하게 적용이 가능할 것으로 기대된다. 향후에는 복잡한 회로소자 제작기술로 발전할 것이며 따라서, 현재의 반도체 제작공정을 대체할 수 있는 기술로 발전이 가능할 것이다.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.189-194
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• 2019

This thesis aimed to apply the 3D-printing technology rapidly introduced to the overall industry to jewelry design. In the results of examining preceding researches, out of 3D-printing methods, the FMD method was used the most in design area. However, for jewelry design, the 3D-printing is used for casting process out of production processes, so that the printing method is not FMD, but DLP. Thus, the researcher examined the material functions and applicability of jewelry design through research works, by applying the 3D-printing in DLP method to jewelry design. In the results, brooches were completed by applying the 3D-printing to the jewelry design with no casting process, and then utilizing enamel and pure silver together. Producing light and solid completed products in various colors, they were verified as applicable materials. Also, as the size and form of curved design mainly used for non-geometric jewelry design could be accurately predicted through Rhino CAD, diverse possibilities of advancement to be easily used for the development of formative form of jewelry design in the future were revealed.