Current status of liquid metal printing

TY Ansell - Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review focuses on the current state of the art in liquid metal additive manufacturing
(AM), an emerging and growing family of related printing technologies used to fabricate near …

Piezoelectric micro-jet devices: A review

H Li, J Liu, K Li, Y Liu - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2019 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric micro-jet devices (PMJDs), also known as piezoelectric inkjet printing, are
used to distribute the functional materials to form single or complex microstructures on a …

Asymmetric molten pool morphology in wire-arc directed energy deposition: Evolution mechanism and suppression strategy

H Cao, R Huang, H Yi, ML Liu, L Jia - Additive Manufacturing, 2022 - Elsevier
Symmetric molten pool morphology is essential and fundamental in manufacturing three-
dimensional (3D) components by wire-arc directed energy deposition (DED) method …

Gas entrapment and pore formation in metal droplet-based 3D printing

H Yi, Z Wang, J Li, J Luo, H Cao, L Qi - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Gas entrapment behavior during metal droplet deposition tends to form pore defects and
discourages interfacial bonding between droplets, resulting in lower densities and poorer …

Heat accumulation effect in metal droplet-based 3D printing: Evolution mechanism and elimination Strategy

M Liu, H Yi, H Cao, R Huang, L Jia - Additive Manufacturing, 2021 - Elsevier
Uniform morphology and good metallurgical bonding between neighboring droplets are
crucial in metal droplet-based 3D printing. However, this technique is usually accompanied …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into drop-on-demand metal additive manufacturing through an integrated experimental and computational study

N Gilani, NT Aboulkhair, M Simonelli, M East… - Additive …, 2021 - Elsevier
Drop-on-demand metal jetting is a recent additive manufacturing technology opening new
opportunities for the fabrication of complex single and multi-metal components. MetalJet, the …

Deposition behavior optimization of on-demand tin droplet with gravity based on piezoelectric micro-jet

Y Feng, J Liu, H Li, X Ma, P Du, K Li, Y Liu - International Journal of Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
Metal droplet ejection has a wide application prospect in the field of additive manufacturing
in recent years. Dispensing the droplet along the gravitational direction has been invested …

Hole-defects in soluble core assisted aluminum droplet printing: Metallurgical mechanisms and elimination methods

H Yi, L Qi, J Luo, N Li - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Using droplet-based 3D printing to directly fabricate microwave devices with smooth inner
surfaces remains an elusive goal, because of the naturally scalloped shapes of solidified …

Direct fabrication of metal tubes with high-quality inner surfaces via droplet deposition over soluble cores

H Yi, L Qi, J Luo, D Zhang, N Li - Journal of Materials Processing …, 2019 - Elsevier
Droplet-based 3D printing is very promising for the fabrication of complex thin-wall
microwave devices such as antenna horns and waveguide tubes since it can print a shell by …

Metal droplet deposition: from foundation to engineering manufacturing

H Yi, Z Wang, H Cao, M Liu, J Li - Advanced Engineering …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metal droplet deposition is of fundamental importance in many industrial and manufacturing
processes. An in‐depth understanding of the fundamental issues of metal droplet deposition …