"The micro manufacturing of ceramic components is technologically challenging especially when complex shapes and micro features are required. A hybrid manufacturing chain is developed for non-sintered(green) blanks machined using sequentially a cutting tool and a laser source. During the preparation of the green blank, a binder is added to the powder to improve compaction. The amount of binder can ...

Abstract : "Manufacturing of advanced ceramic parts exhibiting complex geometries is laborious and expensive. Traditionally, the machining is carried out on a so-called ‘green ceramic’: a compact composed of ceramic powder held with the help of a binder. This difficulty is due not only to the composition of the material, but also to the lack of methods that determine optimal machining parameters. ...

" This article aims to make a review of the existing benchmark artifacts and to summarize the main requirements chosen by authors. From this state of the art, a new benchmark artifact is proposed by adapting an existing one to fulfil its missing characteristics. Measurements possibilities in terms of dimensions are enumerated and organized using ISO 286 dimensional intervals as presented in the ...

Contribution to ESAFORM2021. Abstract : "When modelling a cutting operation, the constitutive model of the machined material is one of the key parameters to obtain accurate and realistic results. Up to now, the Johnson-Cook model is still the most used, even if an increasing number of models, such as the Hyperbolic TANgent (TANH) model, were introduced last years to overcome its limitations and ...

Abstract : "The number of FabLabs has been steadily increasing over the last few years. Their main objectives are to sensitize its public on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education through the digital manufacturing chain of an object and to allow the large public to make their own objects. Through, the increasing popularization of these advanced technologies, it becomes more ...

Abstract : "Yttrium oxide tetragonal zirconia polycrystals (Y-TZP) is an inert bioceramic used for many bio-implantable applications that request a high accuracy which is difficult to achieve with the current technologies. Laser machining of hard ceramic is difficult because the interaction of the laser beam with the material can lead to microcracks and surface modifications of the microstructure. ...

Contribution to euspen’s 20th International Conference & Exhibition (Geneva, CH, June 2020) Abstract : "The ceramic microcomponents have very interesting mechanical and thermal properties in an extreme environment such as a high temperature, a corrosive environment, etc. Unfortunately, the principal limitation of ceramic material usage is its shaping because of the brittlness of the material. ...

Abstract : "The demand for inert bioceramics is always increasing in the dental field. Yttrium oxide tetragonal zirconia polycrystals (Y-TZP) are oxide ceramics which are currently used because of their interesting mechanical properties due to a toughening transformation. Industrially speaking, machining of the ceramic before sintering (green body) is very common because it allows a better productivity ...

Abstract : "Laser beam machining of Y-TZP engineering ceramic material is carried out in green stage to increase the material removal rate. The generation of hot spots may cause local sintering of the ceramic material leading to a decrease of the mechanical properties of the final sintered component. This paper presents the implementation of alternative laser beam paths to reduce the hot spots ...

"Additive manufacturing is feeding great hopes for future developments in fields such as aeronautical, biomedical and rapid tooling industrssssies. However, limitations are still restricting its use to make prototypes and hampering mass production. In the case of titanium alloy printing (e.g. Ti6Al4V) with the EBM (Electron Beam Melting) process, the major obstacle to use parts directly after printing ...