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Electroplating as an Innovative Joining Method for Laser Additive Manufactured Components Made of AlSi10Mg

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Powder bed fusion (PBF) enables the manufacturing of complex structures. While part consolidation is a widespread method of utilizing the design potentials of additive manufacturing, new approaches in research suggest a systematic separation of parts. Conclusively, separated parts must be joined after the manufacturing process. In this paper, electroplating is proposed as a joining process for PBF fabricated components. The joining by electroplating process is described and successfully used to join PBF manufactured tension rods. The influence of the joining geometry on the buildup of the joint is investigated. Furthermore, tensile strength and failure causes of the joined specimens are determined. Tensile strength for nickel joined specimens is 127.4 MPa and for copper joined specimens 83.2 MPa. Causes of failure are delamination in the zinc layer and fracture of the base body. The tool-free character of the process holds potential for joining complex geometries in PBF.

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    Kris Rudolph, Marco Noack, Maximilian Hausmann & Eckhard Kirchner

  2. Eduard-Zintl-Institut für Anorganische und Physikalische Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany

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Rudolph, K., Noack, M., Hausmann, M., Kirchner, E., Babaei, P. (2023). Electroplating as an Innovative Joining Method for Laser Additive Manufactured Components Made of AlSi10Mg. In: Lachmayer, R., Bode, B., Kaierle, S. (eds) Innovative Product Development by Additive Manufacturing 2021. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05918-6_11

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