Binder Jetting Additive Manufacturing of Inconel 718/TiC Metal Matrix Composites: Influence of TiC Content on Processing, Microstructure, Mechanical and Tribological Properties.

This paper investigated the influence of titanium carbide (TiC) content on the processing, microstructure, mechanical and tribological properties of Inconel 718/TiC composites produced by binder jetting additive manufacturing. It was found that increasing the amount of TiC required an increase of the drying intensity during printing due to a decrease in the thermal conductivity of the powder mixture. The sintering process also depended on the TiC content.