The Project The Project: Dense Eutectic Ceramic Oxide by Additive Manufacturing: Sustainable by Design Materiasl and Technologies (ECOBAM)

The Project: Dense Eutectic Ceramic Oxide by Additive Manufacturing: Sustainable by Design Materiasl and Technologies (ECOBAM)

The general object of the project consists in finding new solutions for the production of Al2O3-based directionally solidified eutectic systems by Additive Manufacturing. Those systems have outstanding mechanical properties and thermal and microstructural stability which makes them ideal candidates at very high temperature (over 1600°C) as structural materials in the aerospace industry. From the point of view of processing, oxide eutectic composite ceramics have been successfully produced by several directional solidification methods that, however, can not be used to obtain fine microstructure, large sample size and complicated shape. Additive Manufacturing has the potential to disrupt the ceramic industry by offering new opportunities to directly manufacture advanced ceramic components without the need for expensive tooling, thereby reducing production costs and lead times and increasing design freedom producing defect-free, fully dense ceramic components. In particular, all the benefits that can be achieved by optimizing the AM process of dense ceramic materials place the project within the research theme “Smart Industry and the development of new materials and processes with zero waste”, as the project is relevant in the context of the circular economy. ECOBAM actions all entail savings of resources, in terms of energy as well as of materials: improved performance components will be produced in shorter times and with lower energy consumption. By ECOBAM innovations, improved sustainability can be obtained for the whole ceramic process chain as will be assessed by LCA analysis. 

Progetto "ECOBAM (E53D23017820001)" Dense Eutectic Ceramic Oxide By Additive Manufacturing: sustainable-by-design materials and technologies, progetto finanziato all’interno del Bando PRIN 2022 PNRR di cui al Decreto Direttoriale n. 1409 del 14/09/2022 nell’ambito del Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza, Missione 4 – Componente 2. Dalla Ricerca all’Impresa - Investimento 1.1 Fondo per il Programma Nazionale della Ricerca (PNR) e Progetti di Ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN), finanziato dall’Unione europea – NextGenerationEU