Experimental additive manufacturing of green body of SiC/Graphite functionally graded materials by stereolithography

Ueta, Shohei   ; Imai, Yoshiyuki  ; Watanabe, Masashi  ; Segawa, Tomoomi; Yan, X. 

Ceramic stereolithography (CSL)-additive manufacturing (AM) technology is used to create a functionally graded ceramic (FGC) green body made of silicon carbide (SiC) and graphite. For the SiC/graphite FGC, the mixing parameters of ceramics powders and ultraviolet (UV) curing resin are improved, and correlations of the resultant slurry curing depth with integrated light intensity are discovered. Therefore, the SiC/graphite FGC-produced green body has no flaws, pores, or cracks on its surfaces. According to the association between cure depth and integrated light density for each slurry's composition, several interfacial collapses discovered in a cracked cross-section might be decreased.