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Analysis of rheological behaviour of titanium feedstocks formulated with a water-soluble binder system for powder injection moulding

Abstract
Binder selection and formulation are critical in powder injection moulding. Binders play a key role in controlling the rheological properties of a feedstock and influence whether the resulting feedstock can be successfully injection moulded, debound and sintered without defects. A four-step process was used to mix hydride-dehydride titanium alloy (processed) powder (Ti-6Al-4 V) with a polyethylene glycol (PEG) based water soluble binder system. The rheological properties, including flow behaviour index, flow activation energy, fluidity and melt flow index of the homogeneous feedstock, were determined with a capillary rheometer. All feedstock formulations exhibited shear thinning flow behaviour. The optimum feedstock consisting of 60 vol.% powder content, 32 vol.% PEG, 6 vol.% polyvinyl butyryl and 2 vol.% stearic acid was suitable for titanium injection moulding.
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Thavanayagam, G., Pickering, K. L., Swan, J. E., & Cao, P. (2014). Analysis of rheological behaviour of titanium feedstocks formulated with a water-soluble binder system for powder injection moulding. Powder Technology, 269, 227–232. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2014.09.020
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2014-09
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Elsevier
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This is an author’s accepted version of an article published in the journal: Powder Technology. © 2014 Elsevier Science B.V.