A new approach for fabrication of titanium-titanium boride periodic composite via additive manufacturing and pressure-less sintering

This study proposes a new additive manufacturing (AM) based methodology to fabricate periodic metal matrix composite architectures, with a focus on titanium (Ti)-titanium boride whisker (TiBw) composites. The manufacturing method includes binder jetting AM of the titanium matrix reinforced periodically by the extrusion of a custom-developed highly loaded resin, containing titanium di-boride (TiB2) particles. A low-temperature pressure-less...