An additive manufacturing method includes: applying a first liquid slurry including a first liquid carrier and polymeric particles onto a substrate as droplets; applying a second liquid slurry including a second liquid carrier and metallic particles onto the substrate as droplets; heating the droplets to substantially evaporate the first liquid carrier from the polymeric particles and the second liquid carrier from the metallic particles; and applying radiant energy to the polymeric particles and the metallic particles to sinter the polymeric particles and the metallic particles. The first liquid slurry and the second liquid slurry are applied onto the substrate as separate slurries, and the polymeric particles and the metallic particles are nanoparticles.

Embodiments described herein relate generally to systems and methods for using nanocrystalline metal alloy particles or powders to create nanocrystalline and/or microcrystalline metal alloy articles using additive manufacturing. In some embodiments, a manufacturing method for creating articles includes disposing a plurality of nanocrystalline particles and selectively binding the particles together to form the article. In some embodiments, the nanocrystalline particles can be sintered to bind the particles together. In some embodiments, the plurality of nanocrystalline particles can be disposed on a substrate and sintered to form the article. The substrate can be a base or a prior layer of bound particles. In some embodiments, the nanocrystalline particles can be selectively bound together (e.g., sintered) at substantially the same time as they are disposed on the substrate.

The present invention belongs to the technical field of high throughput preparation and hot working of materials, and in particular to a high throughput micro-synthesis method of multi-component materials based on the temperature gradient field controlled by microwave energy. This invention, characterized by flexible material selection, quick temperature rising and high-efficient heating, uses microwave heating both to achieve quick preparation of small block combinatorial materials under the same temperature field in one time and to realize micro-synthesis under the different temperature gradient fields in one time including high-throughput sintering-melting and heat treatment of materials. This invention successfully overcomes drawbacks of current material preparation, such as unitary combination of components, low-efficient external heating, unique control temperature, huge material consumption and high cost during material preparation and heat treatment.

A liquid composition includes copper particles, an organic acid, and a solvent. The copper particle has a particle size of 0.5 m30 m which falls in a micron scale. The liquid composition performs reaction sintering by redox reactions taken place between the copper particles and an organic acid solution at a low temperature of 150 C. in order to produce a dense copper layer and improve the conventional micron-scale copper particles that requires a protective atmosphere for the high-temperature sintering before achieving the required densification. This liquid composition also prevents an excessive oxidation of the nano copper particles during the low-temperature sintering process and a failure of the dense sintering. Due to the agglomeration of nano copper particles, some areas have to be sintered first, so that the sintered products have a good uniformity of tissue and a low resistance below 0.04 ohm per square (/).

An improved electrical contact alloy, useful for example, in vacuum interrupters used in vacuum contactors is provided. The contact alloy according to the disclosed concept comprises copper particles and chromium particles present in a ratio of copper to chromium particles of 2:3 to 20:1 by weight. The electrical contact alloy also comprises particles of a carbide, which reduces the weld break strength of the electrical contact alloy without reducing its interruption performance.

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a sintered bearing having a bearing surface that forms a bearing gap with a shaft to be supported, in its inner periphery. This manufacturing method includes: a compacting step P2 of compacting a base powder containing a diffusion alloyed powder 11 prepared by partially diffusing a copper powder in an iron powder as a main material, a low-melting-point metal powder 14, and a solid lubricant to obtain a green compact, and a sintering step P3 of sintering the green compact 4 to obtain a sintered compact 4.

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a sintered bearing having a bearing surface that forms a bearing gap with a shaft to be supported, in its inner periphery. This manufacturing method includes: a compacting step P2 of compacting a base powder containing a diffusion alloyed powder 11 prepared by partially diffusing a copper powder in an iron powder as a main material, a low-melting-point metal powder 14, and a solid lubricant to obtain a green compact, and a sintering step P3 of sintering the green compact 4 to obtain a sintered compact 4.

Provided in one embodiment is a method, comprising: sintering a plurality of nanocrystalline particulates to form a nanocrystalline alloy, wherein at least some of the nanocrystalline particulates may include a non-equilibrium phase comprising a first metal material and a second metal material, and the first metal material may be soluble in the second metal material. The sintered nanocrystalline alloy may comprise a bulk nanocrystalline alloy.

A manufacturing method of a graphene metal composite material includes the steps of providing metal powder including metal particles, graphene powder including graphene pieces and binder including wax material, wherein each graphene piece includes graphene molecules connected with each other and including six carbon atoms annually connected, and one of the carbon atom of each graphene molecule is bonded with a functional group by an SP3 bond; mixing the powders and the binder into a powder material, wherein the SP3 bond is heated and broken by friction, and the graphene molecules are connected with each other via the broken SP3 bond to wrap the respective metal particles; melting and molding the powder material to form a green part; removing the binder from the green part to form a brown part; and sintering the brown part to form a metal main part embedded a three-dimensional mash formed by the graphene molecules.

A manufacturing method of a graphene metal composite material includes the steps of providing metal powder including metal particles, graphene powder including graphene pieces and binder including wax material, wherein each graphene piece includes graphene molecules connected with each other and including six carbon atoms annually connected, and one of the carbon atom of each graphene molecule is bonded with a functional group by an SP3 bond; mixing the powders and the binder into a powder material, wherein the SP3 bond is heated and broken by friction, and the graphene molecules are connected with each other via the broken SP3 bond to wrap the respective metal particles; melting and molding the powder material to form a green part; removing the binder from the green part to form a brown part; and sintering the brown part to form a metal main part embedded a three-dimensional mash formed by the graphene molecules.