In-situ alignment of 3D printed anisotropic hard magnets

Author(s)
M. Suppan, C. Huber, K. Mathauer, C. Abert, F. Brucker, J. Gonzalez-Gutierrez, S. Schuschnigg, M. Groenefeld, I. Teliban, S. Kobe, B. Saje, D. Suess
Abstract

Within this work, we demonstrate in-situ alignment of the easy axis single-crystal magnetic particles inside a polymer matrix using fused filament fabrication. Two different magnetic materials are investigated: (i) Strontium hexaferrite inside a PA6 matrix, fill grade: 49 vol% and (ii) Samarium iron nitride inside a PA12 matrix, fill grade: 44 vol%. In the presence of the external alignment field, the strontium hexaferrite particles inside the PA6 matrix can be well aligned with a ratio of remnant magnetization to saturation magnetization in an easy axis of 0.7. No significant alignment for samarium iron nitride could be achieved. The results show the feasibility to fabricate magnets with arbitrary and locally defined easy axis using fused filament fabrication since the permanent magnets (or alternatively an electromagnet) can be mounted on a rotatable platform.

Organisation(s)
Physics of Functional Materials, Research Platform MMM Mathematics-Magnetism-Materials, Computational and Soft Matter Physics
External organisation(s)
Montanuniversität Leoben, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Magnetfabrik Bonn GmbH, Jožef Stefan Institute (IJS), Kolektor Magnet Technology GmbH
Journal
Scientific Reports
Volume
12
No. of pages
6
ISSN
2045-2322
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20669-8
Publication date
10-2022
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103018 Materials physics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
General
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/79886b98-9b59-4d60-b3ed-88cb7321ce1b