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Fabrication of highly dense isotropic Nd-Fe-B bonded magnets via extrusion-based additive manufacturing

Ling Li·Kodey Jones·Brian Sales·Jason L. Pries·I. C. Nlebedim·Ke Jin·Hongbin Bei·Brian Post·Michael Kesler·Orlando Rios·Vlastimil Kunc·Robert Fredette·John Ormerod·Aaron Williams·Thomas A. Lograsso·M. Parans Paranthaman
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Isotropic bonded magnets with a high loading fraction of 70 vol.% Nd-Fe-B are fabricated via an extrusion-based additive manufacturing, or 3D printing system that enables rapid production of large parts for the first time. The density of the printed magnet is 5.15 g/cm3. The room temperature magnetic properties are: intrinsic coercivity Hci = 8.9 kOe (708.2 kA/m), remanence Br = 5.8 kG (0.58 Tesla), and energy product (BH)max = 7.3 MGOe (58.1 kJ/m3). The as-printed magnets are then coated with two types of polymers, both of which improve the thermal stability at 127 {\deg}C as revealed by flux aging loss measurements. Tensile tests performed at 25 {\deg}C and 100 {\deg}C show that the ultimate tensile stress (UTS) increases with increasing loading fraction of the magnet powder, and decreases with increasing temperature. AC magnetic susceptibility and resistivity measurements show that the 3D printed Nd-Fe-B bonded magnets exhibit extremely low eddy current loss and high resistivity. Finally, we show that through back electromotive force measurements that motors installed with 3D printed Nd-Fe-B magnets exhibit similar performance as compared to those installed with sintered ferrites.

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Ling Li, Kodey Jones, Brian Sales, Jason L. Pries, I. C. Nlebedim, Ke Jin, Hongbin Bei, Brian Post, Michael Kesler, Orlando Rios, Vlastimil Kunc, Robert Fredette, John Ormerod, Aaron Williams, Thomas A. Lograsso, M. Parans Paranthaman. 2017-06-23. Fabrication of highly dense isotropic Nd-Fe-B bonded magnets via extrusion-based additive manufacturing. https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.07792

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