King, Bethany Anne Tracy and Rowan, Ben and Williams, Chris and Williams, Luke and Tubby, David and Rennie, Allan Edward Watson and Dennison, Kieth (2015) Multi-material additive manufacture of multi-layer ceramic capacitors. In: 14th Rapid Design, Prototyping & Manufacturing Conference (RDPM2015), 2015-12-152015-12-16, Loughborough Design School, Loughborough University.
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This paper focuses on the development of an additive method for the manufacture of Multi-Layer Ceramic Capacitors (MLCCs) in order to reduce overall manufacture duration. A Spectrum z510 (z510) Inkjet 3D printer was modified mechanically to allow for the distribution of Barium Titanate (BaTiO3) Powder, a new control system was designed and a software interface produced. The cured ceramic layer had a surface porosity of 6.18%, the electrode layer has a conductivity of 0.2 S/mm. The investigation proved that the additive manufacture of MLCCs is possible; consequently further research should be completed to take the concept to market.