抄録
The conventional way of fabrication greentape used in the GTLS method is by mixing metal fine powder with organic binder and solvent into slurry. The tape is formed from the slurry by the doctor blade method into the thickness of 100-200μm. The substances contained in organic binder such as PVB, DOF, toluene and methyl-ethyl-ketone are suspected as one of the endocrine disrupting chemicals. In addition, the bad influence on the sintering result by the gas released from the binder during laser sintering process has also been discovered. Therefore, the present research is to develop a new greentape with environmental friendly binder that can be replaced by the organic binder. This new greentape using ager is capable of producing sintering parts with higher density and strength compared to the conventional greentape.
