Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing

General expertise of the research group

Validation of metallic and polymer material for Additive manufacturing in order to use additive
Manufacturing for increasing the exchange surfaces (specific surface)
Proof of concepts realisation to test the cells using the potential of AM for iterations

Specific hydrogen- related expertise & research topics

Dense and porous parts in pure copper (produce by EBM)
Porous material by using design (lattice) and process setting of L-PBF-LB. (SLM)
Process validation of porous graded Materials by L-PBF-LB (SLS) process
Cleaning method for very fine tubes (PBF-LB)
Quality improvement of complex aluminium structure composed with thin walls matrix for thermal management, (heat sink, heat pipe exchanger…)

Available equipment/tools

AM metallic materials validation: 2 PBF-LB (SLM) /1 (PBF-EB) (EBM)/1 DED (cladding)
AM polymer material validation: 1 MJT/3 VAT PP for loaded material/2 L-PBF-LB (SLS)/2 DLP 3 MEX
(FDM) covering a wide range of temperatures/ an extrusion head mounted on a Cobot
AM Feedstock material characterization: Powder lab/ thermal analysis chain adapted to the field of AM
AM Part quality: Internal stress (DRX) and deformation (Atos 5 Scanner)/mechanical testing
Active contribution in TiNTHyN project from UCL (Joris Proost) (33) TiNTHyN – UCLouvain : posts | LinkedIn

Participating in FL/B/EU funded projects with H2 related research

Focus = Belgium as Belgian technology centre

Main relevant publications

Magnien J, Cosemans P,Nutal N, Kairet T. Current surface issues in additive manufacturing. Plasma Process Polym. 2020;17:e1900154
YADAV, Pinku, RIGO, Olivier, ARVIEU, Corinne, et al. Data Treatment of In Situ Monitoring Systems in Selective Laser Melting Machines. Advanced Engineering Materials, 2021, p. 2001327.
Pauline Delroisse, Matthieu Marteleur, Olivier Rigo, Catherine Doneux, Gregory Pyka, Martine Wevers, Pascal J. Jacques, Aude Simar:“Comparison of the impact resistance of honeycombs and LBM lattice structures “-Workshop on additive manufacturing for space application- ESTEC
Noordwijk, Netherlands,2014.
Denis Vandormael, Olivier Rigo, Laurent Seronveaux: “Direct deposition of surface acoustic wave by aerosol jet printing technique” – Smart system Integration – VDE verlag publishing, Berlin, 2012
Pinku Yadav1,2 · Olivier Rigo1 · Corinne Arvieu2 · Eric Lacoste2, Thermomechanical response of additively manufactured Inconel 718 during hot torsion tests 2023, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology128(9-10):1-17,2023
Study Of Acceptance Criteria And Good Practices To Follow During Powder Handling To Limit Hydrogen Trapping In Aluminum Alloy During Laser Beam Melting Process Rigo, O (Sirris, Belgium); Reuter, D; Van Den Berge, R; Verlee, B; Mekkaoui, H; Tritiaux, P (Sirris, Belgium) (Euro PM2019 ,Maastricht October 13-16,)
Thomas Kairet (1), Godet Stéphane (2), Malet Loïc (2), Erin Kuci, L-PBF of Fe-Si6,5% Soft Ferromagnetic Powder: Thin Walls Structures While Processing A Complex Material, EuroPM2024 conférence, https://doi.org/10.59499/EP246275409
Van Roy, Simon [UCL] Dehez, Bruno [UCL] Poncelet, Olivier [UCL] Kairet, Thomas [Sirris] Kuci, Erin [Cenaero] Simar, Aude [UCL] Thermal management from the build platform for laser powder bed fusion of Fe-Si alloys, EMMC conference Thermal management from the build platform for laser powder bed fusion of Fe-Si alloys | DIAL.pr – BOREAL
Francois, Arnaud (Cenaero), Kuci, Erin (Cenaero), Poletz, Nicolas (Cenaero), Kairet, Thomas (Sirris), Rigo, Olivier (Sirris), Additive Manufacturing Process Simulation of Soft Ferromagnetic Material FeSi-6.5%, Sim-AM 2023 , 26-28 july 2023, https://sim-am2023.cimne.com/event/contribution/2d7faba3-cc71-11ed-a72b-000c29ddfc0c
Mateev, V., Sinico, M., Gorji Ghalamestani, S., & Van Hooreweder, B. (2025). Magnetic properties of as-built and heat treated M789 and M300 maraging steels produced via laser powder bed fusion. [Submitted for publication.]. Technical University of Sofia; KU Leuven; Flanders Make@KU Leuven; Sirris