• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.78-79
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• 2015

PVD 공정에서 다성분으로 이루어진 나노복합 코팅을 형성하는 것은 원소들간의 합금화 문제로 인해 어렵다. 따라서 일반적으로 두 개 이상의 원소타겟 또는 멀티타겟을 이용한 PVD+PECVD 의 융합공정에 의해 제조된다. 하지만 멀티타겟을 사용한 공정은 공정의 복잡화가 뒤따르며 신뢰성이 떨어진다. 본 연구에서는 멀티타겟의 단점을 보완하기 위해 Ti-Al-X(Cr, Si, B, V) 단일 합금 타겟을 제작하여 나노복합 코팅을 형성하고자 하였다. 기계적 합금화법을 통해 합금분말을 제조하였으며, 방전플라즈마소결법으로 합금 타겟을 제작하였다. 제작된 타겟을 이용하여 스퍼터링 장치를 통해 박막을 형성 하였다. 그 결과 분말은 밀링 시간 20시간에서 정상상태에 도달하였으며, 더 이상 분말의 입자는 줄어들지 않았다. 이때 분말의 입자크기는 $5{\sim}6{\mu}m$ 이었으며 결정립의 크기는 16~20nm 이었다. 소결을 통해 99% 이상의 진밀도를 갖는 합금타겟을 제작하였으며, 이때 결정립의 크기는 매우 미세하였다. 박막의 경우 모두 30GPa 이상의 고경도 특성을 나타냈다.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.97-102
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• 2021

Powder quality, including high flowability and spherical shape, determines the properties of additively manufactured products. Therefore, the cheap production of high-quality powders is critical in additive manufacturing. Radio frequency plasma treatment is an effective method to fabricate spherical powders by melting the surface of irregularly shaped powders; in the present work, mechanically milled Zr powders are spheroidized by radio frequency plasma treatment and their properties are compared with those of commercial Zircaloy-2 alloy powder. Spherical Zr particles are successfully fabricated by plasma treatment, although their flowability and impurity contents are poorer than those of the commercial Zircaloy-2 alloy powder. This result shows that radio-frequency plasma treatment with mechanically milled powders requires further research and development for manufacturing low-cost powders for additive manufacturing.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.51-56
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• 2012

In the present study, we investigated the effect of mechanical alloying (MA) on the formation of amorphous VCo system through solid state reaction during ball milling. Two types of powder samples, ${\sigma}$-VCo intermetallic compound and $V_{50}Co_{50}$ powder mixture, were applied as a starting materials. With increasing milling time, a structural characteristics into the amorphous state is distinctly observed from the structural factor and radial distribution by X-ray diffraction. Amorphization has been observed in all two types of samples after the milling for 120 hrs. DSC spectrum of $V_{50}Co_{50}$ powder sample milled for 60 hrs indicates a sharp exothermic peak from the crystallization at $600^{\circ}C$. The structure factor, S(Q) and radial distribution function, RDF(r), observed by X-ray diffraction gradually change into a structure characteristic of an amorphous state with increasing MA time.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
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• v.62 no.1
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• pp.6-19
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• 2024

With the advancement of Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAD-CAM) technology, fabrication of dentures using this technology has gained popularity. As one of CAD-CAM technologies, digital complete denture system has been introduced, which fabricates complete dentures using subtractive manufacturing of monolithic block containing both the color of a denture base and an artificial tooth. In this case, two pairs of upper and lower dentures were fabricated for two patients. Two pairs of complete dentures were fabricated for a 74-year-old male and a 73-year-old female respectively by conventional denture fabrication method and digital method of milling. To obtain a digital complete denture, monolithic block (Ivotion, Ivoclar Vivadent, Schaan, Liechtenstein) was chosen for the materials to fabricate the digital complete dentures. An individual tray was designed using CAD software and manufactured by 3D printing technique. The final impression and interocclusal relationship were recorded using the fabricated individual tray. The final impression was scanned, and the complete denture design and try-in denture were 3D printed using CAD-CAM software. Subsequently, the monolithic block was milled, and the final dentures were fabricated and tried on patients. Previously mentioned two patient cases compared and analyzed stability, fit, speaking, mastication, aesthetics, and patient satisfaction of two pairs of dentures: one fabricated using CAD-CAM system and the other using traditional methods. This was performed to evaluate and report the findings from both denture-making approaches.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.242-250
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• 2023

Titanium, which has excellent strength and toughness characteristics, is increasingly used in the aerospace field. Among the titanium alloys used for body parts, more than 80 % are Ti-6Al-4V alloys with a tensile strength of 931 MPa. The spark plasma sintering (SPS) method is used for solidification molding of powder manufactured by the mechanical milling (MM) method, by sintering at low temperature for a short time. This sintering method avoids coarsening of the fine crystal grains or dispersed particles of the MM powder. To improve the mechanical properties of pure titanium without adding alloying elements, stearic acid was added to pure titanium powder as a process control agent (PCA), and MM treatment was performed. The properties of the MM powder and SPS material produced by solidifying the powder were investigated by hardness measurement, X-ray diffraction, density measurement and structure observation. The processing deformation of the pure titanium powder depends on the amount of stearic acid added and the MM treatment time. TiN was also generated in powder treated by MM 8 h with 0.50 g of added stearic acid, and the hardness of the powder was higher than that of Ti-6Al-4V alloy when treated with MM for 8 h. When the MM-treated powder was solidified in the SPS equipment, TiC was formed by the solid phase reaction. The SPS material prepared as a powder treated with MM 8 h by adding 0.50 g of stearic acid also formed TiN and exhibited the highest hardness of Hv1253.