Metal Micro-Droplet Based 3D Printing Technology

這本書介紹了一種獨特的3D列印方法，通過噴射金屬微滴來列印金屬零件：一種低成本、無接觸和環保的3D列印技術。本書採用演繹法來描述基於金屬微滴的3D列印的基本原理，揭示了在基於微滴的3D列印中使用的多種特定技術之間的關係和獨特特點。它首先概述了這項技術涉及的原理和技術，然後重點介紹了幾種具體的金屬微滴噴射方法的細節。接下來，它提出了各種具體的3D列印技術並說明了它們的應用。

這本書對於從事金屬3D列印和其他相關領域的學者和研究人員來說是一本有價值的參考書。它也可以作為機械製造和材料加工碩士課程的教材使用。

Dr. Lehua Qi is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), China. She received her Ph.D. degree in System Engineering from NPU in 2004 and worked as a visiting scholar at Cardiff University from 2008 to 2009. She is the chair professor of the major of Machinery Manufacturing and Automation at NPU, founder and director of the Micro-manufacturing Lab at NPU, and a member of the academic committee of NPU and the key lab of Ministry of Education--Contemporary Design and Integrated Manufacturing Technology. She has published two academic books and over 300 research articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings and received more than 60 patents. She is a pioneer on fundamental and applied research in droplet-based 3D printing and metal matrix composites. She has been a principal investigator for more than 20 projects funded by the major national agencies and programs, including the National Natural Science Foundation, 863 Key Projects Program, National Defense Pre-Research Foundation, Aeronautic Science Foundation, and so on. In addition, she has received many prestigious awards including the Second Prize of the National Technology Invention Award in 2012, the National Model Teacher Award in 2014, Shaanxi Outstanding Teaching Award in 2013, and several others.

Dr. Jun Luo is an associate professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, NPU. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 2010 from NPU, under the supervision of Prof. Lehua Qi. He was a postdoctoral researcher in NPU from 2010 to 2012 and a visiting scholar at University of Twente, Netherlands, in 2015. He has been working in developing metal droplet-based printing technologies for 15 years with significant contributions to 3D printing using metal droplets, especially for droplet-based 3D printing with working temperatures higher than 1000 °C. His research interests are in the fundamental research about molten metal dropletejection, impact, and deposition behaviors. His work at University of Twente was on the nanosecond laser-induced forwards transfer system for micron-scale functional metal structures. He has multiple high impact publications in the most reputable journals in this area, such as Small, International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacturing, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Applied Thermal Engineering, Materials Letters. His research has been funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Aeronautical Science Foundation of China, Science and Technology Fund Program, etc.

Dr. He Shen is an associate professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Los Angeles. He received a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Central Florida in 2014. His research interests are in robotics and autonomous systems, dynamics and control, mechatronics and instrumentation, modeling and simulation, and image processing and computer vision. He has published more than 30 scientific articles in reputable journals and conference proceedings. As senior personnel, his research work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Department of Education of the United States. He was a recipient of the Faculty Mentor Honoree in 2020 and Exceptional Levels of Service to Students Award in 2017 from California State University, Los Angeles, and the Outstanding Dissertation Award in 2014 from College of Engineering and Computer Science at University of Central Florida.

Hongcheng Lian is currently a Ph.D. student at School of Mechanical Engineering in NPU. He received his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering in 2015 from NPU, China. He then enrolled in the doctoral programs of Mechanical Engineering under the supervision of Professor Lehua Qi at NPU, China. He was a visiting student at RWTH Aachen University, Germany, in 2014-2015. His current research focuses on uniform droplet printing of graphene/CNTs, droplet evaporation and coffee-ring effect, droplet-based micro-patterning of graphene, and metal droplet-based 3D printing. Hongcheng Lian has done seminal research work in uniform droplet printing of graphene and utilization of coffee-ring effect, and he has published a series of research papers in some reputable journals, such as 2D Materials, Applied Surface Science, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. Moreover, he has authorized and applied three invention patents of China. His research has been funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He was awarded with National Scholarship in 2012 and 2019.

齊樂華博士是中國西北工業大學機械工程學院的教授。她於2004年在西北工業大學獲得系統工程博士學位，並於2008年至2009年間在卡迪夫大學擔任訪問學者。她是西北工業大學機械製造與自動化專業的講座教授，西北工業大學微細製造實驗室的創始人和主任，以及西北工業大學學術委員會和教育部重點實驗室-現代設計與集成製造技術的成員。她已出版了兩本學術著作和超過300篇研究論文，並獲得了60多項專利。她在基礎和應用研究方面是液滴式3D打印和金屬基復合材料的先驅者。她擔任了20多個由國家自然科學基金、863重點項目計劃、國防預研基金、航空科學基金等主要國家機構和計劃資助的項目的首席調查員。此外，她還獲得了許多著名獎項，包括2012年國家技術發明獎二等獎、2014年國家模範教師獎、2013年陜西優秀教學獎等。

羅軍博士是西北工業大學機械工程學院的副教授。他於2010年在西北工業大學獲得機械工程博士學位，師從齊樂華教授。他在2010年至2012年期間在西北工業大學擔任博士後研究員，並於2015年在荷蘭特溫特大學擔任訪問學者。他已經致力於金屬液滴式打印技術的研發工作15年，對於使用金屬液滴的3D打印，特別是在工作溫度高於1000°C的液滴式3D打印方面做出了重要貢獻。他的研究興趣在於熔融金屬液滴的噴射、衝擊和沉積行為的基礎研究。他在特溫特大學的研究工作是關於納秒激光誘導前向轉移系統用於微米級功能金屬結構。他在這一領域的多篇高影響力論文發表在Small、International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacturing、Journal of Materials Processing Technology、Applied Thermal Engineering、Materials Letters等最有聲望的期刊上。他的研究得到了中國國家自然科學基金、中國航空科學基金、科技基金計劃等的資助。

沈赫博士是加州州立大學洛杉磯分校機械工程系的副教授。他於2014年在美國中佛羅里達大學獲得機械工程博士學位。他的研究興趣包括機器人和自主系統、動力學與控制、機電一體化與儀器、建模與仿真、圖像處理和計算機視覺。他在著名期刊和會議論文集上發表了30多篇科學文章。作為高級人員，他的研究工作得到了美國國家科學基金會、美國國家航空暨太空總署和美國教育部的支持。他曾獲得2020年加州州立大學洛杉磯分校優秀導師榮譽和2017年學生服務卓越獎，以及2014年美國中佛羅里達大學工程與計算機科學學院優秀博士論文獎。

連洪成目前是西北工業大學機械工程學院的博士生。他於2015年在中國西北工業大學獲得機械工程學士學位，然後在西北工業大學機械工程學院齊樂華教授的指導下攻讀機械工程博士學位。他在2014年至2015年間在德國亞琛工業大學擔任訪問學生。他目前的研究方向是