Masters Theses

Keywords and Phrases

Additive manufacturing; Glass; Glass-to-metal; laser assisted; resin printing

Abstract

"Glass-to-metal (GtM) seals are hermetic barriers between glass and metal components, often used in the electronic and vacuum industries. Creating the seals traditionally requires heating all the components to the glass melting temperature, where the glass will flow and bond to the metal. Due to the manufacturing constraints of the individual components and sealing conditions there are geometric and material restrictions. Additive manufacturing techniques were used to make GtM seals to reduce these restrictions.

Hermetic, single pin seals were produced using printed metal shells, by selective laser melting (SLM), and digital light processing (DLP) printed glass preforms. Glass preforms were printed with photosensitive resin mixed with a silicate sealing glass powder in a 1:2 weight ratio. Thermal analysis, TGA/DSC, and screening experiments were used to determine an organic removal schedule. Video techniques determined a sintering schedule by producing a densification curve at different isothermal holds which were fit with a viscous sintering model.

Single pin seals were also produced use a laser assisted manufacturing (LAM) process as an alternative to the conventional furnace sealing process. A Nd:YAG laser was focused on a solid glass preform, heating the glass to form the glass-metal bond. The sealing glass was doped with a transition metal oxide, Fe2O3 or CuO, to increase absorption of the laser wavelength. The interface of hermetic LAM seals was analyzed using electron microscopy, compared to conventional prepared seals, finding a reduction of interfacial morphologies" -- Abstract, p. iv

Advisor(s)

Brow, Richard K.

Committee Member(s)

Bristow, Douglas A.
Miller, F. Scott, 1956-

Department(s)

Materials Science and Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering

Publisher

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Publication Date

Summer 2024

Pagination

xiii, 79 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes_bibliographical_references_(pages 38, 63 & 70-72)

Rights

©2024 Aaron Read , All Rights Reserved

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 12429

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