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Dr Tim Sercombe
Current Position: Research Fellow
Qualifications: BEng (Manuf. and Materials) Hons, The University of Queensland, 1994
PhD, The University of Queensland, 1998
Previous Appointments: Research Fellow, IRC in Materials, The University of Birmingham, UK, 1999-2001
Research Area: Net Shape Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Manufacture.
Financial Support: 3D Systems, Valencia, CA.
Aluminium Powder Company, Birmingham, UK.
PUBLICATIONS
T.B. Sercombe and G.B. Schaffer. "Sintering of a non-conventional aluminum powder alloy". Advances in Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials, Proceedings of the Conference on Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials. 1997. Chicago, IL: Metal Powder Industries Federation, 105 College Rd. East, Princeton, NJ 08540-6692, USA.
G.B. Schaffer, T.B. Sercombe, R.N. Lumley, and S.H. Huo. "Trace element effects in the sintering of aluminium alloys". 1st International Conference on Powder Metallurgy Aluminum & Light Alloys for Automotive Applications, Dearborn, MI, USA, 10-11 Nov. 1998: Metal Powder Industries Federation, 105 College Rd. East, Princeton, NJ 08540-6692, USA.
G.B. Schaffer, T.B. Sercombe, R.N. Lumley, and S.H. Huo. "On the design of sintered aluminium alloys". 1st International Conference on Powder Metallurgy Aluminum & Light Alloys for Automotive Applications, Dearborn, MI, USA, 10-11 Nov. 1998: Metal Powder Industries Federation, 105 College Rd. East, Princeton, NJ 08540-6692, USA.
R.N. Lumley, T.B. Sercombe, and G.M. Schaffer "Surface oxide and the role of magnesium during the sintering of aluminum", Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 1999. 30A(2): p. 457.
G.B. Schaffer, P. Calvert, T.B. Sercombe, and C. Souvignier. "Freeform Fabrication as a Method of Aluminium Metal Matrix Composite Development". Advances in Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials--1999. 1999: Metal Powder Industries Federation, 105 College Rd. East, Princeton, NJ 08540-6692, USA.
T. Sercombe and G. Schaffer. "A Pilot Study on the Development of Easily Sintered Maraging Steels for Free Form Fabrication". Advances in Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials, Proceedings of the Conference on Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials. 1999. Vancouver, Canada: Metal Powder Industries Federation, 105 College Rd. East, Princeton, NJ 08540-6692, USA.
T.B. Sercombe, G.B. Schaffer, and P. Calvert "Freeform fabrication of functional aluminium prototypes using powder metallurgy", Journal of Materials Science, 1999. 34(17): p. 4245.
T.B. Sercombe and G.B. Schaffer "The effect of trace elements on the sintering of Al-Cu alloys", Acta Materialia, 1999. 47(2): p. 689.
T.B. Sercombe and G.B. Schaffer "On the use of trace additions of Sn to enhance sintered 2xxx series Al powder alloys", Materials Science and Engineering A, 1999. 268(1-2): p. 32.
T. Sercombe, M. Loretto, and X. Wu. "The Production of Improved Rapid Tooling Materials". International Conference on Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials. 2000. New York: Metal Powder Industries Federation, 105 College Rd. East, Princeton, NJ 08540-6692, USA.
G.B. Schaffer, T.B. Sercombe, and R.N. Lumley. "Liquid phase sintering of aluminium alloys". 7th International Conference on Sintering, New Delhi, India, 22-25 Feb. 2000: Switzerland.
G. Schaffer, S. Huo, and T. Sercombe. "Al-Cu-Mg-Si (-Sn) Alloys and their Potential as Composite Matrices". Advances in Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials. 2001. Vancouver, Canada.
G.B. Schaffer, T.B. Sercombe, and R.N. Lumley "Liquid phase sintering of aluminium alloys", Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2001. 67: p. 85.
T. Sercombe "The Production of Functional Al Prototypes using Selective Laser Sintering", P/M Science and Technology Briefs, 2001. 3(6): p. 22.
T. Sercombe "The Effect of Resin Type on the Sintering of Maraging Steel", submitted to Materials Science and Engineering A, 2002.
T. Sercombe "Selective Laser Sintering of Maraging Steel", submitted to Materials Science and Engineering A, 2002.
T. Sercombe "On the sintering of uncompacted, pre-alloyed Al powder alloys", accepted for publication in Materials Science and Engineering A, 2002.
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