scholarly journals COMPARISON BETWEEN LASER ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND LASER SPOT WELDING OF TITANIUM GRADE 2

Author(s):  
A. Barbangelo ◽  
L. C. Pedemonte

The microstructure and hardness of the melted area in a titanium grade 2 sample processed by Laser Spot Welding were compared to those processed by Selective Laser Melting. The results show that the materials obtained with the two processes have very similar characteristics. On the basis of what had been observed, it can be inferred that the Laser Spot Welding technique could be a low-cost way to verify the possibility of obtaining the desired properties with new alloys processed by Selective Laser Melting.

Author(s):  
Xiaoqing Wang ◽  
Xibing Gong ◽  
Kevin Chou

This study presents a thorough literature review on the powder-bed laser additive manufacturing processes such as selective laser melting (SLM) of Inconel 718 parts. The paper first introduces the general aspects of powder-bed laser additive manufacturing and then discusses the unique characteristics and advantages of SLM. Moreover, the bulk of this study includes extensive discussions of microstructures and mechanical properties, together with the application ranges, of Inconel 718 parts fabricated by SLM.


Technologies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Metel ◽  
Michael Stebulyanin ◽  
Sergey Fedorov ◽  
Anna Okunkova

Problems with the laser additive manufacturing of metal parts related to its low efficiency are known to hamper its development and application. The method of selective laser melting of metallic powders can be improved by the installation of an additional laser beam modulator. This allows one to control the power density distribution optically in the laser beam, which can influence the character of heat and mass transfer in a molten pool during processing. The modulator contributes alternative modes of laser beam: Gaussian, flat top (top hat), and donut (bagel). The study of its influence includes a mathematical description and theoretical characterization of the modes, high-speed video monitoring and optical diagnostics, characterization of processing and the physical phenomena of selective laser melting, geometric characterization of single tracks, optical microscopy, and a discussion of the obtained dependences of the main selective laser melting (SLM) parameters and the field of its optimization. The single tracks were produced using the advanced technique of porosity lowering. The parameters of the obtained samples are presented in the form of 3D graphs. The further outlook and advanced applications are discussed.


Author(s):  
Xiaoqing Wang ◽  
Xibing Gong ◽  
Kevin Chou

This study presents a thorough literature review on the powder-bed laser additive manufacturing processes such as selective laser melting of Inconel 718 parts. This article first introduces the general aspects of powder-bed laser additive manufacturing and then discusses the unique characteristics and advantages of selective laser melting. The bulk of this study includes extensive discussions of microstructures and mechanical properties, together with the application ranges of Inconel 718 parts fabricated by selective laser melting.


Author(s):  
Daisuke Yamada ◽  
Shunro Yoshioka ◽  
Toshiyuki Miyazaki ◽  
Tadashi Misu ◽  
Yasuyuki Shirai

Author(s):  
Filippo Simoni ◽  
Andrea Huxol ◽  
Franz-Josef Villmer

AbstractIn the last years, Additive Manufacturing, thanks to its capability of continuous improvements in performance and cost-efficiency, was able to partly replace and redefine well-established manufacturing processes. This research is based on the idea to achieve great cost and operational benefits especially in the field of tool making for injection molding by combining traditional and additive manufacturing in one process chain. Special attention is given to the surface quality in terms of surface roughness and its optimization directly in the Selective Laser Melting process. This article presents the possibility for a remelting process of the SLM parts as a way to optimize the surfaces of the produced parts. The influence of laser remelting on the surface roughness of the parts is analyzed while varying machine parameters like laser power and scan settings. Laser remelting with optimized parameter settings considerably improves the surface quality of SLM parts and is a great starting point for further post-processing techniques, which require a low initial value of surface roughness.


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