A Novel Required Laser Energy Predicting Model for Laser Powder Bed Fusion
During the process of laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) printing, the energy of heat input have a great influence on the quality of fabricated specimens. In this paper, based on the heat transfer and metallurgical mechanism, a theoretical predicting model of the required laser energy to fabricate high-density LPBF components was established. The theoretical required laser energy density of AlSi10Mg, TC4 and 316L were calculated, which are 51.74 J/mm3, 104.48 J/mm3 and 69.28 J/mm3, respectively. By comparing with the experimental results in the references, it was found that the errors between them are within 10%. In addition, this article discussed the relationship between the VED and the specimen defects, and found that the changing in the VED will alter the types of specimen defects.