Alloy design for laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing: a

Later on, with the introduction of selective laser melting (also termed laser powder bed fusion, L-PBF) in the 1990s, AM technology has been widely used for the

Prospects for laser based powder bed fusion in the manufacturing

Laser-based powder bed fusion (L-PBF) is one of type of the subcategories of AM. L-PBF is a fast and cost-efficient production method that offers the advantages of being implementable with a diverse range of raw materials, possessing a high level of freedom in customization, and producing less waste.

The Comprehensive Guide to Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Powder Bed Fusion is a popular method for producing 3D printed parts. The process uses a high-powered laser to sinter powdered material into the desired shape. Typically, powder manufacturing

A comprehensive review on laser powder bed fusion of steels:

Laser powder bed fusion process is also known as Selective Laser Melting that uses a high-power laser beam to selectively melt the pre-defined contours in subsequent layers of powder. The molten metal pool rapidly solidifies by cooling [46]. Selected regions in each layer are melted by a laser beam, to form a 3D cross-section of

Laser Powder Bed Fusion of Powder Material: A Review

Laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) has drawn increasing interest from enterprises because of its great advantages in additive manufacturing of metal, ceramic, and polymer materials. Although people pay more attention to L-PBF, many problems such as poor density need to be solved urgently. In this article, the commonly used materials of L

Influence of scale effect on surface morphology in laser powder bed

1. Introduction. As a representative technique of high-performance metal additive manufacturing, laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) has outstanding advantages in directly fabricating complex structures [Citation 1–6].The unique fine microstructure usually results in excellent mechanical properties for this technology.

Laser powder bed fusion of crack-susceptible stainless maraging

One such material is the hot-crack-susceptible high-strength maraging steel C465. Here, we resolve its hot cracking problem under the laser powder bed fusion process through the addition of titanium nitride (TiN) particles. During solidification, TiN promotes grain refinement and reduces the formation of liquid films with low solidus

Powder bed fusion process in additive manufacturing: An overview

Powder bed fusion process is one of the basic technique associated with additive manufacturing. It follows the basic principle of manufacturing the product layer by layer and their fusion. A heat source focuses its heat over a powder base material and heats the selected cross section area. Sources like laser beam, electron beam and

Spattering mechanism of laser powder bed fusion additive

Laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) additive manufacturing is widely applied in the aerospace 1,2 and medical industries 3,4.However, the PBF-LB process has several limitations related to the

Laser Powder Bed Fusion of GH4099 Superalloy: Parameter

Yadroitsev et al. [10] demonstrated that laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) can efficiently manufacture complex filters composed of freely formed structures using an IN625 superalloy. The Ni-Cr-Co-W superalloy (GH4099), a typical precipitation-hardening variant superalloy [ 11, 12 ], has demonstrated long service durability even below 900 °C

A comprehensive review on laser powder bed fusion of steels:

Laser Powder Bed Fusion process is regarded as the most versatile metal additive manufacturing process, which has been proven to manufacture near net shape

Spattering mechanism of laser powder bed fusion additive

Laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) additive manufacturing is widely applied in the aerospace 1,2 and medical industries 3,4. However, the PBF-LB process has several limitations related to the

Laser powder bed fusion of 316L stainless steel and K220 copper

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) (i.e. laser-powder bed fusion (LPBF), electron beam powder bed fusion (EBPBF) and direct energy deposition (DED)) has

A Review on Laser Beam Shaping Application in Laser‐Powder Bed

Laser-powder bed fusion (L-PBF) refers to the AM process wherein a laser energy source selectively melts or sinters specific regions of a powder bed. The process involves the rapid melting and solidification of thin layers of metallic powders spread onto a building platform, employing a laser source to produce fully dense free-geometry

Powder Bed Fusion: The Working Process, Current Applications and

Powder bed fusion (PBF) is an umbrella term for three separate three-dimensional (3D) printing technologies; selective laser sintering (SLS), direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) and selective laser melting (SLM). These processes share the same printing procedure where powder particles are selectively fused by a local thermal

Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) has gained the most attention from academia and industry among metal powder–based additive manufacturing techniques.

The interplay between vapour, liquid, and solid phases in laser

Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is the most adopted method for the additive manufacturing (AM) of metallic components, enabling the production of bespoke

A comprehensive review of recent advances in laser powder bed

Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is a leading additive manufacturing technique that utilizes a powerful laser to selectively fuse layers of metal powder,

Laser Powder Bed Fusion—Principles, Challenges, and Opportunities

Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) is an additive manufacturing process which uses a scanning laser beam to selectively melt metal powder in a layer-wise manner to produce solid metal parts. In comparison to conventional subtractive or formative manufacturing processes, L-PBF imposes few design constraints on part geometry and

Crystals | Free Full-Text | A Review on Ultrafast-Laser Power Bed

In the past few decades, additive manufacturing (AM) technology has received widespread attention due to its ability to create three-dimensional free structures of almost any geometric shape. Selective laser melting (SLM, also termed Laser Powder Bed Fusion) is one of the most common and attractive AM technologies that directly forms

3D-Druck-Verfahren erklärt: Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Die Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) ist ein 3D-Druck-Verfahren zur Herstellung von Bauteilen aus Metallen. Aufgrund der selbst im Vergleich zu konventionellen Fertigungsverfahren guten mechanischen Eigenschaften

Designing materials by laser powder bed fusion with machine

ML promises to exploit the full potential of metal AM technologies such as the widely used laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) [15]. The complexity of AM processes and the multitude of process and materials'' parameters, often preclude the use of analytical or first-principle modeling approaches [10], [11].

Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) | SpringerLink

The powder bed fusion and binder jetting process categories are suitable for the manufacturing of complex parts with sufficient mechanical technological properties. Both process categories take place in a powder bed and the typical size of the process chambers of standard machines is in the range of 250–300 mm in x- and y-direction and

Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) is a technique in which a layer of metal powder is deposited, melted, and solidified using a laser to create a solid layer of metal, with

What is Powder Bed Fusion 3D Printing? | Additive Manufacturing

Powder bed fusion (PBF) is a 3D printing method that joins powdered material point by point using an energy source, typically a laser beam or an electron beam. Powder bed fusion is one of the most common 3D printing techniques used for industrial additive manufacturing (AM). PBF is possible with both metals and polymers, although

Microstructural Evolution and Strengthening Mechanism in Laser

2 · This paper demonstrates an exceptional combination of ultimate tensile strength and elongation in austenitic 316L stainless steel fabricated by powder bed fusion using

Selective laser melting

4 · Selective laser melting ( SLM) is one of many proprietary names [1] for a metal additive manufacturing (AM) technology that uses a bed of powder with a source of heat to create metal parts. Also known as direct metal laser sintering ( DMLS ), the ASTM standard term is powder bed fusion ( PBF ). PBF is a rapid prototyping, 3D printing, or

Laser powder bed fusion of 316L stainless steel and K220 copper

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) (i.e. laser-powder bed fusion (LPBF), electron beam powder bed fusion (EBPBF) and direct energy deposition (DED)) has evolved from a rapid prototyping tool to an important material processing technique towards practical applications [Citation 1, Citation 2].Productions of industrially relevant materials

Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF)

Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is one of the best-known additive manufacturing processes. In the LPBF process, components are manufactured by selective laser melting. First, the powder material is evenly applied to the build plate with the coater in a thin layer of 10 to 200 micrometers.

Laser Powder Bed Fusion

For more than 25 years, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT has been continuing to develop process control, plant and system technology, as well as applications for the additive manufacturing process laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). The institute''s LPBF Application Development group supports you in transferring the latest