The design freedom offered by additive manufacturing (AM) enables the fabrication of
components with internal surfaces that are challenging to access post-manufacture. This is …

Particle scale modelling of the process physics involved in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF)
is a recent research hotspot, and many efforts have been made in the literature. However, a …

The population of build defects as a function of position on the build plate was examined in
Ti-6Al-4V specimens fabricated on two common commercial laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) …

Spattering is an unavoidable phenomenon during Selective Laser Melting (SLM). The
distinctively large and dark solidified molten particles have always been observed on the …

Metal additive manufacturing is increasingly used as a complementary manufacturing
technique in industrial settings and slowly moving from pure prototy** applications toward …

The adverse effects of spatter particles are well known in laser powder-bed fusion (LPBF)
additive manufacturing. To prevent the deposition of spatter particles, an inert gas flow is …

An urgent need in the laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) process is to efficiently remove
emissions from or around the moving melt pool since the powder bed contamination by …

Using multiple laser scanner units in Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) allows a significant
increase in productivity compared to single scanner systems. However, the part quality can …

This work focuses on how spatter particles are transported within a laser powder bed fusion
(L-PBF) machine. The machine's gas flow rate and salient flow features are studied with a …