Solidification in metal additive manufacturing: challenges, solutions, and opportunities

S Chandra, J Radhakrishnan, S Huang, S Wei… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
The physics of alloy solidification during additive manufacturing (AM) in methods such as
laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), electron beam powder bed fusion (EPBF), and laser …

Alloy design for laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing: a critical review

Z Liu, Q Zhou, X Liang, X Wang, G Li… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Metal additive manufacturing (AM) has been extensively studied in recent decades. Despite
the significant progress achieved in manufacturing complex shapes and structures …

[PDF][PDF] Processing and characterization of crack-free 7075 aluminum alloys with elemental Zr modification by laser powder bed fusion

W Yu, Z **ao, X Zhang, Y Sun, P Xue… - Materials Science in …, 2022 - scholar.archive.org
High-performance engineering alloys, such as 7000 series aluminum alloys, suffer poor
printability in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing. An enormous …

Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of 2060 Al-Li alloy via friction stir additive manufacturing

T Jiang, T Jiao, G Dai, Z Shen, Y Guo, Z Sun… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aluminum has low evaporation temperature and high reactivity with oxygen, and it could
cause a lot of challenges during traditional melt-based additive manufacturing (AM) process …

High-power laser powder bed fusion of 316L stainless steel: Defects, microstructure, and mechanical properties

G Huang, K Wei, J Deng, M Liu, X Zeng - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2022 - Elsevier
Low build rate has always been the bottleneck problem of the application and development
of laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) metal 3D printing technology. Although increasing laser …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in inoculation treatment for powder-based additive manufacturing of aluminium alloys

Q Tan, M Zhang - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
Powder-based additive manufacturing (AM) is revolutionizing the fabrication of advanced
engineering metallic materials, including aluminium (Al) alloys, which are the workhorse …

Microstructure and mechanical properties of H13 tool steel fabricated by high power laser powder bed fusion

G Huang, K Wei, X Zeng - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract A high power (> 2 kW) laser powder bed fusion (HP-LPBF) additive manufacturing
technology was used to fabricate H13 tool steel in this study. The influences of laser energy …

Residual stress reduction and surface quality improvement of dual-laser powder bed fusion

Y Wang, C Chen, Y Qi, H Zhu - Additive Manufacturing, 2023 - Elsevier
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is a widely used technology in additive manufacturing, but
existing in-situ stress relief methods often fail to provide satisfactory results. To address this …

Recent progress on microstructure manipulation of aluminium alloys manufactured via laser powder bed fusion

Z **ao, W Yu, H Fu, Y Deng, Y Wu… - Virtual and Physical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is a promising additive manufacturing technique that allows
layer-by-layer fabrication of metallic powders. Distinguished thermal dynamics result in the …

Achieving superior high-temperature mechanical properties in Al-Cu-Li-Sc-Zr alloy with nano-scale microstructure via laser additive manufacturing

Y Qi, H Zhang, X Yang, Y Wang, C Han… - Materials Research …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Traditional aluminum alloys are unsuitable for structural use above 200℃ due to precipitate
coarsening or dissolution. Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing …