Additive manufacturing has already been established as a highly versatile manufacturing
technique with demonstrated potential to completely transform conventional manufacturing …

Multi-material additive manufacturing provides a new route for fabricating components with
tailored physical properties. Laser-based powder bed fusion (L-PBF), also known as …

Functionally graded materials (FGMs) are desirable in a variety of applications. Due to a lack
of understanding of design and manufacturing methods, it remains a challenge to engineer …

Owing to its graded function and agglomeration of contradictory properties over its structure,
functionally graded materials (FGMs) are popular as second-generation composites. FGMs …

Additive manufacturing offers great potential and versatility for manufacturing high-quality
and geometrically complex components. Multi-material laser-powder bed fusion is an …

This article discusses the different forms of powder bed fusion (PBF) techniques, namely
laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), electron beam powder bed fusion (EB-PBF) and large-area …

One of the most important aspects of Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) processes is the powder
layer spreading. The powder layer needs to be applied in such a way that its evenness and …

Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques gained significant research interest in the past two
decades. AM techniques are the best alternative to traditional manufacturing processes for …

Although multiple-material additive manufacturing has progressed rapidly over the last few
years, little progress has been made so far on the additive manufacturing of metal/polymer …

Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) of multi-material and functionally graded materials (FGM)
has attracted significant research interest due to its ability to fabricate components with …