As important structural materials widely used in aerospace and automotive industries,
aluminum alloys are perfect candidates for development of laser metal additive …

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) has received a lot of attention since its introduction,
owing to its cost efficiency and freedom in design. For a successful and repeatable AM …

Considerable studies on metal selective laser melting (SLM) have proved the necessity to
refine microstructure parts fabricated by SLM in order to eliminate property anisotropy, hot …

Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is the most widely used additive manufacturing technique
and has received increasing attention owing to the high design freedom it offers. The …

The unprecedented increase in component design space has led to significant focus on
fusion-based additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. The new design possibilities …

Metal additive manufacturing offers a tool to bring formerly unmanufacturable, geometrically
complex, engineered structures into existence. However, considerable challenges remain in …

Selective laser melting (SLM) is a powder bed fusion type metal additive manufacturing
process which is being applied to manufacture highly customised and value-added parts in …

The premature fractures, cracks, distortions, and delamination in selective laser melting
manufactured components are among the most prominent challenges. These issues in …

Selective laser melting (SLM) has been successful in fabricating advanced engineering
parts with high geometrical complexities. However, some metals or alloys with high strength …

Additive Manufacturing is a layer over layer material depositing process to fabricate 3D
shape objects. In this process laser completely melts one powder layer and fuses it with …