Laser Processing of Metallic Materials
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Additive Manufacturing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 391
Special Issue Editor
Interests: laser material processing (cutting, welding, drilling, micromachining, texturing, heat treatment and additive manufacturing) of advanced materials, such as shape memory alloys (nitinol and other innovative ones), light (titanium- and aluminum-based) and biodegradable alloys; microstructural and functional characterizations
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
At present, the use of laser beam in manufacturing can be considered a versatile and diffuse precise tool, thanks to the high-quality features which can be realized. The extreme flexibility of this advanced technology of manufacturing, based on thermal energy, allows different processes to be carried out on all engineering materials. In particular, the laser emission mode, the emission wavelength, and the pulse durations are process parameters able to switch from one process to another, like cutting, welding, surface modifications, additive manufacturing, and micromachining. On the other side, the mechanism of material interaction depends on the thermophysical properties of the metallic materials; therefore, the correlation between the material and the process needs to be well known for the best performances of the final device and the entire production route. Last but not least is the requirement of the numerical simulation of these processes, which can strongly support the diffusion and knowledge regarding the use of lasers in manufacturing.
I hope that the present Special Issue will be an opportunity to create a strong network between authors and readers working in the challenging area of laser material processing, mainly oriented to metals and metallic materials. The investigation of the effect of the laser beam on the material during the specific process is the core, which permits to promote the progress and the diffusion of this challenging advanced method of manufacturing.
Dr. Carlo Alberto Biffi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Advanced manufacturing processes
- Laser material processing
- Additive manufacturing
- Metallic materials
- Laser cutting
- Laser welding
- Selective laser melting
- Direct energy deposition
- Laser heat treatment
- Laser surface modifications
- Laser drilling
