Among various metal additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, L-PBF is known for fabricating intricate components. However, due to step edges and powder particle attachments, attaining a good surface finish is challenging, especially on downskin surf...
Manufacturing structures with low overhang angles without support structures is a major challenge in powder bed fusion of metals using laser beam (PBF-LB/M). In the present work, various test specimens and parameter sets with continuous wave (cw) and...
The topological characteristics of the down-skin surfaces for as-built components by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) are particularly representative, while the study on the improvement of the surface quality of these surfaces remains largely unexplore...
Although Directed Energy Deposition (DED) of Ti–6Al–4V has been widely explored for its mechanical performance, the combined influence of build orientation and surface position (upskin/downskin) on passive film kinetics and fluoride-induc...
Laser powder–bed fusion (L-PBF) metal additive manufacturing has been widely utilized in various industries. However, large variability and inconsistent quality of the built parts still hinder the full potential of this manufacturing technology...
The simulation of additive manufacturing has become a prominent research area in the past decade. Process physics simulations are employed to replicate laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) manufacturing processes, aiming to predict potential issues throug...
The following work presents the results of an investigation of the cause–effect relationship between the stability of a melt pool and the roughness of an inclined, unsupported steel surface that was 3D-printed using the laser powder bed fusion...
Compared to conventional manufacturing, additive manufacturing (AM) of radio frequency (RF) cavities has the potential to reduce manufacturing costs and complexity and to enable higher performance. This work evaluates whether normal conducting side-c...
The manufacture of highly complex components from nickel-based superalloys with laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) technology can reduce the production costs parts with comparable microstructural and mechanical properties when compared to casting. The p...
The enormous potential of additive manufacturing (AM), particularly laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF), to produce radiofrequency cavities (cavities) has already been demonstrated. However, the required geometrical accuracy for GHz TM010 cavities is cur...
Laser-based powder-bed fusion (L-PBF) is a widely used additive manufacturing technology that contains several variables (processing parameters), which makes it challenging to correlate them with the desired properties (responses) when optimizing the...
Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) parts combine geometric freedom with process-induced rough surfaces that challenge residual-stress metrology. We evaluated the accuracy of the incremental hole-drilling (IHD) method with electronic speckle pattern inte...
The scope of this work is to provide an overview of the influences of process parameters, print orientation, and post-process treatments of Ti6AlV4 processed by laser powder bed fusion on its microstructure and physical and mechanical properties and...