Additive manufacturing of Ti-6A1-4V based components with high power fiber lasers

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping: Virtual and Rapid Manufacturing Advanced Research Virtual and Rapid Prototyping

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 369-374

  Lopes, G ^a   Williams, S ^a   Miranda, R M ^b   Quintino, L ^c   Rodrigues, J P ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNINOVA   (Portugal)

^c Instituto Superior Tecnico Institute for Mechanical Engineering   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing; Direct laser melting; Rapid prototyping; Titanium alloy Ti 6A1 4V

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURES; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; COMPLEX SHAPES; CYLINDRICAL COMPONENTS; DEPOSITION PROCESS; DIRECT LASER MELTING; DIRECT LASER SINTERING; ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; FEED MATERIALS; HIGH-POWER FIBER LASERS; HIGHER DEGREES; METALLIC POWDERS; RAPID EVOLUTIONS; RAPID PROTOTYPING TECHNOLOGIES;

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; ALLOYS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; DC GENERATORS; FIBER LASERS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; JOB ANALYSIS; LASER HEATING; LASER PULSES; LASERS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MELTING; PRODUCT DESIGN; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SINTERING; TITANIUM; WIRE;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 75049084395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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