Selective laser melting of Inconel 625 using pulse shaping

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 248-257

  Mumtaz, Kamran ^a   Hopkinson, Neil ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alloys; Lasers; Melting; Powders

Indexed keywords

COOLING EFFECTS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH PEAK POWER; INCONEL; LASER ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; LASER PARAMETERS; MELT POOL; OPTIMAL PARAMETER; PART SURFACE; PEAK POWER; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; POWDER BED; PROCESS MATERIALS; PULSE SHAPE CONTROL; PULSE-SHAPING; RECOIL PRESSURE; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING; SINGLE LASER PULSE; SPATTER GENERATION; THIN WALL PART; TOP SURFACE;

CERIUM ALLOYS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ION BEAMS; LAKES; LASER PULSES; MATERIALS; MELTING; METAL ANALYSIS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SOLIDIFICATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 77953550861     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552541011049261     Document Type: Article

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