Selective laser melting of aluminium components

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 275-284

  Louvis, Eleftherios ^a   Fox, Peter ^a   Sutcliffe, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloys; Oxidation; SLM

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; BUILD TIME; COMMERCIALLY PURE TITANIUMS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; HIGH LASER POWER; HIGH-POWER; LASER POWER; LASER SCANNING; LASER SCANNING SPEED; LOW SPEED; MANUFACTURING COST; MARANGONI FORCE; MAXIMUM RELATIVE DENSITY; MELT POOL; OPTIMUM COMBINATION; OXIDE PARTICLES; PROCESS PARAMETERS; RELATIVE DENSITY; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING; SLM; SURROUNDING MATERIALS; THIN OXIDE FILMS; W LASERS;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; LAKES; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER OPTICS; MELTING; MOLTEN MATERIALS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; TITANIUM;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 78449261213     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2010.09.019     Document Type: Article

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