Property evaluation of 304L stainless steel fabricated by selective laser melting

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 420-428

  Abd Elghany, K ^a   Bourell, D L ^b  

^a CENTRAL METALLURGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CMRDI   (Egypt)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing; Feedstock cost; Mechanical properties of materials; Microstructures; Selective laser melting; Stainless steel

Indexed keywords

304L STAINLESS STEEL; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; AUSTENITIC; COOLING CYCLE; FEEDSTOCK COSTS; FEEDSTOCK POWDERS; HIGH MELTING; LAYER THICKNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS; POST PROCESSING; PRODUCT QUALITY; PROPERTIES AND MICROSTRUCTURES; PROPERTY EVALUATION; RAW MATERIAL COSTS; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING;

CARBIDES; FEEDSTOCKS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MANUFACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; POWDERS; STAINLESS STEEL;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 84864272729     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552541211250418     Document Type: Article

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