Balling behavior of stainless steel and nickel powder during selective laser melting process

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 9-12, 2012, Pages 1025-1035

  Li, Ruidi ^a   Liu, Jinhui ^b   Shi, Yusheng ^c   Wang, Li ^c   Jiang, Wei ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Balling behavior; Nickel; Selective laser melting; Stainless steel

Indexed keywords

BALLING BEHAVIOR; BALLING PHENOMENON; ENERGY DENSITY; FORMING QUALITY; HIGH LASER POWER; LASER LINES; NICKEL POWDERS; OXYGEN CONTENT; SCAN TRACK; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING; WETTING ABILITY; WETTING OF METALS;

POWDER METALS; STAINLESS STEEL; WETTING;

NICKEL;

EID: 84866947710     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-011-3566-1     Document Type: Article

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