XCT analysis of the influence of melt strategies on defect population in Ti-6Al-4V components manufactured by Selective Electron Beam Melting

Materials Characterization

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-61

  Tammas Williams, S ^a,b   Zhao, H ^a,b   Leonard F ^a   Derguti, F ^b   Todd, I ^b   Prangnell, P B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive; Manufacture; Pores; Selective Electron Beam Melting; Titanium; X ray Computed Tomography (XCT)

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; ADDITIVES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM MELTING; ELECTRON BEAMS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MANUFACTURE; MELTING; POROSITY; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY; VOLUME FRACTION;

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; DEFECT POPULATION; PORES; PROCESS VARIABLES; SELECTIVE ELECTRON BEAM MELTING; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING; TITANIUM COMPONENTS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ELECTRON BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84923577446     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2015.02.008     Document Type: Article

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