Observation of keyhole-mode laser melting in laser powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing

WE King, HD Barth, VM Castillo, GF Gallegos… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - Elsevier
… of keyhole-mode laser melting in a laser powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing setting
for … The conditions required to transition from conduction controlled melting to keyhole-mode

In-situ Synchrotron imaging of keyhole mode multi-layer laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing

Y Chen, SJ Clark, CLA Leung, L Sinclair… - Applied Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
… to the collapse of the keyhole recoil zone, causing … keyhole mode in a multi-layer LBPF
process and can be used to guide the reduction in porosity and spatter in additive manufacturing

Microscale interaction between laser and metal powder in powder-bed additive manufacturing: conduction mode versus keyhole mode

H Wang, Y Zou - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 - Elsevier
modes – conduction mode and keyhole mode. We have revealed the heat and mass balance
in these two typical printing modes … flows present in the keyhole mode. Gravity drives the …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism of keyhole pore formation in metal additive manufacturing

L Wang, Y Zhang, HY Chia, W Yan - npj Computational Materials, 2022 - nature.com
… Among various pore defects, the porosity under the keyhole mode melting 11,14 is a
ubiquitous defect in both laser welding 15 and laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) and has attracted …

Laser‐induced keyhole defect dynamics during metal additive manufacturing

AM Kiss, AY Fong, NP Calta, V Thampy… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
mode of the sample (ie, conduction or keyhole mode) and its relation to laser drilling speed,
vapor depression dynamics, and front keyhole … material, into the keyhole regime, where the …

Laser melting modes in metal powder bed fusion additive manufacturing

C Zhao, B Shi, S Chen, D Du, T Sun, BJ Simonds… - Reviews of Modern …, 2022 - APS
… laser additive manufacturing practices and create new research directions. The significance
of the keyhole, … For example, melting in keyhole mode can potentially refine grain structure, …

[HTML][HTML] Mitigating keyhole pore formation by nanoparticles during laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing

M Qu, Q Guo, LI Escano, SJ Clark, K Fezzaa… - Additive Manufacturing …, 2022 - Elsevier
keyhole pore formation beyond tuning laser processing conditions during keyhole mode laser
… Here we report a novel approach to mitigate keyhole pore formation during laser powder …

Physical mechanisms of conduction-to-keyhole transition in laser welding and additive manufacturing processes

YA Mayi, M Dal, P Peyre, M Bellet, R Fabbro - Optics & Laser Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
… pool fusion modes. Other … keyhole transition in scanning mode: most authors investigated
the KH shape and stability at steady state. Nevertheless, examination of conduction-to-keyhole

[HTML][HTML] Keyhole fluctuation and pore formation mechanisms during laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing

Y Huang, TG Fleming, SJ Clark, S Marussi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
… (LPBF) additive manufacturing is being … keyhole mode melting 6 to ensure complete fusion
between successive layers. Additionally, laser absorptivity increases dramatically in keyhole

Evaporation model for keyhole dynamics during additive manufacturing of metal

L Wang, Y Zhang, W Yan - Physical Review Applied, 2020 - APS
Additive manufacturing (AM) has gained increasing attention over the past several decades,
for its ability to fabricate products with complex geometry [1], and manufacturing … the keyhole