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
… In this study, metal powders are supposed to have the same diameter, and these powders
In the situation of multiple layers of powders, the upper layers of the powders are supposed to …

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
mode. In addition, the collapse of the vapor cavity that is formed by the evaporation of the
metal … experimental observation of keyhole-mode laser melting in a laser powder-bed fusion …

Selective laser melting of Al7050 powder: Melting mode transition and comparison of the characteristics between the keyhole and conduction mode

T Qi, H Zhu, H Zhang, J Yin, L Ke, X Zeng - Materials & Design, 2017 - Elsevier
keyhole mode agrees very well with the experimental result. A metallic luster surface was
obtained in keyhole mode due … A and I are the laser absorptivity of metal powder and the laser …

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
… For example, melting in keyhole mode can potentially refine … to stable-keyhole to
unstable-keyhole mode during a scan … or powder motion and shading above the surface (Rubenchik …

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
… with the keyhole include: (I) keyhole initiation, (II) keyhole … due to the collapse of the keyhole
recoil zone, causing molten … the transient dynamics behind the keyhole mode in a multi-…

On the study of keyhole-mode melting in selective laser melting process

KQ Le, C Tang, CH Wong - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
… liquidus temperature of the metal powder respectively and T is the temperature field of the
computational domain. Hence, the volume fraction of solid metal f s and liquid metal f l are α 1 …

Effect of metal vaporization behavior on keyhole-mode surface morphology of selective laser melted composites using different protective atmospheres

D Dai, D Gu - Applied Surface Science, 2015 - Elsevier
metal evaporation phenomenon, is introduced to simulate SLM of the TiC/AlSi10Mg powder
… to heat and melt the metal powder in the upper region of the powder layer and subsequently …

A numerical study on the keyhole formation during laser powder bed fusion process

S Shrestha, Y Kevin Chou - Journal of …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
… As this study is focused on keyhole mode melting, a bigger computational domain along the
… [31] have performed an experiment to measure the absorptivity of metallic powders during …

Physics-based analytical modeling of keyhole mode in laser powder bed fusion

W Wang, SY Liang - The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing …, 2022 - Springer
powder bed fusion (LPBF) has become a widely employed technique for additive manufacturing
of metallic … material waste because the un-used metal powders can be re-collected and …

Understanding keyhole induced-porosities in laser powder bed fusion of aluminum and elimination strategy

L Guo, H Wang, H Liu, Y Huang, Q Wei… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
… In LPBF process, when the melt pool transforms from conduction mode to keyhole mode,
which is beneficial for materials with low laser absorptivity, it is likely to generate a …