Metal additive manufacturing (MAM) technology has great application potential in the
aerospace, medical and energy fields with its high material utilization efficiency to achieve …

Selective laser melting (SLM) has received huge attention recently by the research
community due to feasibility of realization of tailored intricate metallic structures having …

Purpose The purpose of this study is, to compare laser-based additive manufacturing and
subtractive methods. Laser-based manufacturing is a widely used, noncontact, advanced …

A bimodal globularized microstructure in contrast to martensitic laths is known to impart high
strength and toughness in Ti-6Al-4V. Heat treatment for the phase transformation of the laths …

Abstract The as-Selective Laser Melted (as-SLMed) Ti-6Al-4V generally has a martensitic
microstructure. In the present study, martensite decomposition was investigated in various …

Current post-process heat treatments applied to selective laser melting produced Ti-6Al-4V
do not achieve the same microstructure and therefore superior tensile behaviour of …

As a powder-bed-based additive manufacturing technology, selective laser melting (SLM)
offers high-level flexibility and enables efficient fabrication of complex parts. In connection …

Heat treatments tailored for additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V can be used to attain desirable
microstructures associated with superior mechanical properties. Rapid heat treatments, for …

Apparent anisotropies have been found in the microstructure and mechanical properties of
selective laser melted (SLM) Ti–6Al–4V alloy, which will significantly influence the …

Additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing is a manufacturing technique where successive
layers of material are layered to produce parts. The design freedom afforded by AM is ideal …