Advances in Selective Laser Melting
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Additive Manufacturing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2019) | Viewed by 23284
Special Issue Editors
Interests: physical metallurgy; microstructure; intermetallics; thermodynamic assessments; electron microscopy; additive manufacturing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies have the great potential to provide an innovation in how metal products are designed and manufactured. The AM process has recently provided novel approaches to control topological structures and microstructure of metal products, which are incorporated in many different varieties of industrial materials applied for automobiles, aircrafts and medical implants. One of the most commonly-used AM processes is a selective laser melting (SLM) combined with powder bed system. The SLM process uses laser beams to melt and fuse powder metals and/or alloys, which may include selective laser sintering (SLS), direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) and selective heat sintering (SHS). This Special Issue covers a wide scope, comprising new (modified) processing routes, product materials, theoretical computations and applications associated with the SLM process including the powder technologies. In addition, recent advances in electron beam melting (EBM) technologies are welcome as well. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:
- Advancements in selective laser melting (SLM) process
- New laser processing technologies combined with powder bed system
- Properties and performance of SLM-produced metals and alloys—mechanical, thermal, electrical, chemical and biologicals
- Microstructural control of SLM-produced metals and alloys
- Material (alloy) designs for manufacturing products by SLM
- Topological designs of metal products applicable for SLM
- Theoretical computations to further understand phenomenon during SLM processing
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Naoki Takata
Prof. Dr. Makoto Kobashi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Selective laser melting
- Laser processing
- Scan strategy
- Powder metallurgy
- Rapid melting and solidification
- Microstructure
- Physical (mechanical, thermal) and electrochemical (biological) properties
- Multi-materials and composites
- Applications (automotive, aviation, consumer electronics, bio-medical, etc.)
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