The dendritic substructure of 316L stainless steel processed by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-
PBF) is experimentally investigated on three specimens built with significantly different …

The manufacturability of metallic alloys using laser-based additive manufacturing methods
such as laser powder bed fusion has substantially improved within the last decade …

Conventional scanning approaches with fixed laser parameters are prone to causing
localized defects and in-homogeneous performance when forming parts with complicated …

Given the urgency of mitigating the effects of global warming and the depletion of fossil
energy sources, renewable sources of energy, such as wind power, are the focus of the …

Heat accumulation during laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) of metallic build parts can
adversely affect their microstructure and mechanical properties. To study the heat …

Laser-based powder bed fusion of metals (PBF-LB/M) is an emerging technology with
enormous potential for the fabrication of highly complex products due to the layer-wise …

Limited process control can cause metallurgical defect formation and inhomogeneous
relative density in laser powder bed fusion manufactured parts. This study shows that …

The control of residual stress (RS) remains a challenge in the manufacturing of metallic parts
using the laser powder bed fusion process (LPBF). This layer‐by‐layer manufacturing …

State-of-the-art laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M) machines allow pre-heating of the
substrate plate to reduce stress and improve part quality. However, two major issues have …

Additive manufacturing techniques, such as laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB), are well
known for their exceptional freedom in part design. However, these techniques are also …