Advances in metal additive manufacturing: a review of common processes, industrial applications, and current challenges

A Vafadar, F Guzzomi, A Rassau, K Hayward - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, Additive Manufacturing (AM), also called 3D printing, has been expanding
into several industrial sectors due to the technology providing opportunities in terms of …

Ceramic materials for biomedical applications: an overview on properties and fabrication processes

L Vaiani, A Boccaccio, AE Uva, G Palumbo… - Journal of Functional …, 2023 - mdpi.com
A growing interest in creating advanced biomaterials with specific physical and chemical
properties is currently being observed. These high-standard materials must be capable to …

A review of heat treatments on improving the quality and residual stresses of the Ti–6Al–4V parts produced by additive manufacturing

Ó Teixeira, FJG Silva, LP Ferreira, E Atzeni - Metals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Additive manufacturing (AM) can be seen as a disruptive process that builds complex
components layer upon layer. Two of its distinct technologies are Selective Laser Melting …

Effects of laser-energy density and build orientation on the structure–property relationships in as-built Inconel 718 manufactured by laser powder bed fusion

DS Watring, JT Benzing, N Hrabe, AD Spear - Additive manufacturing, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigates the effects of build orientation and laser-energy density on the pore
structure, microstructure, and tensile properties of Inconel 718 manufactured by laser …

A review of advances in cold spray additive manufacturing

RF Vaz, A Garfias, V Albaladejo, J Sanchez, IG Cano - Coatings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing (CSAM) produces freeform parts by accelerating powder
particles at supersonic speed which, impacting against a substrate material, trigger a …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of HIP post-processing at 850° C/200 MPa in the fatigue behavior of Ti-6Al-4V alloy fabricated by Selective Laser Melting

JM Alegre, A Díaz, R García, LB Peral… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) is a thermomechanical post-processing technique
widely used in Additive Manufacturing parts to reduce internal defects, such as entrapped …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of heat treatment parameters on microstructure and mechanical performance of titanium alloy in LPBF: A brief review

FI Jamhari, FM Foudzi, MA Buhairi, AB Sulong… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF), residual stress in as-built 3D parts may require
post-processing treatments to prevent the formation of cracks and voids, where heat …

Controlling grain size, morphology and texture in additively manufactured β-titanium alloy with super transus hot isostatic pressing

CH Ng, MJ Bermingham, MS Dargusch - Additive Manufacturing, 2022 - Elsevier
Titanium alloys produced by Additive Manufacturing (AM) are often characterised as having
coarse columnar grain structures on account of the prevailing thermal conditions at the time …

Additive manufacturing of AlSi10Mg and Ti6Al4V lightweight alloys via laser powder bed fusion: a review of heat treatments effects

E Ghio, E Cerri - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) is an additive manufacturing technology that is gaining
increasing interest in aerospace, automotive and biomedical applications due to the …

Cost-affordable Ti-6Al-4V for additive manufacturing: Powder modification, compositional modulation and laser in-situ alloying

YP Dong, YL Li, SY Zhou, YH Zhou, MS Dargusch… - Additive …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Ti-6Al-4V is the single most important Ti alloy, accounting for use in almost 60% of
all the applications of Ti materials. Additive manufacturing (AM) offers design freedom with …