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Additive manufacturing of metals

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In this paper, the authors describe the complex relationship between additive manufacturing processes, microstructure and resulting properties for metals, and typical microstructures for additively manufactured steel, aluminium and titanium are presented.
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This article is published in Acta Materialia.The article was published on 2016-09-15. It has received 2837 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Aluminium.

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Additive manufacturing of metallic components – Process, structure and properties

TL;DR: A review of the emerging research on additive manufacturing of metallic materials is provided in this article, which provides a comprehensive overview of the physical processes and the underlying science of metallurgical structure and properties of the deposited parts.
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Additive manufacturing (3D printing): A review of materials, methods, applications and challenges

TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the main 3D printing methods, materials and their development in trending applications was carried out in this paper, where the revolutionary applications of AM in biomedical, aerospace, buildings and protective structures were discussed.
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Additively manufactured hierarchical stainless steels with high strength and ductility

TL;DR: The potential of additive manufacturing to create alloys with unique microstructures and high performance for structural applications is demonstrated, with austenitic 316L stainless steels additively manufactured via a laser powder-bed-fusion technique exhibiting a combination of yield strength and tensile ductility that surpasses that of conventional 316L steels.
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Additive manufacturing of Ti6Al4V alloy: A review

TL;DR: In this paper, the recent progress on Ti6Al4V fabricated by three mostly developed additive manufacturing techniques-directed energy deposition (DED), selective laser melting (SLM) and electron beam melting (EBM)-is thoroughly investigated and compared.
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A review of the wire arc additive manufacturing of metals: properties, defects and quality improvement

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the emerging research on wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) techniques and the commonly used metallic feedstock materials, and also provide a comprehensive over view of the metallurgical and material properties of the deposited parts.
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Selective laser melting of AlSi10Mg alloy: Process optimisation and mechanical properties development

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of selective laser melting (SLM) process parameters (laser power, scan speed, scan spacing, and island size) on the porosity development in AlSi10Mg alloy builds has been investigated, using statistical design of experimental approach, correlated with the energy density model.
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Additive manufacturing of strong and ductile Ti–6Al–4V by selective laser melting via in situ martensite decomposition

TL;DR: In this paper, a new ultrafine lamellar microstructures comprising ultrafine (∼200-300nm) α-laths and retained β phases were created via promoting in situ decomposition of a near α′ martensitic structure in Ti-6Al-4V additively manufactured by selective laser melting (SLM).
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Densification behavior, microstructure evolution, and wear performance of selective laser melting processed commercially pure titanium

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive study of the densification behavior, phase and microstructure development, hardness and wear performance of commercially pure Ti parts processed by selective laser melting (SLM) is presented.

Selective laser melting of biocompatible metals for rapid manufacturing of medical parts

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the possibility of producing medical or dental parts by selective laser melting (SLM) and developed a procedure to fabricate frameworks for complex dental prostheses.
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