TY - JOUR
T1 - Review of materials used in laser-aided additive manufacturing processes to produce metallic products
AU - Niu, Xiaodong
AU - Singh, Surinder
AU - Garg, Akhil
AU - Singh, Harpreet
AU - Panda, Biranchi
AU - Peng, Xiongbin
AU - Zhang, Qiujuan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, The Author(s).
PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 - Rapid prototyping (RP) or layered manufacturing (LM) technologies have been extensively used to manufacture prototypes composed mainly of plastics, polymers, paper, and wax due to the short product development time and low costs of these technologies. However, such technologies, with the exception of selective laser melting and sintering, are not used to fabricate metallic products because of the resulting poor life, short cycle, poor surface finish, and low structural integrity of the fabricated parts. The properties endowed by these parts do not match those of functional parts. Therefore, extensive research has been conducted to develop new additive manufacturing (AM) technologies by extending existing RP technologies. Several AM technologies have been developed for the fabrication of metallic objects. These technologies utilize materials, such as Ni-, Al-, and Ti-based alloys and stainless steel powders, to fabricate high-quality functional components. The present work reviews the type of materials used in laser-based AM processes for the manufacture of metallic products. The advantages and disadvantages of processes and different materials are summarized, and future research directions are discussed in the final section. This review can help experts select the ideal type of process or technology for the manufacturing of elements composed of a given alloy or material (Ni, Ti, Al, Pb, and stainless steel).
AB - Rapid prototyping (RP) or layered manufacturing (LM) technologies have been extensively used to manufacture prototypes composed mainly of plastics, polymers, paper, and wax due to the short product development time and low costs of these technologies. However, such technologies, with the exception of selective laser melting and sintering, are not used to fabricate metallic products because of the resulting poor life, short cycle, poor surface finish, and low structural integrity of the fabricated parts. The properties endowed by these parts do not match those of functional parts. Therefore, extensive research has been conducted to develop new additive manufacturing (AM) technologies by extending existing RP technologies. Several AM technologies have been developed for the fabrication of metallic objects. These technologies utilize materials, such as Ni-, Al-, and Ti-based alloys and stainless steel powders, to fabricate high-quality functional components. The present work reviews the type of materials used in laser-based AM processes for the manufacture of metallic products. The advantages and disadvantages of processes and different materials are summarized, and future research directions are discussed in the final section. This review can help experts select the ideal type of process or technology for the manufacturing of elements composed of a given alloy or material (Ni, Ti, Al, Pb, and stainless steel).
KW - additive manufacturing
KW - direct metal deposition
KW - laser-based manufacturing
KW - rapid manufacturing
KW - selective laser melting
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U2 - 10.1007/s11465-019-0526-1
DO - 10.1007/s11465-019-0526-1
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85054359219
SN - 2095-0233
VL - 14
SP - 282
EP - 298
JO - Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering
JF - Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering
IS - 3
ER -