Laser Additive Manufacturing: Materials, Design, Technologies, and Applications provides the latest information on this highly efficient method of layer-based manufacturing using metals, plastics, or composite materials. The technology is particularly suitable for the production of complex components with high precision for a range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, and medical engineering.
This book provides a comprehensive review of the technology and its range of applications. Part One looks at materials suitable for laser AM processes, with Part Two discussing design strategies for AM. Parts Three and Four review the most widely-used AM technique, powder bed fusion (PBF) and discuss other AM techniques, such as directed energy deposition, sheet lamination, jetting techniques, extrusion techniques, and vat photopolymerization. The final section explores the range of applications of laser AM.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Related titles - p. ii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. xi 7. Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials - p. xiii 8. The role of lasers in additive manufacturing - p. 1 9. Part One. Processes, technology and materials - p. 18 10. 1. Laser-aided direct metal deposition of metals and alloys - p. 21 11. 2. Powder bed fusion processes: An overview - p. 55 12. 3. Hybrid laser manufacturing - p. 79 13. 4. Surface roughness optimisation for selective laser melting (SLM): Accommodating relevant and irrelevant surfaces - p. 99 14. 5. Mechanical properties of Ti6Al4V and AlSi12Mg lattice structures manufactured by Selective Laser Melting (SLM) - p. 119 15. 6. Laser additive manufacturing of ceramic components: Materials, processes, and mechanisms - p. 163 16. 7. Powder bed fusion of polymers - p. 181 17. 8. Polymer nanocomposites for laser additive manufacturing - p. 205 18. 9. Laser additive manufacturing using nanofabrication by integrated two-photon polymerization and multiphoton ablation - p. 237 19. Part Two. Design strategies and life cycle costs - p. 256 20. 10. Design for laser additive manufacturing - p. 259 21. 11. Modelling of laser additive manufactured product lifecycle costs - p. 281 22. Part Three. Applications - p. 316 23. 12. Laser additive manufacturing of embedded electronics - p. 319 24. 13. Aerospace applications of laser additive manufacturing - p. 351 25. 14. Laser sintering of ceramic materials for aeronautical and astronautical applications - p. 373 26. 15. Laser additive manufacturing of customized prosthetics and implants for biomedical applications - p. 399 27. 16. Laser additive printing of cells - p. 421 28. 17. Additive manufacture of tools and dies for metal forming - p. 439 29. Index - p. 465
Laser Additive Manufacturing: Materials, Design, Technologies, and Applications provides the latest information on this highly efficient method of layer-based manufacturing using metals, plastics, or composite materials. The technology is particularly suitable for the production of complex components with high precision for a range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, and medical engineering.
This book provides a comprehensive review of the technology and its range of applications. Part One looks at materials suitable for laser AM processes, with Part Two discussing design strategies for AM. Parts Three and Four review the most widely-used AM technique, powder bed fusion (PBF) and discuss other AM techniques, such as directed energy deposition, sheet lamination, jetting techniques, extrusion techniques, and vat photopolymerization. The final section explores the range of applications of laser AM.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Related titles - p. ii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. xi 7. Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials - p. xiii 8. The role of lasers in additive manufacturing - p. 1 9. Part One. Processes, technology and materials - p. 18 10. 1. Laser-aided direct metal deposition of metals and alloys - p. 21 11. 2. Powder bed fusion processes: An overview - p. 55 12. 3. Hybrid laser manufacturing - p. 79 13. 4. Surface roughness optimisation for selective laser melting (SLM): Accommodating relevant and irrelevant surfaces - p. 99 14. 5. Mechanical properties of Ti6Al4V and AlSi12Mg lattice structures manufactured by Selective Laser Melting (SLM) - p. 119 15. 6. Laser additive manufacturing of ceramic components: Materials, processes, and mechanisms - p. 163 16. 7. Powder bed fusion of polymers - p. 181 17. 8. Polymer nanocomposites for laser additive manufacturing - p. 205 18. 9. Laser additive manufacturing using nanofabrication by integrated two-photon polymerization and multiphoton ablation - p. 237 19. Part Two. Design strategies and life cycle costs - p. 256 20. 10. Design for laser additive manufacturing - p. 259 21. 11. Modelling of laser additive manufactured product lifecycle costs - p. 281 22. Part Three. Applications - p. 316 23. 12. Laser additive manufacturing of embedded electronics - p. 319 24. 13. Aerospace applications of laser additive manufacturing - p. 351 25. 14. Laser sintering of ceramic materials for aeronautical and astronautical applications - p. 373 26. 15. Laser additive manufacturing of customized prosthetics and implants for biomedical applications - p. 399 27. 16. Laser additive printing of cells - p. 421 28. 17. Additive manufacture of tools and dies for metal forming - p. 439 29. Index - p. 465
