...Matthew Burton; Mudassar Khalil; Paul P. Conway; Carmen Torres-Sanchez Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify optimum laser settings and scanning strategies for titanium powder in a Trumpf Truprint 1000 to maximise density and minimise secondary roughness of printed parts. Design...

...Carmelo Javier Luis-Pérez; Irene Buj-Corral Purpose This paper aims to investigate the effect of fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printing parameters on surface roughness, dimensional error and density of glass fiber-filled polypropylene (GF/PP) parts. It is a promising material to be used...

... parameters for Polystyrene (PS200), focusing on their effects on hardness and density to produce high-quality investment casting patterns. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive characterization of PS200 was conducted. A three-factor face-centered central composite design (FC-CCD) was used...

....% of copper is used to realize nine different combinations varying the printing speed and the flow rate. The following thermal debinding and sintering are performed at 483 °C and 1057 °C, respectively, burying the samples in specific refractory powder and carbon. The green and sintered density are measured...

...Monika Duchna; Iwona Cieślik; Alexander Kloshek; Bogusława Adamczyk-Cieślak; Magdalena Zieniuk; Dorota Moszczyńska; Jarosław Mizera Purpose The purpose of this paper is to obtain high-temperature-resistant material with high density and to conduct microstructural investigations of 3D-printed Ni...

...Hong-Chuong Tran; Yu-Lung Lo; Trong-Nhan Le; Alan Kin-Tak Lau; Hong-You Lin Purpose Depending on an experimental approach to find optimal parameters for producing fully dense (relative density > 99%) Inconel 718 (IN718) components in the selective laser melting (SLM) process is expensive...

... Dimensional accuracy Density Binder saturation Construction industry faces innumerable challenges regarding non-sustainable practices including façade elements (Buswell et al., 2007 ; Lim et al., 2012), non-reusable, tied up or very expensive reusable concrete formworks (Cole...

..., uncertainty quantification and experimental characterization to determine processing windows for NiNb5 in an accelerated fashion. Test coupons and mechanical test samples were fabricated on a ProX 200 commercial LPBF system. A series of density, microstructure and mechanical property characterization...

... lattice structure was investigated in this study. In this study, the characteristics such as the density, up-skin and down-skin roughness and dimensional accuracy of selective laser melting forming technology manufacturing (SLMed) AlSi10Mg cellular lattice structure were carried. This work reveals...

...Joseph Henry Robinson; Ian Robert Thomas Ashton; Eric Jones; Peter Fox; Chris Sutcliffe Purpose This paper aims to present an investigation into the variation of scan vector hatch rotation strategies in selective laser melting (SLM), focussing on how it effects density, surface roughness, tensile...

... to be taken in to the fold of EBM, which is a highly complex process, it is essential to understand the effect of process parameters on the final quality of parts. This paper aims to understand the effect of melting parameters on top surface quality and density of EBM manufactured parts. This investigation...

...Dana H. Abdeen; Bruce R. Palmer Purpose This paper aims to study the effect of processing parameters of an electron beam melting (EBM) machine on the surface roughness, critical pitting temperature and density of Ti-6Al-4V parts produced from the EBM machine. Design/methodology/approach...

... of the multi‐layer parts were examined. Findings The gold powder was found to be cohesive in nature with apparent and tap densities of 9.3 and 10.36 g/cm³, respectively. The reflectance of gold powder was found to be 85 per cent in the infrared range. A very narrow good melting region...