Laser Process Prints Defect-free Custom Alloy Parts
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 6, 2021 — A study from a Texas A&M University research team could make it easier to print uniform, defect-free parts using the laser bed powder fusion 3D-printing technique with metal alloys. The researchers systematically investigated the effects of alloy composition on the printability and solidification of microstructures, to better understand how alloy composition, process variables, and thermodynamics affected additively manufactured parts. Through 3D-printing experiments, they defined the