Flexible manufacturing of metallic products by selective laser melting of powder

Status and Progress of Selective Laser Melting Forming Technology

“…So it can accelerate the response speed of product market and update the design concept and production cycle. SLM technology will be better and faster development in the future [10].…”

Introductory Chapter: Multi-Aspect Bibliographic Analysis of the Synergy of Technical, Biological and Medical Sciences Concerning Materials and Technologies Used for Medical and Dental Implantable Devices

“…Additive technologies have been widely used for fabricating diverse, customised elements applied in medicine, in particular, scaffolds with required porosity and strength with living cells implanted into an organism [225][226][227], models of implants and dental bridges [228][229][230], implants of individualised implants of the upper jaw bone, hip joint and skull fragments [231][232][233][234][235][236][237][238]. Considering the additive technologies applied most widely, the following have found their application for scaffold manufacturing, in implantology and prosthetics, i.e., electron beam melting (EBM) [222,[239][240][241][242][243], and also 3D printing for production of indirect models, although selective laser sintering/selective laser melting (SLS/SLM) and its technological variants offers broadest opportunities [220,222,[244][245][246][247][248][249][250][251][252][253], which was noted in discussing each group of materials. SLS/SLM techniques permit to produce a structure with open pores, e.g., with a lattice structure promoting osseointegration, while maintaining different external shapes of the whole implant [254].…”

Metallurgical and Machinability Characteristics of Wrought and Selective Laser Melted Ti-6Al-4V

“…In addition, the main drawbacks of SLM technology are the poor surface finish quality and its inability to fabricate complicated structures without using supporting frames/structures [12]. In order to overcome these drawbacks, postfinish machining of additive manufactured components is required to ensure product quality and tolerance limits.…”