TY  - JOUR
A1  - Eichler, Fabian
A1  - Balc, Nicolae
A1  - Bremen, Sebastian
A1  - Nink, Philipp
T1  - Investigation of laser powder bed fusion parameters with respect to their influence on the thermal conductivity of 316L samples
JF  - Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing
N2  - The thermal conductivity of components manufactured using Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF), also called Selective Laser Melting (SLM), plays an important role in their processing. Not only does a reduced thermal conductivity cause residual stresses during the process, but it also makes subsequent processes such as the welding of LPBF components more difficult. This article uses 316L stainless steel samples to investigate whether and to what extent the thermal conductivity of specimens can be influenced by different LPBF parameters. To this end, samples are set up using different parameters, orientations, and powder conditions and measured by a heat flow meter using stationary analysis. The heat flow meter set-up used in this study achieves good reproducibility and high measurement accuracy, so that comparative measurements between the various LPBF influencing factors to be tested are possible. In summary, the series of measurements show that the residual porosity of the components has the greatest influence on conductivity. The degradation of the powder due to increased recycling also appears to be detectable. The build-up direction shows no detectable effect in the measurement series.
KW  - Additive manufacturing
KW  - LPBF
KW  - SLM
KW  - Thermal conductivity
KW  - 316L
Y1  - 2024
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp8040166
SN  - 2504-4494
N1  - Corresponding author: Fabian Eichler
VL  - 8
IS  - 4
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rieper, Harald
A1  - Gebhardt, Andreas
A1  - Stucker, Brent
T1  - Selective Laser Melting of the Eutectic Silver-Copper Alloy Ag 28 wt % Cu
JF  - RTejournal - Forum für Rapid Technologie
N2  - The aim of this work was to perform a detailed investigation of the use of Selective Laser Melting (SLM) technology to process eutectic silver-copper alloy Ag 28 wt. % Cu (also called AgCu28). The processing occurred with a Realizer SLM 50 desktop machine. The powder analysis (SEM-topography, EDX, particle distribution) was reported as well as the absorption rates for the near-infrared (NIR) spectrum. Microscope imaging showed the surface topography of the manufactured parts. Furthermore, microsections were conducted for the analysis of porosity. The Design of Experiments approach used the response surface method in order to model the statistical relationship between laser power, spot distance and pulse time.
KW  - SLM
KW  - Response Surface Method
KW  - Porositat
KW  - Eutectic Silver Copper alloy
KW  - Additive Manufacturing
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?nbn:de:0009-2-44141
SN  - 1614-0923
VL  - 13
ER  -