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  - CHAP
A1  - Weiss, Christian
A1  - Heslenfeld, Jonas
A1  - Saewe, Jasmin Kathrin
A1  - Bremen, Sebastian
A1  - Häfner, Constantin Leon
T1  - Investigation on the influence of powder humidity in Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF)
T2  - Procedia CIRP 12th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies [LANE 2022]
N2  - In the Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) process, parts are built out of metal powder material by exposure of a laser beam. During handling operations of the powder material, several influencing factors can affect the properties of the powder material and therefore directly influence the processability during manufacturing. Contamination by moisture due to handling operations is one of the most critical aspects of powder quality. In order to investigate the influences of powder humidity on LPBF processing, four materials (AlSi10Mg, Ti6Al4V, 316L and IN718) are chosen for this study. The powder material is artificially humidified, subsequently characterized, manufactured into cubic samples in a miniaturized process chamber and analyzed for their relative density. The results indicate that the processability and reproducibility of parts made of AlSi10Mg and Ti6Al4V are susceptible to humidity, while IN718 and 316L are barely influenced.
KW  - LPBF
KW  - Additive Manufacturing
KW  - Powder Material
KW  - Humidity
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2022.08.102
SN  - 2212-8271
N1  - 12th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies [LANE 2022], 04. September 2022 bis 08. September 2022, Fürth
VL  - 111
SP  - 115
EP  - 120
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -