Study of the spatter distribution on the powder bed during selective laser melting

• Main Authors: Ahmad Bin Anwar, Pham, Quang-Cuong
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Selective Laser Melting; Additive Manufacturing
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106099; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47926
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In Selective Laser Melting (SLM), inert gas is pumped into the chamber to eliminate the deleterious by-products, which includes spatter. Despite this, traces of spatter on the powder bed have always been observed. Earlier research mainly focussed on the formation and characterization of spatter par...