Recent progress and scientific challenges in multi-material additive manufacturing via laser-based powder bed fusion

Multi-material additive manufacturing provides a new route for fabricating components with tailored physical properties. Laser-based powder bed fusion (L-PBF), also known as selective laser melting, is a powder bed-based additive manufacturing technology. This technology affords the advantage of man...

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Published in:Virtual and physical prototyping Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 347 - 371
Main Authors: Wei, Chao, Li, Lin
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 04.05.2021
Taylor & Francis Group
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ISSN:1745-2759, 1745-2767
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Summary:Multi-material additive manufacturing provides a new route for fabricating components with tailored physical properties. Laser-based powder bed fusion (L-PBF), also known as selective laser melting, is a powder bed-based additive manufacturing technology. This technology affords the advantage of manufacturing metallic and non-metallic materials with high geometrical resolution. An emerging field relevant to the foregoing is multi-material L-PBF. This paper reviews the latest progress in this field including multiple material powder deposition mechanisms, molten pool behaviour, process characteristics of printing metal-metal, metal-ceramic, and metal-polymer multiple material components, and potential applications. Finally, scientific and technological challenges are presented.
ISSN:1745-2759
1745-2767
DOI:10.1080/17452759.2021.1928520