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Effect of process parameters on the surface roughness of overhanging structures in laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing

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Author(s)

Jason Fox, Shawn P. Moylan, Brandon Lane

Abstract

The development of additive manufacturing has allowed for increased flexibility and complexity of designs over formative and subtractive manufacturing. However, a limiting factor of additive manufacturing is the as-built surface quality as well as the difficulty in maintaining an acceptable surface roughness in overhanging structures. In order to optimize surface roughness in these structures, samples covering a range of overhang angles and process parameters were built in a laser powder bed fusion system. Analysis of the surface roughness was then performed to determine a relationship between process parameters, angle of the overhanging surface, and surface roughness. It was found that the analysis of Rpc, Rsm, and Rc can indicate a shift between surfaces dominated by partially melted powder particles and surfaces dominated by material from the re-solidified melt track.
Proceedings Title
Procedia CIRP
Volume
45
Conference Dates
June 8-10, 2016
Conference Location
Charlotte, NC, US
Conference Title
3rd CIRP Conference on Surface Integrity (CIRP CSI)

Keywords

Selective Laser Melting (SLM), Roughness, Overhangs, additive manufacturing

Citation

Fox, J. , Moylan, S. and Lane, B. (2016), Effect of process parameters on the surface roughness of overhanging structures in laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing, Procedia CIRP, Charlotte, NC, US, [online], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2016.02.347, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=919999 (Accessed November 11, 2024)

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Created June 4, 2016, Updated April 18, 2022