Laser based additive manufacturing in industry and academia

Schmidt M, Merklein M, Bourell D, Dimitrov D, Hausotte T, Wegener K, Overmeyer L, Vollertsen F, Levy GN (2017)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2017

Journal

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology Elsevier

Book Volume: 66

Pages Range: 561-583

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2017.05.011

Abstract

Additive manufacturing (AM) is pushing towards industrial applications. But despite good sales of AM machines, there are still several challenges hindering a broad economic use of AM. This keynote paper starts with an overview over laser based additive manufacturing with comments on the main steps necessary to build parts to introduce the complexity of the whole process chain. Then from a manufacturing process oriented viewpoint it identifies these barriers for Laser Beam Melting (LBM) using results of a round robin test inside CIRP and the work of other research groups. It shows how those barriers may be overcome and points out research topics necessary to be addressed in the near future.

Authors with CRIS profile

Michael Schmidt Lehrstuhl für Photonische Technologien (LPT) Marion Merklein Institute of Manufacturing Technology (LFT) Tino Hausotte Lehrstuhl für Fertigungsmesstechnik (FMT)

Involved external institutions

Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) DE Germany (DE) BIAS - Bremer Institut für angewandte Strahltechnik GmbH DE Germany (DE) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) CH Switzerland (CH) University of Stellenbosch / Universiteit van Stellenbosch ZA South Africa (ZA) University of Texas at Austin US United States (USA) (US)

How to cite

APA:

Schmidt, M., Merklein, M., Bourell, D., Dimitrov, D., Hausotte, T., Wegener, K.,... Levy, G.N. (2017). Laser based additive manufacturing in industry and academia. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 66(2), 561-583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2017.05.011

MLA:

Schmidt, Michael, et al. "Laser based additive manufacturing in industry and academia." CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology 66.2 (2017): 561-583.

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