Hybrid Metal 3D Printing for Selective Polished Surface

Abstract:

Metal additive manufacturing has found broad applications in diverse disciplines. Post processing to homogenize and improve surface finishing remains a critical challenge to additive manufacturing. We propose a novel one-stop solution of adopting hybrid metal 3D printing to streamlining the additive manufacturing workflow as well as to improve surface roughness quality of selective interior surface of the printed parts. This work has great potential in medical and aerospace industries where complicated and high-precision additive manufacturing is anticipated.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 1027)
• Pages: 136-140
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.1027.136
• Online since: April 2021
• Authors: Sze Yi Mak*, Kwong Leong Tam, Ching Hang Bob Yung, Wing Fung Edmond Yau
• Keywords: Additive Manufacturing, Customized Design, Hybrid Metal 3D Printing, Metal Laser Sintering, Surface Roughness

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