Benchmarking of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Machines

Mandaná Moshiri; Stefano  Candeo; Simone Carmignato; Sankhya Mohanty; Guido Tosello

doi:10.3390/jmmp3040085

Benchmarking of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Machines

Mandaná Moshiri, Stefano Candeo, Simone Carmignato, Sankhya Mohanty, Guido Tosello

University of Padua

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This paper presents the methodology and results of an extensive benchmarking of laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) machines conducted across five top machine producers and two end users. The objective was to understand the influence of the individual machine on the final quality of predesigned specimens, given a specific material and from multiple perspectives, in order to assess the current capabilities and limitations of the technology and compare them with the capabilities of an 11-year-old machine belonging to one of the end users participating in this investigation. The collected results give a clear representation of the status of LPBF technology considering its maturity in terms of process capabilities and potential applications in a production environment.

Original language	English
Article number	85
Journal	Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing
Volume	2019
Issue number	3
Number of pages	30
ISSN	2504-4494
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp3040085
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Keywords

Additive manufacturing
Laser powder bed fusion
Selective laser melting
Benchmarking
Technology evaluation
Accuracy
Repeatability

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