Title :
Laser Additive Manufacturing LAM - Fundamentals of Selective Laser Melting SLM and Laser Material Deposition LMD
Author :
Poprawe, Reinhart ; Kelbassa, Ingomar ; Hagedorn, Yves
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Laser Technol., Fraunhofer, Germany
Abstract :
With Additive Manufacturing AM, parts can be manufactured for design instead of being designed for manufacture. This tutorial introduces the two laser based AM processes, Selective Laser Melting SLM and Laser Material Deposition LMD.
Keywords :
design engineering; laser materials processing; melt processing; rapid prototyping (industrial); LAM; LMD; SLM; design; laser additive manufacturing; laser based AM processes; laser material deposition; selective laser melting; Additives; Laser applications; Manufacturing; Powders;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
