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This comprehensive review of laser additive manufacturing provides the latest on materials, design, processes, and the advances made in applications

Table of Contents

Part One. Processes, technology and materials
1. Laser-aided direct metal deposition of metals and alloys
2. Powder bed fusion processes: An overview
3. Hybrid laser manufacturing
4. Surface roughness optimisation for selective laser melting (SLM): Accommodating relevant and irrelevant surfaces
5. Mechanical properties of Ti6Al4V and AlSi12Mg lattice structures manufactured by Selective Laser Melting (SLM)
6. Laser additive manufacturing of ceramic components: Materials, processes, and mechanisms
7. Powder bed fusion of polymers
8. Polymer nanocomposites for laser additive manufacturing
9. Laser additive manufacturing using nanofabrication by integrated two-photon polymerization and multiphoton ablation

Part Two. Design strategies and life cycle costs
10. Design for laser additive manufacturing
11. Modelling of laser additive manufactured product lifecycle costs

Part Three. Applications
12. Laser additive manufacturing of embedded electronics
13. Aerospace applications of laser additive manufacturing
14. Laser sintering of ceramic materials for aeronautical and astronautical applications
15. Laser additive manufacturing of customized prosthetics and implants for biomedical applications
16. Laser additive printing of cells
17. Additive manufacture of tools and dies for metal forming

About the Author

Milan Brandt is Professor of Advanced Manufacturing in the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at RMIT University, Australia. With 25 years’ experience, Professor Brandt is one of the world’s leading experts on laser additive manufacturing. He has published widely on laser manufacturing, served as a board member of the Laser Institute of America on several occasions as well as on the advisory boards of major international conferences such as the annual International Congress on the Application of Lasers and Opto-Electronics (ICALEO).