Modeling of 3D technological fields and research of principal perspectives and limits in productivity improvement of selective laser melting

Abstract

Nowadays the technological perspectives of selective laser melting are limited by available equipment on the market. Most of the manufactures produce SLM-machine with the maximum power of laser system 200 W, this makes processing very slow and it significantly reduces the field of potential applications for the technology. Meanwhile the limits of laser power are linked to a problem of its effective use. In the current work, the future perspectives of technology are investigated by modeling of 3D technological fields.