Metal Additive Manufacturing Conference 2019

The rapidly growing implementation of AM technologies has led to a growing range of new applications. With new applications comes the demand for new alloys and properties. The final properties of AM materials are influenced by many different powder related properties, such as particle size distribution, chemical composition and flowability. Different machines use different manufacturing techniques and process parameters, which also influence the properties of the AM printed material. Finally, the choice of manufacturing direction and post processing also has a major impact on the final properties. In this study, the microstructural and mechanical properties such as hardness, toughness and strength have been investigated for a number of AM printed materials using different AM techniques, process parameters and post processing.