Author:Ramosoeu, ME; Chikwanda, HK; Bolokang, AS; Booysen, G; Ngonda, TNDate:Oct 2010Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) is one of the new Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM) techniques used for producing complex topology components mostly found in medical applications. The work presented in this paper focuses on metallographic ...Read more
Author:Dada, M; Popoola, P; Mathe, Ntombizodwa R; Pityana, Sisa L; Adeosun, A; Lengopeng, ThaboDate:Feb 2020Laser additive manufacturing is a direct energy deposition process which manufactures components from 3D model data in progressive layers until a whole part is built as opposed subtractive manufacturing. However, during the procedure, the ...Read more
Author:Mutombo, KDate:Oct 2013Ti6Al4V laser manufactured samples were analysed using optical and scanning electron microscopy equipped with X-ray micro-analyser. The presence of a, a(sub2), ß, a', and a'' phases were determined using differential scanning calorimetry. The ...Read more
Author:Oyesola, M; Mpofu, K; Mathe, Ntombizodwa RDate:Aug 2019Additive manufacturing (AM) of laser-based technological solution is developing at an exponential rate and is stepping towards industrialisation. The value and possibilities it brings to modern design and manufacturing tasks specifically for ...Read more