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The Effects of Feature Sizes in Selectively Laser Melted Ti-6Al-4V Parts on the Validity of Optimised Process Parameters (2019)
Journal Article
Phutela, C., Aboulkhair, N. T., Tuck, C. J., & Ashcroft, I. (2019). The Effects of Feature Sizes in Selectively Laser Melted Ti-6Al-4V Parts on the Validity of Optimised Process Parameters. Materials, 13(1), Article 117. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13010117

Ti-6Al-4V is a popular alloy due to its high strength-to-weight ratio and excellent corrosion resistance. Many applications of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V using selective laser melting (SLM) have reached technology readiness. However, issues li... Read More about The Effects of Feature Sizes in Selectively Laser Melted Ti-6Al-4V Parts on the Validity of Optimised Process Parameters.

Technique for Processing of Continuous Carbon Fibre Reinforced PEEK for Fused Filament Fabrication (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pu, J., Saleh, E., Ashcroft, I., & Jones, A. (2019, August). Technique for Processing of Continuous Carbon Fibre Reinforced PEEK for Fused Filament Fabrication. Presented at 30th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, Texas, USA

3D printing of light-weight and mechanically-strong structures facilitates several applications. 3D printing of continuous carbon fibre reinforced polyetheretherketone (PEEK) presents exciting possibilities as the high stiffness and strength of the h... Read More about Technique for Processing of Continuous Carbon Fibre Reinforced PEEK for Fused Filament Fabrication.

Electrical resistivity of pure copper processed by medium-powered laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing for use in electromagnetic applications (2019)
Journal Article
Silbernagel, C., Gargalis, L., Ashcroft, I., Hague, R., Galea, M., & Dickens, P. (2019). Electrical resistivity of pure copper processed by medium-powered laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing for use in electromagnetic applications. Additive Manufacturing, 29, Article 100831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2019.100831

Pure copper is an excellent thermal and electrical conductor, however, attempts to process it with additive manufacturing (AM) technologies have seen various levels of success. While electron beam melting (EBM) has successfully processed pure copper... Read More about Electrical resistivity of pure copper processed by medium-powered laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing for use in electromagnetic applications.

3D printing of Aluminium alloys: Additive Manufacturing of Aluminium alloys using selective laser melting (2019)
Journal Article
Aboulkhair, N. T., Simonelli, M., Parry, L., Ashcroft, I., Tuck, C., & Hague, R. (2019). 3D printing of Aluminium alloys: Additive Manufacturing of Aluminium alloys using selective laser melting. Progress in Materials Science, 106, Article 100578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2019.100578

© 2019 The Authors Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes, such as selective laser melting (SLM), enable the fabrication of arbitrary 3D-structures with unprecedented degrees of freedom. Research is rapidly progressing in this field, with promis... Read More about 3D printing of Aluminium alloys: Additive Manufacturing of Aluminium alloys using selective laser melting.

Additive manufacturing of glass with laser powder bed fusion (2019)
Journal Article
Datsiou, K. C., Saleh, E., Spirrett, F., Goodridge, R., Ashcroft, I., & Eustice, D. A. (2019). Additive manufacturing of glass with laser powder bed fusion. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 102(8), 4410-4414. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.16440

Its transparency, aesthetic appeal, chemical inertness and electrical resistivity make glass an excellent candidate for small and large‐scale applications in the chemical, electronics, automotive, aerospace and architectural industries. Additive manu... Read More about Additive manufacturing of glass with laser powder bed fusion.

Direct-writing by active tooling in electrochemical jet processing (2019)
Journal Article
Mitchell-Smith, J., Bisterov, I., Speidel, A., Ashcroft, I., & Clare, A. T. (2019). Direct-writing by active tooling in electrochemical jet processing. Manufacturing Letters, 19, 15-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mfglet.2019.01.001

Recent innovations in electrochemical jet processing have caused step changes in process flexibility and precision. However, utilisation of these innovations requires the development of new machine tool technology. Presented here is a new methodology... Read More about Direct-writing by active tooling in electrochemical jet processing.