Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : September 03, 2017 - September 06, 2017
The metal powders suitable for the additive manufacturing have four properties high purity, flowability, high bulk density and correct particle size distribution. The shapes of metal powders used for the metal additive manufacturing are spherical in order to achieve uniform thickness and high bulk density of powder layers in powder-bed-based processes. In order to control the powder shape spherically, various atomization, classification and surface modification processes have been developed. For the advances in metal additive manufacturing technology, the characteristics of the metal powders that affect process stability and the quality of build parts are investigated and controlled.
