High Value Manufacturing – Bártolo et al. (Eds)
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Single track and single layer melting of silica by Selective Laser Melting
C.Y. Yap, C.K. Chua, Z. Dong, Z.H. Liu & D.Q. Zhang
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
ABSTRACT: Selective Laser Melting is an additive manufacturing method developed to produce 3-D parts
with metallic materials. In recent years, research work on SLM processing of ceramic and composite materials
is gaining attention. In this paper, 1-D and 2-D processing of silica (SiO
2
) using SLM is investigated. These
efforts pave way for the 3-D processing of silica with SLM. The experimental results show that laser melting of
silica with fibre laser (λ = 1.06 µm) is feasible ...