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Selective laser melting of metallic powder bed

Author: Sébastien PILLOT

Publication date: February 10, 2016 | Lire en français

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    11. Glossary

    Additive manufacturing

    All processes used to manufacture, layer by layer, by adding material, a physical object from a digital object.

    Selective laser melting of bed powder

    Additive manufacturing process in which thermal energy supplied by a laser selectively melts certain areas of a powder bed.

    Building zone reference point; coordinate system of building zone

    Axis system used to define the orientation of characterization test specimens. For example, XY means that the test specimens are manufactured flat (figure 33 ).

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