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Beam Deposition Processes

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Beam deposition (BD) processes enable the creation of parts by melting and deposition of material from powder or wire feedstock. Although this basic approach can work for polymers, ceramics, and metal matrix composites, it is predominantly used for metal powders. Thus, this technology is often referred to as “metal deposition” technology. To avoid limiting the readers’ understanding to just metal build materials, however, we will refer to this category of processes as beam deposition processes.

BD processes use some form of energy focused into a narrow region (a beam), which is used to heat a material that is being deposited. Unlike the powder bed fusion techniques discussed in Chap. 5, BD processes are NOT used to melt a material that is pre-laid in a powder bed but are used to melt materials as they are being deposited.

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  1. Department of Mechanical & Production Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, 117576, Singapore, Singapore

    Dr. Ian Gibson

  2. The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 813 Ferst Drive, N.W., 30332-0405, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Dr. David W. Rosen

  3. Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University, 4130 Old Main Hall, UT 84322, Logan, UT, USA

    Dr. Brent Stucker

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Gibson, I., Rosen, D., Stucker, B. (2010). Beam Deposition Processes. In: Additive Manufacturing Technologies. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1120-9_9

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