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Sliding wear behavior of dedicated iron-based SLS materials

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Systematic investigation of wear behavior of selective laser sintering (SLS) materials is lacking in SLS/selective laser melting research. The present research is an effort to fill the gap by performing sliding wear tests under plastic and elastic contact conditions upon proprietary iron-based SLS materials: LaserForm and DirectSteel. It is found that LaserForm is a better SLS wear material. It is concluded that wear performance is governed not by the hardness of the materials but by their composition.

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  1. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Utah State University, 4130-Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah, 843222, USA

    Sanjay Kumar

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Kumar, S. Sliding wear behavior of dedicated iron-based SLS materials. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 43, 337–347 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-008-1714-z

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