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Selective electron beam melting (SEBM) is a type of additive manufacturing (AM), which is categorized into powder bed fusion (PBF) in ISO52900 as well as selective laser melting (SLM). SEBM is denoted by PBF-EB, meaning electron beam-based PBF. Formerly, SEBM was denoted by the term “E-PBF,” but currently “PBF-EB” is used. To emphasize that the process is for metal, the term “PBF-EB/M” is used to indicate SEBM. Overviews of SEBM and the characteristics of the metal microstructures of EBM-built parts have been already published in books [1, 2] and commentary articles [3–8]. The term “electron beam melting (EBM)” is used for meaning SEBM by the company Arcam, which developed this technology. The type of manufacturing method employing an electric beam, where the material is added through a process similar to build-up welding, and a metal wire is used instead of metal powder (i.e., Sciaky Co. Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing: EBAM [9]), is not dealt with here.
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The author received great cooperation from the people of Chiba laboratory including Professor Akihiko Chiba, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University. In addition, some of the contents introduced in this paper were implemented under the support of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Regional Innovation Cluster Program.
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Koizumi, Y. (2021). Selective Electron Beam Melting. In: Kirihara, S., Nakata, K. (eds) Multi-dimensional Additive Manufacturing. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7910-3_3
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