Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 123 views

    Selective Laser Sintering

    Uploaded by

    Rohan Malkar
    Selective laser sintering (SLS) is a 3D printing technique that uses a laser to sinter powdered material together to build a solid object layer by layer. In SLS, a laser traces a cross-section pattern on a powder bed to fuse the material and a new layer of powder is then rolled in. This process is repeated until the object is fully formed. SLS can be used with both metal and non-metal powders and produces fully dense, functional prototypes directly from 3D CAD data without the need for any support structures. Some key advantages of SLS include the ability to 3D print complex geometries, produce functional metal or ceramic parts directly, and avoid waste material.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Selective Laser Sintering

    Uploaded by

    Rohan Malkar
    123 views23 pages
    Selective laser sintering (SLS) is a 3D printing technique that uses a laser to sinter powdered material together to build a solid object layer by layer. In SLS, a laser traces a cross-section pattern on a powder bed to fuse the material and a new layer of powder is then rolled in. This process is repeated until the object is fully formed. SLS can be used with both metal and non-metal powders and produces fully dense, functional prototypes directly from 3D CAD data without the need for any support structures. Some key advantages of SLS include the ability to 3D print complex geometries, produce functional metal or ceramic parts directly, and avoid waste material.

    Original Description:

    rapid prototypung

    Copyright

    © Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)

    Available Formats

    PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Selective laser sintering (SLS) is a 3D printing technique that uses a laser to sinter powdered material together to build a solid object layer by layer. In SLS, a laser traces a cross-section pattern on a powder bed to fuse the material and a new layer of powder is then rolled in. This process is repeated until the object is fully formed. SLS can be used with both metal and non-metal powders and produces fully dense, functional prototypes directly from 3D CAD data without the need for any support structures. Some key advantages of SLS include the ability to 3D print complex geometries, produce functional metal or ceramic parts directly, and avoid waste material.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    123 views23 pages

    Selective Laser Sintering

    Uploaded by

    Rohan Malkar
    Selective laser sintering (SLS) is a 3D printing technique that uses a laser to sinter powdered material together to build a solid object layer by layer. In SLS, a laser traces a cross-section pattern on a powder bed to fuse the material and a new layer of powder is then rolled in. This process is repeated until the object is fully formed. SLS can be used with both metal and non-metal powders and produces fully dense, functional prototypes directly from 3D CAD data without the need for any support structures. Some key advantages of SLS include the ability to 3D print complex geometries, produce functional metal or ceramic parts directly, and avoid waste material.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    of 23

    Selective Laser Sintering

    By Rohan Malkar (132090008) Swapnil Pawar(132090006)

    Definition of Rapid prototyping


    Rapid Prototyping (RP) can be defined as a group of techniques used to quickly fabricate a scale model of a part or assembly using three-dimensional computer aided design (CAD) data.

    Why Rapid Prototyping


    The reasons of Rapid Prototyping are To increase effective communication. To decrease development time. To decrease costly mistakes. To minimize sustaining engineering changes. To extend product lifetime by adding necessary features and eliminating redundant features early in the design.

    Rapid Prototyping
    Goal is to fabricate 3-D models quickly and automatically directly from CAD models. Current RP system are based on Layered Manufacturing Technology. In this method solid model ( triangle polyhedral form ) is decomposed into cross sectional layer representation. The RP software prepares tool path to physically built these layers automatically to form the object in the machine.

    RP process chain showing fundamental process steps

    Depending upon the form of the raw materials used RP systems are classified as follows:
    RP Systems

    Liquid based processes


    SLA
    Liquid

    Solid based processes


    LOM
    Solid

    SGC

    FDM SLS
    Powder

    Selective Laser Sintering


    Selective laser sintering was originally developed by University of Texas at Austin. Commercialised by DTM Corporation USA. DTMS SLS is presently owned by 3D systems. It is a solid based RP process. It is the first process to emerge at the commercial scale to make metallic parts and tools. Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) uses a laser to sinter powder based materials together, layer-by-layer, to form a solid model.

    A SLS system has three major components:

    SLS system

    Laser

    Part Chamber Build Platform Levelling Roller Power cartridge

    Control System

    Schematic of SLS apparatus

    Methodology
    1 2

    CAD Model Conversion to STL format

    Slicing model into layers (RP software).


    Development of Laser Trajectory. Building of Model in the Machine

    Step 1

    Step 2

    Step 3

    Step 4

    Step 5

    Metal Powder SLS Machine ( Courtesy EOS )

    Working of SLS
    It is an additive RP techniques. Layer of powder is first deposited on part build cylinders. The laser ( CO2 ) traces a two-dimensional cross section of the part. During laser exposure, the powder temperature rises above the glass transition point after which adjacent particles flow together. This process is called sintering. Platform descends down by an amount equal to the thickness. The roller pushes the material on the built platform and the process is repeated again an again.

    Following video will clearly depict the working of the sls process.

    Materials used for SLS.


    Metallic and non metallic powders are used typically of the size 50m. Commonly used materials: 1. Plastics 2. Waxes (Investment wax casting) 3. Low melting temperature metal alloys. 4. Polymer coated metals. 5. Ceramics (Green preforms). 6. Nylon ( Duraform, Glass-Filled Nylon (Duraform GF), Flame Retardant Nylon and Durable Nylon.)

    SLS Products
    Engine Manifold Valve

    Medical implant

    Electronic Packaging

    Complexity!!! Not a ProblemIn SLS

    Strengths of SLS
    Any material that can be converted into powder having low melting temperature (350 to 500) can be used to make parts in this process. No support structure required. Parts obtained are tough. No post curing required. No tooling cost incurred. No wastage of material. Functional metal and ceramic parts can be obtained directly.

    Weakness of SLS
    Surface finish is improper. Parts are porous in nature. Continuous monitoring of the building operation is required. Large amount of time is required to heat up material chamber before building part. Uniform cooling is difficult to maintain in order to avoid warpage. Parts obtained are brittle.

    Steriolithoraphy (SLA) Limited to photosensitive resins making it brittle.

    Selective Lasser Sintering (SLS) Polymers can be used for sintering thereby approximating thermoplastics. Surface finish operation as required since part is powdery. Accuracy is one of the biggest disadvantage of this process. Higher residual stresses due to longer curing. SLS does not have this problem.

    Good surface finish

    Accuracy is very high. Less prone to residual stresses.

    SLA suffers from trapped volume problem (cups in the structure which hold hot fluid cause inaccuracies)

    SLA SLA products are difficult to machine due to their brittle nature. SLS and SLA objects can be made of the same size.

    SLS SLS product are made from thermoplastic material which can be easily machined. SLS and SLA objects can be made of the same size.

    SLA is rarely preferred ( Quick cast is the one process in which investment casting is preferred developed by 3D systems using SLA.)

    SLS is mostly used in investment casting also sometimes to prepare master patterns.

    Areas employing SLS


    Aerospace. Automotive. Organ replacement. Haemotology. Surgical Tools. Medical Instruments.

    You might also like