Establishment of Laser Sintering Technique for Titanium Powder
This paper investigates the characteristic of single-layered and multi-layered compacts made by selective laser sintering using titanium powder. The surface texture and tensile strength were investigated by using single-layered compacts. There were few defects in surface of specimen laser sintered in vacuum, and the roughness was smoother than that of the specimen laser sintered in argon. Maximum tensile strength of single-layered compact laser sintered in vacuum was about 200MPa. The shrinkage and mechanical strength were investigated by using multi-layered compacts. There was a unique tendency in the shrinkage of multi-layered compacts, which the density was around 75% and the adhesive bonding was not observed between layers, resulted in 70MPa of maximum bending strength and 50MPa of maximum tensile strength.