LENS
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Overview
LENS (Laser Engineered Net Shaping) is a blown powder metal Additive Manufacturing method.
Blown Powder Method
In this method, a melt pool is formed by focusing a laser on the location where material will be added. A stream of metal powder suspended in a flowing carrier gas is then focused on the melt pool where the powder melts and forms a deposition melt pool. By moving this deposition melt pool over a substrate, material can be added in a prescribed manner.
Materials
- Titanium
- Ti-6Al-4V DMG Model Parameters
- 316L Stainless Steel
- 410L Stainless Steel
- Inconel 625
- 4140
- Nickel Titanium
Characterization
- X-ray CT--Determines the extent of porosity inside an additively manufactured component
- Optical Microscopy
