Manufacturing Industry
Electron beam melting makes fully functional P/M parts.(Forming/Processing)
Advanced Materials & Processes, June, 2004
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A rapid prototyping electron beam melting (EBM) machine capable of fabricating fully functional three-dimensional metal parts of virtually any geometric shape within hours of their design has been installed at North Carolina State University, Raleigh. The machine was designed and built by EOS GmbH, Munich, Germany.
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To build a part, the EBM machine translates a model developed in a CAD program into a series of 100-micron-thick slices. A 4.8-kilowatt electron beam draws each slice onto a bed of metal powder. The beam, focused to a pinpoint and guided by a pair of magnetic coils, ...
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