Direct Fabrication of Joints based on Direct Metal Laser Sintering in Aluminum and Titanium Alloys

Abstract

Application of direct metal laser sintering for manufacturing three-dimensional objects represents one of the promising directions for the industries. Through this technology is possible to create an object with desired shape and material properties in order to meet a variety of applications. However, most reported applications are for static parts. There are only limited reports about direct rapid fabrication of mechanisms that could be considered as the core subsystems for many machine and robotic designs. So the main purposes of this study are the investigation and application of direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) in fabricating non-assembly mechanisms systems in AlSi10Mg and Ti6Al4 V alloys.