When designed with conventional cutting (SM)
- Design should be done according to material shape.
- Large amounts of material need to be cut waste of material.
- Some shapes are difficult to cut
Advantages of
SLM Additive Manufacturing
Here are advantages of SLM Additive Manufacturing
and the features of SLM.
Benefits of SLM as Compared
with Subtractive Machining
The most distinctive feature is that this method creates an object from scratch, so a workpiece can be designed regardless of the original shape of metal.
This allows for more flexible design and creation of shapes that are difficult to achieve by cutting.
When designed with AM
- Shape can be created by adding a minimum necessary design.
- Shapes which are difficult to cut by SM are possible.
Features of SLM -
from workpiece examples
You can see the features and advantages of SLM in our machining of a powder nozzle body
on the LASERTEC 65 3D hybrid.
- 01
- Faster product development with digitized process chain
- 02
- No cutting tool required: significant reduction in tool cost
- 03
- Integration of functions: easy parts cooling due to increased surface area
- 04
- Complex shape fabrication due to almost no restrictions on design
- 05
- Preparation for manufacturing: optimal parameters &
machine settings with our original RDesigner software
- 06
- Created from a single part: even structures requiring sealing or joints
- 07
- Lightweight: single-piece honeycomb structure
- 08
- Functional structure: complex internal cooling pipes employed