Melting key to fast structures
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Selective Laser Melting (SLM) is enabling the manufacture of dense metal parts of great intricacy and complexity out of stainless steel, titanium and other difficult to work with materials. SLM is a technique invented and pioneered in the Engineering Department of the University of Liverpool and it is based on heating layers of metal powder with a laser beam but at sufficient temperatures to fully melt the powder particles.
Publication Name: Eureka
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0261-2097
Year: 2005
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Steel makes lightweight fibre sandwich
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A description is presented concerning the use of a thin sandwich construction of fibres made of stainless steel by the automotive industry for the assembly of roofs, tail gates and bonnets. The mechanical properties of the fibres are discussed.
Publication Name: Eureka
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0261-2097
Year: 2001
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Stainless steel and titanium join forces
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A description is presented of a technique which has been developed to join titanium and stainless steel by means of a diffusion bond. The strength of the bond is almost the same as that of titanium. Applications are discussed.
Publication Name: Eureka
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0261-2097
Year: 2001
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