State of the art of additive manufacturing: Review for tolerances, mechanical resistance and production costs

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Table 1. Machine production parameters used for EBM, LBD and SMD by Baufeld et al. (2011)

	EBM	LBD	SMD
Maximum power	3 kW	3.5 kW	2.2 kW
Maximum welding velocity	16.0 mm/s	10.0 mm/s	5.0 mm/s
Maximum wire-feed velocity	25 mm/s	40 mm/s	33 mm/s
Maximum wire diameter	1.0 mm	1.2 mm	1.2 mm
Maximum height deposition step	0.1 mm	1 mm	1 mm
Maximum deposition rate	0.1 kg/h	0.7 kg/h	0.6 kg/h
Maximum wall thickness	10 mm	4–5 mm	9.1 mm

Figure 1. Number of operation management publications per year

Figure 2. Number of publications for operation management in AM per year and per theme

Baufeld, B. , Brandl, E. , & Van der Biest, O. (2011). Wire based additive layer manufacturing: Comparison of microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti–6Al–4V components fabricated by laser-beam deposition and shaped metal deposition. Journal of Materials Processing Technology , 211 , 1146–1158.10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2011.01.018

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