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Old 01-16-2016 | 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Turbotronic
Nice resolution. What are the material characteristics for this part?
The usual AlSi10Mg grade, SLM process.
The part looks great but strength is not as high as a 6016 billet CNC machined. In theory, SLM should achieve full melt. In practice, we have porosities and cracks at microscopic level.

A T6 treatment does remove most of these, but also significantly changes the part dimensions ( to beyond our accuracy requirements at least ).
I suppose that the best machines on the market can achieve that full melt but a 250k USD SLM 125 with 400W lasers does not...