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most citedExploration of improved, roller-based spreading strategies for cohesive powders in additive manufacturing via coupled DEM-FEM simulations

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physics.app-ph2025

Spreading of highly cohesive metal powders with transverse oscillation kinematics

Reimar Weissbach, Garrett Adams, Patrick M. Praegla +2

Powder bed additive manufacturing processes such as laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) or binder jetting (BJ) benefit from using fine (D50 ) powders. However, the increasing…

physics.app-ph2022

Quantitative analysis of thin metal powder layers via transmission X-ray imaging and discrete element simulation: Blade-based spreading approaches

Ryan W. Penny, Daniel Oropeza, Patrick M. Praegla +4

Spreading uniform and dense layers is of paramount importance to creating high-quality components using powder bed additive manufacturing (AM). Blade-like tools are often employed…

physics.app-ph2022

Quantitative analysis of thin metal powder layers via transmission X-ray imaging and discrete element simulation: Roller-based spreading approaches

Ryan W. Penny, Daniel Oropeza, Reimar Weissbach +4

A variety of tools can be used for spreading metal, ceramic, and polymer feedstocks in powder bed additive manufacturing methods. Rollers are often employed when spreading powders…

physics.app-ph2021★ 9 cited

Spatial Mapping of Powder Layer Density for Metal Additive Manufacturing via X-ray Microscopy

Ryan W. Penny, Patrick M. Praegla, Marvin Ochsenius +4

Uniform powder spreading is a requisite for creating consistent, high-quality components via powder bed additive manufacturing (AM), wherein layer density and uniformity are comple…