An Overview of 3D Printing (Additive Manufacturing in Powder-Based Methods) Materials, Methods, Mechanical Properties, and Applications

Abstract

The multi-component alloys with special technique of additive manufacturing or 3D printing creates the novel material to enhance the mechanical characteristics, excellent formability, and maximum potency. Because these techniques were able to compose the layer-by-layer process with various materials like titanium, nickel alloys, and aluminium matrix materials, for creating the complex based geometry shapes, this additive technique recreates the material with layer-by-layer on the substrate with the help of powder materials with selected process parameters. The selected materials of additive manufacturing possess oxidation performances, creep resistances, high hardness, hydrogen properties, compressive strength, and tensile strength are in maximum level, and the post-heat treatments are well built on the substrate layers. Therefore, this chapter was utilized to identify the correctness of manufacturing procedures, selection of materials, and application-oriented areas.