Now through the end of October, the Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance review article “Post-Process Treatments for Additive-Manufactured Metallic Structures: A Comprehensive Review” by Jun Ge, Selvum Pillay, and Haibin Ning, University of Alabama at Birmingham, is free access for you to download and read!
The article is a comprehensive overview on post-processing of additively manufactured metallic structures. The authors highlight the promise and potential of hot pressing, conventional and non-conventional heat treatment, surface post-processing using lasers, impact treatments, and various other processes to minimize defects and enhance the properties and performance of built metallic structures. They highlight the need to evaluate survivability and functionality of post-process treated AM-built structures under real-life conditions and advocate the need to integrate AI / machine learning to optimize manufacturing process parameters and in-situ health monitoring tools and techniques to track performance in service. The authors conclude that synergistic effects of multiple types of post-processing treatments need to be understood and guidelines to select proper post-treatments developed to mitigate structural failure and lower the cost associated with post-processing.
To read the article, please visit here now through October 31st.
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Rajiv Asthana
Professor
UNIVERSITY WISCONSIN-STOUT
Menomonie WI
(715) 505-2905
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