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Optimizing Metal Powders for Additive Manufacturing
22 Oct 2017Additive manufacturing is ‘the process of joining materials to make objects from 3D model data, usually layer upon layer, as opposed to subtractive manufacturing methodologies such as machining’. Identifying analytical tools that can be used to reliably set specifications for AM metal powders to validate quality and manage their use is vital. In this white paper, Malvern Instruments reviews the key processes used in AM and how they determine the requirements of metal powders for this application.
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Mastersizer 3000
Malvern PanalyticalWorld’s most widely used particle size analyzers, the smartest way to measure particle size. There is a newer version of this product avilable, the Mastersizer 3000+ Ultra.
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