YANG Yongqiang, WEI Hongming. Present situation and development of laser additive manufacturing equipment[J]. 2021,51(1):17-22. DOI: 10.7512/j.issn.1001-2303.2021.01.02.
Laser additive manufacturing technology mainly includes powder bed melting(PBF) and directed energy deposition(DED). In this paper,powder bed melting refers to laser selective melting(SLM),and directed energy deposition refers to laser near-net shaping(LENS). Along with these technologies came the corresponding laser additive manufacturing equipment.Taking the research and development of corresponding equip-ment in South China University of Technology as an example,this paper introduces the present situation of relevant technical equipment,and looks forward to the future development of laser additive manufacturing equipment.