Abstract
High speed sintering,a new powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing technology,utilizes infrared lights(IR)to intensely heat and melt polymer powders.The presence of defects such as porosity,which is associated with particle coalescence,is highly dependdent on the level of energy input.This study investigate the influcence of energy input on porosity and its subsequent effects on the mechanical properties and mi-crostructures of PEBA parts.The parts were manufactured with a variety of lamp powers,resulting in a range of energy input levels spanning from low to high.Subsequebtly,they underwent testing using Archimedes'method,followed by tensile testing.The porosity,mechanical characteris-tics,and energy input exhibit a strong correlation;inadequate energy input was the primary cause of pore formation.Using the reduced IR light power resulted in the following outcomes:porosity,ultimate tensile strength,and elongation of 1.37％,7.6 MPa,and 194.2％,respectively.When the energy input was further increased,the porosity was reduced to as low as 0.05％and the ultimate tensile strength and elongation were in-creased to their peak values of 233.8％and 9.1 MPa,respectively.
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