Additive Manufacturing of Magnesium Alloys:A Review
Magnesium alloy is known as"the green engineering material of the 21st century"for its advantages such as low density,high specific strength and stiffness,good damping properties and biocompatibility.Compared with other materials,magnesium alloys are sensitive to thermal process,so it is difficult to manufacture the parts with complex structures by traditional forming process.Metal additive manufacturing technology is the most promising manufacturing technology in the future for manufacturing flexibility.The use of additive manufacturing to prepare complex shaped magnesium alloy topology optimized structural components can achieve the ultimate lightweighting effect of both material and structure lightweighting,and has broad application prospects in aerospace,defense,and military industries.Based on current state of research on additive manufacturing of magnesium alloy,the development prospect was presented.