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Topical Review | Open Access

Advances in selective laser sintering of polymers

Wei Han ( ), Lingbao Kong, Min Xu
Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultra-Precision Optical Manufacturing, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
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Abstract

Polymers are widely used materials in aerospace, automotive, construction, medical devices and pharmaceuticals. Polymers are being promoted rapidly due to their ease of manufacturing and improved material properties. Research on polymer processing technology should be paid more attention to due to the increasing demand for polymer applications. Selective laser sintering (SLS) uses a laser to sinter powdered materials (typical polyamide), and it is one of the critical additive manufacturing (AM) techniques of polymer. It irradiates the laser beam on the defined areas by a computer-aided design three-dimensional (3D) model to bind the material together to create a designed 3D solid structure. SLS has many advantages, such as no support structures and excellent mechanical properties resembling injection moulded parts compared with other AM methods. However, the ability of SLS to process polymers is still affected by some defects, such as the porous structure and limited available types of SLS polymers. Therefore, this article reviews the current state-of-the-art SLS of polymers, including the fundamental principles in this technique, the SLS developments of typical polymers, and the essential process parameters in SLS. Furthermore, the applications of SLS are focused, and the conclusions and perspectives are discussed.

Keywords

3D printingadditive manufacturingpolymerselective laser sinteringlaser powder bed fusion

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International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing
Volume 4 Issue 4,
December 2022
Pages 042002-042002
DOI: 10.1088/2631-7990/ac9096
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Han W, Kong L, Xu M. Advances in selective laser sintering of polymers. International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, 2022, 4(4): 042002. https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/ac9096

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Received: 29 December 2021
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Published: 23 September 2022
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