During the EBM process,
the electron beam melts metal powder in a layer - by - layer process to build the physical part.
Not exact matches
These machines use lasers — or, in some cases, high - power
electron beams — to draw shapes in a layer of metal powder by
melting the material.
Other metal printers exist, but most use a process of laying down powered metal and
melting it with a laser or
electron beam.
The animation below shows how one type of additive - manufacturing process —
electron -
beam melting (EBM)-- works.
An
electron beam enters the vacuum chamber and
melts the particles in a pattern as dictated by a CAD file.
2) Granular: metal granules are sprayed and simultaneously
melted together using lasers or
electron beams (pure metals and alloys).