Author:Ramosoeu, ME; Chikwanda, HK; Bolokang, AS; Booysen, G; Ngonda, TNDate:Oct 2010Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) is one of the new Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM) techniques used for producing complex topology components mostly found in medical applications. The work presented in this paper focuses on metallographic ...Read more
Author:Pereira, MFVT; Williams, M; Du Preez, WBDate:Jul 2012A number of laser additive manufacturing (LAM) technologies can produce fully-dense metal components that potentially offer opportunities to apply the technology in die or mould making (known as rapid tooling). From these LAM technologies, ...Read more
Author:Tamsaout, T; Kheloufi, K; Amara, EH; Arthur, Nana KK; Pityana, Sisa LDate:Nov 2017A theoretical approach based on a numerical simulation using experimental data is proposed as a contribution to the study of laser-based additive manufacturing by direct energy deposition (DED). The aim is to simulate the stages of layer-by-layer ...Read more
Author:Dada, M; Popoola, P; Mathe, Ntombizodwa R; Pityana, Sisa L; Adeosun, S; Aramide, ODate:Jun 2021Corrosion is a conservational occurrence that has a large economic impact on most metals and its alloys because it destroys and deteriorates most materials by an electrochemical process through the reaction of these materials with the ...Read more
Author:Dada, M; Popoola, P; Mathe, Ntombizodwa R; Pityana, Sisa L; Adeosun, SDate:May 2020This preliminary study investigates the fabrication of Al-Co-Cr-Fe-Ni-Cu and Al-Ti-Cr-Fe-Co-Ni High Entropy Alloys with the Laser Deposition Technique. The effect of the laser parameters on the microstructure and hardness properties of the ...Read more
Author:Dada, M; Popoola, P; Mathe, Ntombizodwa R; Pityana, Sisa L; Adeosun, A; Lengopeng, ThaboDate:Feb 2020Laser additive manufacturing is a direct energy deposition process which manufactures components from 3D model data in progressive layers until a whole part is built as opposed subtractive manufacturing. However, during the procedure, the ...Read more
Author:Dada, M; Popoola, P; Adeosun, S; Mathe, Ntombizodwa RDate:Sep 2019In the aerospace industry, materials used as modern engine components must be able to withstand extreme operating temperatures, creep, fatigue crack growth and translational movements of parts at high speed. Therefore, the parts produced must ...Read more
Author:Dada, M; Popoola, P; Adeosun, S; Mathe, Ntombizodwa RDate:Sep 2019In the aerospace industry, materials used as modern engine components must be able to withstand extreme operating temperatures, creep, fatigue crack growth and translational movements of parts at high speed. Therefore, the parts produced must ...Read more
Author:Aramide, B; Pityana, Sisa L; Sadiku, R; Jamiru, T; Popoola, PDate:Jun 2021Farming tools are often exposed to high wear rate in dry agricultural land areas. This makes the farming activity to have problems of recurrent labour, idle time, and the extra expenses in replacing the damaged implements like ploughshares. ...Read more
Author:Sibisi, TH; Shongwe, MB; Tshabalala, Lerato C; Mathoho, IpfiDate:Aug 2023A cutting-edge manufacturing technology that uses powder or wire as the feeding material and a high-energy heating source is known as metal additive manufacturing (AM). High-performance components for automotive, aerospace, medical, and energy ...Read more
Author:Mutombo, KDate:Oct 2013Ti6Al4V laser manufactured samples were analysed using optical and scanning electron microscopy equipped with X-ray micro-analyser. The presence of a, a(sub2), ß, a', and a'' phases were determined using differential scanning calorimetry. The ...Read more
Author:Aramide, B; Sadiku, R; Popoola, P; Pityana, Sisa L; Jamiru, TDate:Jan 2022The enhancement of wear performance of steel baseplate for tillage application was carried out by manufacturing vanadium-chromium carbide coatings in situ by powder infusion of high carbon ferrochrome FeCrV15 powder through laser additive ...Read more
Author:Dada, M; Popoola, P; Aramide, O; Mathe, Ntombizodwa R; Pityana, Sisa LDate:Jun 2020Laser Additive Manufacturing was used to fabricate AlTiCrFeCoNi high entropy alloy and the corrosion properties of the alloy were investigated in 3.5 wt% NaCl solution. The tests were conducted via potentiodynamic polarization at room temperature ...Read more
Author:Oyesola, M; Mpofu, K; Mathe, Ntombizodwa RDate:Aug 2019Additive manufacturing (AM) of laser-based technological solution is developing at an exponential rate and is stepping towards industrialisation. The value and possibilities it brings to modern design and manufacturing tasks specifically for ...Read more