Investigation of Performance and Residual Stress Generation of AlSi10Mg Processed by Selective Laser Melting

Figure 11

The typical etched morphology of cross section surface of SLM-processed AlSi10Mg samples at (a) chessboard scanning, preheating temperature of 80°C; (b) chessboard scanning, preheating temperature of 120°C; (c) chessboard scanning, preheating temperature of 160°C; (d) uniformity scanning, preheating temperature of 80°C; (e) uniformity scanning, preheating temperature of 120°C; and (f) uniformity scanning, preheating temperature of 160°C.

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