Metal Selective Layer Sintering

• Pessimist's view - [1]
• A Desktop/Benchtop Metal SLS Printer for ~$10,000 Formlabs Fuse 1
• Metal is feasible - [2]
• Matterfab. Out of business? - [3]

Open Source Forum for Metal 3D Printing

• Metal SLS - [4]

Literature

• Good PhD thesis, 2003, explaining details of process - [5]. Fig. 1.16 shows that a minimum of 40W is required for perfect prints. P. 40 shows that shielding gas (argon) is sufficient and vaccuum is not necessary.

Patents

• 2004 - [6]

See Also

• Metal 3D Printing

Useful Links

• A video of an EBM Device Running
• A video on Avio Aero's EBM Device
• A video on Arcam (a company now aquired by GE)'s Device
• A video showing some EBM made parts (albeit with some post processing)