Fatigue life evaluation of Ti–6Al–4V welded joints manufactured by electron beam melting

Electron beam melting (EBM) is a promising three‐dimensional printing technology for the fabrication of components with high complexity and freedom of structural design. However, the major limit for its wider industrial applications is to preclude manufacturing the large‐scale part in one piece. It is because the part size is largely limited by the enclosed vacuum chamber. An alternative option is the use of welding to join EBM‐processed...