Powder bed laser sintering of copper-doped hydroxyapatite: Numerical and experimental parametric analysis

Additive manufacturing (AM), especially powder bed laser sintering (PBLS), has been an increasingly popular field since the 1980s. Direct SLS is particularly challenging with ceramic materials due to their low thermal conductivity, high melting point, and brittle mechanical behaviour. In addition, they require longer processing times for a reliable sintering degree. In this work, the impact of some crucial parameters in SLS applied to a...