The spreadability of a stainless steel sample was tested using a flat rigid spreading plate at increasing recoater speed with a leveling height of 150 micrometers.
|
Spread Speed |
Spread Efficiency |
Layer Density |
Spread Rate |
Layer Thickness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 mm/s | 49.3% | 3.95 g/cm3 | 206 mg/cm | 158 um |
| 100 mm/s | 38.3% | 3.06 g/cm3 | 157 mg/cm | 117 um |
| 150 mm/s | 31.4% | 2.51 g/cm3 | 129 mg/cm | 100 um |
| 200 mm/s | 22.8% | 1.83 g/cm3 | 94 mg/cm | 72 um |
|
50 mm/s |
100 mm/s |
|
150 mm/s |
200 mm/s |
