Investigations of Light Transfer in Powder Bed

At selective laser sintering / melting of powder bodies by laser irradiation it is very important to determine the actual energy deposited in a layer of powder and its distribution over the thickness of the powder bed. By varying the thickness of the powder bed the distribution of absorbed energy over the thickness of the powder bed has been determined. The modeling of sintering of the powder bed from two layers of spherical metal particles in pulse mode of operation validate the efficiency of the method of sintering, the essence of which is the directional focusing of laser radiation to the space between the particles of upper layer under appropriate focus spot dimension.