Table 5.

The main LMD processing parameters.

Laser Power	Scan Speed	Spot Size	Powder Feed Rate	Energy Density	Interaction Time	Gas flow rate
[W]	[mm/min]	[mm]	[g/min]	[J/mm]	[sec]	[l/min]
1000 to 3000	100 to 8000	4	10 to 50	50 to 300	0.2 to 2.4	5