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In this study, the effect of selective laser melting parameters on the mechanical properties of iron has been experimentally investigated. The mechanical properties discussed in this article are ultimate tensile strength. The selected parameters include the laser power, the laser scanning speed, and the laser hatch distance, and the design of experiments was done by the Taguchi method. By examining the microstructure, the optimal range of the mentioned process parameters was determined to achieve the highest tensile strength. The results show that the optimum parameter levels for the tensile strength include the laser power of 200 watts, the laser scanning speed of 600 millimeters per minute, and the hatch distance of 70 micrometers.
 

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Selective laser melting is a technology for additive manufacturing where parts are produced by melting a powder bed using a laser beam. Because the metal parts produced by this method can have complex and desired geometries, it is considered a modern method for producing electric motor parts, sensors, and other components. The iron powder used in this study is pure one. The input parameters for this method include laser power, scanning speed, and the hatches distance. The design of the experiments was performed using the Taguchi method. Although many studies have been conducted on the mechanical properties of parts produced by this method, less attention has been paid to magnetic properties. In this research, the effect of selective laser melting parameters on the force of pure iron coercivity was experimentally determined. The optimal levels of parameters for achieving the optimal value of this force were determined using signal-to-noise analysis. The main effects and interactions of the parameters were taken into account in this article. The results indicate that the optimal parameter levels for obtaining the lowest amount of coercive force include a laser power of 220 watts, scanning speed of 400 mm/s, and a hatch distance of 70 micrometers. The hatch distance and scanning speed have the most interactive effects on achieving the lowest amount of coercivity.