Post-Processing Treatment Impact on Mechanical Properties of SLM Deposited Ti-6Al-4 V Porous Structure for Biomedical Application.

Additive manufacturing technologies allow producing a regular three-dimensional mesh of interconnected struts that form an open-cell porous structure. Regular porous structures have been used in the orthopedic industry due to outstanding bone anchoring. The aim of the study was to determine how the postprocessing influences the mechanical properties of porous structures made of titanium alloy CL 41TI ELI.