Alright, I think I got most of it. I would greatly appreciate someone looking over it to make sure it's solid. I just had a few concerns that are highlighted in a salmon color. I should have started from scratch, but I just kept adding to Igor's. I still cleaned it up a bit and made it a bit easier to read and reference. I would love to draw a diagram and figure out shortening the terms to vaby Gurr - Powder Printing and Selective Laser Sintering
Ok, now I understand. I'll try to incorporate that into the calculator Igor originally made and up and upload it for review. Thanks VDX.by Gurr - Powder Printing and Selective Laser Sintering
Quotekburgess I did not look at your equations, but your power is way off. Given your stated conditions of a 0.2mm spot with a layer thickness of 0.2mm at a scan rate of 300mm/sec, the fused volume generated in 1 second is a long box with a square cross section 0.2mm on a side and 300mm long. The volume is 0.2mm*0.2mm*300mm = 0.012cc The heat of fusion of Nylon 12 (sintering powder) is 215 kJ/kgby Gurr - Powder Printing and Selective Laser Sintering