Abstract
Selective laser melting (SLM) is extensively used, as one of the additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, for fabricating metallic products. This advanced method allows to produce various parts with intricate geometries in high three-dimensional (3D) accuracy from fusion powders in a layer-by-layer style. Hence, different engineering materials and applications can be achieved by SLM. Titanium (Ti) and its alloys are essential materials for biomedical applications due to their excellent characteristics such as biocompatibility, mechanical strength and electrochemical behavior. The high engineering value of Ti materials in medicine promotes the researchers and specialists to carry out extensive researches and investigations on SLM of this kind of non-ferrous biomaterial. This article reviews some of the significant mechanical properties of biomedical Ti materials fabricated throughout SLM. The correlation between the mechanical characteristics and the micro-structural features, of SLM-Ti is presented with a great endeavor to increase the knowledge about SLM and its effect on the mechanical performance of Ti in medicine.
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