“…LENS™ can be used to make porous structure by designing porosity as well as controlling process parameters. In the past, direct metal laser sintering (Khaing et al, 2001;Traini et al, 2008), direct laser forming (Hollander et al, 2006;Harrysson et al, 2008), select laser melting/select laser sintering (Vamsi Krishna et al, 2008;Yadroitsev et al, 2009), electron beam melting (Heinl et al, 2007;Parthasarathy et al, 2010;Cheng et al, 2012;de Peppo et al, 2012), multistage lost wax investment casting (Ryan et al, 2008), and 3D fiber depositing system (Li et al, 2006(Li et al, , 2007 have been used to make porous Ti6Al4V components. All these methods have their advantages and disadvantages when compared to each other.…”