title: Parameter plausibility envelope (diode-laser SLS)
summary: >-
Sanity bounds for laser power, scan speed, layer thickness, and temperatures,
with the diode-laser benchtop reference point closest to the Inova MK1.
DRAFT — PENDING HUMAN REVIEW. Not served to agents until promoted into
source/(top level). Numbers below are extracted from the cited papers by the 2026-07-16 deep-research pass and domain-checked, but adversarial verification is still in progress. Review before promotion.
Parameter Plausibility Envelope
Literature envelope (100 most-cited polymer L-PBF studies): laser 2–50 W (avg ~16 W), scan speed from 45 mm/s up, layer thickness 100–200 µm. [Materials 14:1169]
Closest published analog to the Inova MK1 (diode laser, ambient air, benchtop): Sinterit Lisa, 5 W diode — chamber 140 °C, print-surface 178 °C, 0.1 mm layer. [SciRep 2025]
Use: sanity-check any proposed override against these bounds; a suggestion outside the envelope needs explicit justification. Our own verified profile ladder (14–40 mJ/mm energy densities, build_registry) remains the primary reference — this envelope is the outer fence, not the target.