IRIS S.r.l. 1 article published in JoVE Engineering Production of Single Tracks of Ti-6Al-4V by Directed Energy Deposition to Determine the Layer Thickness for Multilayer Deposition Abdollah Saboori1, Simona Tusacciu2, Mattia Busatto2, Manuel Lai2, Sara Biamino1, Paolo Fino1, Mariangela Lombardi1 1Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 2IRIS S.r.l. In this research, a rapid method based on melt pool characterization is developed to estimate the layer thickness of Ti-6Al-4V components produced by directed energy deposition.