Microstructure and mechanical behaviour of 316L stainless steel produced using sinter-based extrusion additive manufacturing

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Santamaria ◽  
Mobin Salasi ◽  
Sam Bakhtiari ◽  
Garry Leadbeater ◽  
Mariano Iannuzzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Mechanical Behaviour ◽  
316L Stainless Steel

Effect of contaminations on the acoustic emissions during wire and arc additive manufacturing of 316L stainless steel

2021 ◽  
pp. 102585
Author(s):  
André Ramalho ◽  
Telmo G. Santos ◽  
Ben Bevans ◽  
Ziyad Smoqi ◽  
Prahalad Rao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
316L Stainless Steel ◽  
Acoustic Emissions

scholarly journals A Comparative Study of the CMT+P Process on 316L Stainless Steel Additive Manufacturing

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 3284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Xie ◽  
Jiaxiang Xue ◽  
Xianghui Ren ◽  
Wei Wu ◽  
Zhuangbin Lin
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Tensile Test ◽  
Heat Dissipation ◽  
316L Stainless Steel ◽  
Single Channel ◽  
Steel Wire ◽  
Energy Dispersive Spectrometer ◽  
Test Method

Adopting the cold metal transfer plus pulse (CMT + P) process, 316L stainless steel wire was treated with a single channel multi-layer deposition experiment under different linear energy. The microstructures of different regions on the deposited samples were observed by optical microscope and scanning electron microscope, and the element distribution in the structure was analyzed by energy dispersive spectrometer. The mechanical properties and microhardness were measured by tensile test method and microhardness tester, respectively, and the anisotropy of tensile strength in horizontal and vertical directions were calculated. Finally, the fracture morphology of the tensile samples were observed by SEM. Experiment results showed that when the difference between the actual and the optimal wire feeding speed matching the specific welding speed was too large, this led to an unstable deposition process as well as flow and collapse of weld bead metal, thus seriously deteriorating the appearance of the deposition samples. The results from metallographic micrograph showed that rapid heat dissipation of the substrate caused small grains to generate in the bottom region of deposition samples, then gradually grew up to coarse dendrites along the building direction in the middle and top region caused by the continuous heat accumulation during deposition. Tensile test results showed that with the increase of linear energy, the horizontal and vertical tensile strength of the as-deposited samples decreased. In addition, the higher linear energy would deteriorate the microstructure of as-deposited parts, including significantly increasing the tendency of oxidation and material stripping. The microhardness values of the bottom, middle and top regions of the samples fluctuated along the centerline of the cross-section, and the values showed a trend of decreasing first and then rising along the building direction. Meanwhile, the yield strength and tensile strength of each specimen showed obvious anisotropy due to unique grain growth morphology. On the whole, the results from this study prove that CMT+P process is a feasible MIG welding additive manufacturing method for 316L stainless steel.

scholarly journals Effect of Powder Feedstock on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of the 316L Stainless Steel Fabricated by Selective Laser Melting

Metals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Chen ◽  
Guangfu Yin ◽  
Zai Feng ◽  
Xiaoming Liao
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Selective Laser Melting ◽  
316L Stainless Steel ◽  
Hierarchical Structures ◽  
Fine Powder ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Laser Melting ◽  
Powder Feedstock

Additive manufacturing by selective laser melting (SLM) was used to investigate the effect of powder feedstock on 316L stainless steel properties include microstructure, relative density, microhardness and mechanical properties. Gas atomized SS316L powders of three different particle size distribution were used in this study. Microstructural investigations were done by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Tensile tests were performed at room temperatures. Microstructure characterization revealed the presence of hierarchical structures consisting of solidified melt pools, columnar grains and multiform shaped sub-grains. The results showed that the SLM sample from the fine powder obtained the highest mechanical properties with ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of 611.9 ± 9.4 MPa and yield strength (YS) of 519.1 ± 5.9 MPa, and an attendant elongation (EL) of 14.6 ± 1.9%, and a maximum of 97.92 ± 0.13% and a high microhardness 291 ± 6 HV0.1. It has been verified that the fine powder (~16 μm) could be used in additive manufacturing with proper printing parameters.

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