A review of high energy density beam processes for welding and additive manufacturing applications

Author(s):  
T. Patterson ◽  
J. Hochanadel ◽  
S. Sutton ◽  
B. Panton ◽  
J. Lippold
Author(s):  
Subin Shrestha ◽  
Thomas Starr ◽  
Kevin Chou

This study aims at analyzing process-induced pores in selective laser melting (SLM), a laser powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing (AM) process. Porosity is one of the most problematic defects in SLM parts; it impairs the part performance, and yet, is sharply sensitive to the parameters of the SLM process itself. Detailed analysis of SLM pore formations using a computed tomography (CT) technique is desired in order to understand the porosity level under different process conditions. In this study, an SLM system was used to fabricate samples, using Ti-6Al-4V powder, with single tracks formed, at 60 μm layer thickness, with different laser powers and scanning speeds to vary the energy density. A micro-CT (μ-CT) scanner was used to measure the internal features of the SLM specimens without any post-build treatments and to analyze the porosity inside single tracks formed with different energy densities. There are different mechanisms of pore formation in SLM, in particular, this study first focuses on the pore formation due to the keyhole phenomenon, caused by a high energy density. μ-CT scanning at a 6 μm resolution is able to clearly reveal the pores in the SLM samples. From the CT scan and analysis results, it is observed that increasing the energy density increases the volume of pores. For example, with 195 W and 200 mm/s, the number of pores is 93 and the total pore volume is 0.014 mm3 for a scanning length of 12 mm. On the other hand, if the energy density is less than 0.24 J/mm, few or no pores were observed, because possibly the melting process changes from the keyhole mode to the conduction mode.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 1040-1050 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Airoldi ◽  
Umberto Anselmi‐Tamburini ◽  
Barbara Vigani ◽  
Silvia Rossi ◽  
Piercarlo Mustarelli ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 963-963
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Airoldi ◽  
Umberto Anselmi‐Tamburini ◽  
Barbara Vigani ◽  
Silvia Rossi ◽  
Piercarlo Mustarelli ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 9428
Author(s):  
Mohammad Masud Parvez ◽  
Sahil Patel ◽  
Sriram Praneeth Isanaka ◽  
Frank Liou

In additive manufacturing (AM), the surface roughness of the deposited parts remains significantly higher than the admissible range for most applications. Additionally, the surface topography of AM parts exhibits waviness profiles between tracks and layers. Therefore, post-processing is indispensable to improve surface quality. Laser-aided machining and polishing can be effective surface improvement processes that can be used due to their availability as the primary energy sources in many metal AM processes. While the initial roughness and waviness of the surface of most AM parts are very high, to achieve dimensional accuracy and minimize roughness, a high input energy density is required during machining and polishing processes although such high energy density may induce process defects and escalate the phenomenon of wavelength asperities. In this paper, we propose a systematic approach to eliminate waviness and reduce surface roughness with the combination of laser-aided machining, macro-polishing, and micro-polishing processes. While machining reduces the initial waviness, low energy density during polishing can minimize this further. The average roughness (Ra=1.11μm) achieved in this study with optimized process parameters for both machining and polishing demonstrates a greater than 97% reduction in roughness when compared to the as-built part.


Author(s):  
K P Karunakaran ◽  
Seema Negi ◽  
Arun Nambolan ◽  
Ashik Patel ◽  
Yogesh Patil ◽  
...  

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ta-I Hsu ◽  
Yu-Ting Jhong ◽  
Meng-Hsiu Tsai

Selective Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (SEBAM) is a promising powder bed fusion additive manufacturing technique for titanium alloys that select particular area melting in different energy density for producing complexly shaped biomedical devices. For most commercial Ti6Al4V porous medical devices, the gradient energy density is usually applied to manufacture in one component during the SEBAM process which selects different energy density built on particular zones. This paper presents gradient energy density base characterization study on an SEBAM built rectangular specimen with a size of 3 mm × 20 mm × 60 mm. The specimen was divided into three zones were built in gradient energy density from 16 to 26.5 J/mm3. The microstructure and mechanical properties were investigated by means of scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and mechanical test. The α′ martensitic and lack of fusion were observed in the low energy density (LED) built zone. However, no α′ phase and no irregular pores were observed both in overlap energy density (OED) and high energy density (HED) built zones located at the middle and bottom of the specimen respectively. This implies the top location and lower energy density have positive effects on the cooling rate but negative effects on densification. The subsequence mechanical properties result also supports this point. Moreover, the intermetallic Ti3Al found in the bottom may be due to the heat transfer from the following melting layer. Furthermore, the microstructure evolution in gradient energy built zones is discussed based on the findings of the microstructure and thermal history correlation analysis.


1966 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. CHODOSH ◽  
E. KATSOULIS ◽  
M. ROSANSKY

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