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Mar, 2021

Processability and Optimization of Laser Parameters for Densification of Hypereutectic Al-Fe Binary Alloy Manufactured by Laser Powder Bed Fusion

CRYSTALS
  • Wenyuan Wang
  • ,
  • Naoki Takata
  • ,
  • Asuka Suzuki
  • ,
  • Makoto Kobashi
  • ,
  • Masaki Kato

Volume
11
Number
3
Language
Japanese
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.3390/cryst11030320
Publisher
MDPI

Centimeter-sized samples of hypereutectic Al-15 mass% Fe alloy were manufactured by a laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) process while systematically varying laser power (P) and scan speed (v). The effects on relative density and melt pool depth of L-PBF-manufactured samples were investigated. In comparison with other Al alloys, a small laser process window of P = 77-128 W and v = 0.4-0.8 ms(-1) was found for manufacturing macroscopically crack-free samples. A higher v and P led to the creation of macroscopic cracks propagating parallel to the powder-bed plane. These cracks preferentially propagated along the melt pool boundaries decorated with brittle theta-Al13Fe4 phase, resulting in low L-PBF processability of Al-15%Fe alloy. The deposited energy density model (using P center dot v(-1)(/2)) would be useful for identifying the optimum L-PBF process conditions towards densification of Al-15%Fe alloy samples, in comparison with the volumetric energy density (using P center dot v(-1)), however, the validity of the model was reduced for this alloy in comparison with other alloys with high thermal conductivities. This is likely due to inhomogeneous microstructures having numerous coarsened theta-Al13Fe4 phases localized at melt pool boundaries. These results provide insights into achieving sufficient L-PBF processability for manufacturing dense Al-Fe binary alloy samples.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11030320
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000635247600001&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.3390/cryst11030320
  • ISSN : 2073-4352
  • eISSN : 2073-4352
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000635247600001

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