Grain Structure Evolution of Al–Cu Alloys in Powder Bed Fusion with Laser Beam for Excellent Mechanical Properties

Rasch M, Heberle J, Dechet M, Bartels D, Gotterbarm M, Klein L, Gorunov A, Schmidt J, Körner C, Peukert W, Schmidt M (2019)


Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2019

Journal

Book Volume: 13

Journal Issue: 82

DOI: 10.3390/ma13010082

Abstract

Powder Bed Fusion with Laser Beam of Metals (PBF-LB/M) is one of the fastest growing technology branches. More and more metallic alloys are being qualified, but processing of aluminum wrought alloys without cracks and defects is still challenging. It has already been shown that small parts with low residual porosity can be produced. However, suering from microscopic hot cracks, the fracture behavior has been rather brittle. In this paper dierent combinations of temperature gradients and solidification rates are used to achieve specific solidification conditions in order to influence the resulting microstructure, as well as internal stresses. By this approach it could be shown that EN AW-2024, an aluminum-copper wrought alloy, is processable via PBF-LB/M fully dense and crack-free with outstanding material properties, exceeding those reported for commonly manufactured EN AW-2024 after T4 heat treatment.

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Rasch, M., Heberle, J., Dechet, M., Bartels, D., Gotterbarm, M., Klein, L.,... Schmidt, M. (2019). Grain Structure Evolution of Al–Cu Alloys in Powder Bed Fusion with Laser Beam for Excellent Mechanical Properties. Materials, 13(82). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13010082

MLA:

Rasch, Michael, et al. "Grain Structure Evolution of Al–Cu Alloys in Powder Bed Fusion with Laser Beam for Excellent Mechanical Properties." Materials 13.82 (2019).

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