A novel rapid alloy development method towards powder bed additive manufacturing, demonstrated for binary Al-Ti, -Zr and -Nb alloys

Leijon F, Wachter S, Fu Z, Körner C, Skjervold S, Moverare J (2021)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal

Materials & Design Elsevier

Book Volume: 211

DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2021.110129

Abstract

Powder bed fusion (PBF) methods offer the best material properties among metal additive manufacturing (AM) processes. Yet, alloy development for PBF is only at its infancy and has a great untapped potential. This originates from the high solidification rate within the melt pool and to exploit the full potential of materials produced by PBF methods, a diligent work lies ahead. This paper presents a high-throughput method to rapidly screen large compositional alloy intervals experimentally for their PBF feasibility, which can drastically reduce the time needed for alloy development and provide valuable data for modelling. Our method consists of two steps; co-sputtering and electron beam re-melting. First step produces an alloy gradient film on a sheet substrate. The film is then re-molted to produce a PBF mimicked microstructure. The method is successfully demonstrated on binary systems; Al-Ti,-Zr and-Nb and produced gradients in compositional ranges of 3-50 wt%Ti, 1-15 wt%Zr and 2-15 wt%Nb over a length of 200 mm. From the produced materials, the alloying efficiency could be investigated and determined regarding hardness and grain refinement. Zr shows the highest strength contribution per at% and the best grain refinement at low levels. However, at higher levels grain refinement efficiency decreases for Zr. (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Authors with CRIS profile

Sebastian Wachter Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Werkstoffkunde und Technologie der Metalle) Zongwen Fu Advanced Materials and Processes (ZMP) Carolin Körner Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Werkstoffkunde und Technologie der Metalle)

Involved external institutions

Hydro Extruded Solutions AB SE Sweden (SE) Linköping University SE Sweden (SE)

How to cite

APA:

Leijon, F., Wachter, S., Fu, Z., Körner, C., Skjervold, S., & Moverare, J. (2021). A novel rapid alloy development method towards powder bed additive manufacturing, demonstrated for binary Al-Ti, -Zr and -Nb alloys. Materials & Design, 211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.110129

MLA:

Leijon, Freddy, et al. "A novel rapid alloy development method towards powder bed additive manufacturing, demonstrated for binary Al-Ti, -Zr and -Nb alloys." Materials & Design 211 (2021).

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