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Exploring New Concepts In Directional Solidification By Electron Beam Melting And Selective Laser Melting, Edwin Martinez
Exploring New Concepts In Directional Solidification By Electron Beam Melting And Selective Laser Melting, Edwin Martinez
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Unlike more conventional directional solidification, electron and laser-beam melting technologies involve building 3D components through layer-by-layer melt/solidification thermal cycling which creates novel, directional microstructural architectures. In this study we compared various the columnar microstructures of various components manufactured by EBM and SLM; image composite observations of columnar microstructural architectures in Cu, Co-29-Cr-6Mo-0.2C alloy, Ni-22Cr-9Mo-4Nb (alloy 625) fabricated by electron beam melting (EBM), and Ni-19Cr-19Fe-5Nb-1Al (alloy 718) by selective laser melting (SLM) as well as stainless steel 17-4 PH (SLM). Cu produced discontinuous columns of Cu2O precipitates while the Co-base alloy exhibited similar columns of Cr23C6 precipitates. The alloy 625 produced …
Process Study And Control Of Electron Beam Melting Technology Using Infrared Thermography, Jorge Mireles
Process Study And Control Of Electron Beam Melting Technology Using Infrared Thermography, Jorge Mireles
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An IR camera was installed in an Arcam A2 system (Arcam AB, Mölndal, Sweeden) and layer-by-layer image acquisition was achieved. The camera's capability to detect manufacturing defects was evaluated by implementing computer vision techniques using LabVIEW measurement and programming software (National Instruments, Austin, TX). Thermal maps acquired by the IR camera allowed layer-by-layer part temperature to be recorded. A core objective of this research was to study the impact of processing temperature on EBM-fabricated Ti-6Al-4V parts and achieve controlled mechanical properties. In this research, build variations were achieved by modifying parameters that change processing temperature from the standard processing temperature. …