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MATERIALS
Volume 12, Issue 13, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma12132165
Keywords
selective laser melting; microstructure; defects; Inconel 718; laser energy density
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- National Science and Technology Major Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2016YFB1100703]
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Selective laser melting (SLM) is a promising powder bed fusion additive manufacturing technique for metal part fabrication. In this paper, varying scanning speed in the range of 500 mm/s to 1900 mm/s, and laser power in the range of 100 W to 200 W, were realized from layer to layer in a cycle of 56 layers in a single cuboid Inconel 718 alloy specimen through SLM. Layer-wise variation of microstructure and porosity were acquired, showing the layer-wise controlling capability of microstructural soundness. The melt pool size and soundness are closely linked with the energy input. High energy density led to sound regions with larger, orderly stacked melt pools and columnar grains, while low energy density resulted in porous regions with smaller, mismatched melt pools, un-melted powder, and equiaxed grains with finer dendrites. With the increase of laser energy density, the specimen shifts from porous region to sound region within several layers.
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