Journal
JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING AND MATERIALS PROCESSING
Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jmmp2020030
Keywords
Inconel 718; additive manufacturing; 3D printing; selective laser melting (SLM); hot isostatic pressing (HIP); homogenization; hardness; precipitation; microstructure; texture
Funding
- NSERC
- ETS Research Chair for Additive Manufacturing Process Engineering, Materials and Structures
- Masdar Institute
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In this work, the microstructure, texture, phases, and microhardness of 45 degrees printed (with respect to the build direction) homogenized, and hot isostatically pressed (HIP) cylindrical IN718 specimens are investigated. Phase morphology, grain size, microhardness, and crystallographic texture at the bottom of each specimen differ from those of the top due to changes in cooling rate. High cooling rates during the printing process generated a columnar grain structure parallel to the building direction in the as-printed condition with a texture transition from (001) orientation at the bottom of the specimen to (111) orientation towards the specimen top based on EBSD analysis. A mixed columnar and equiaxed grain structure associated with about a 15% reduction in texture is achieved after homogenization treatment. HIP treatment caused significant grain coarsening, and engendered equiaxed grains with an average diameter of 154.8 mu m. These treatments promoted the growth of delta-phase (Ni3Nb) and MC-type brittle (Ti, Nb)C carbides at grain boundaries. Laves phase (Fe2Nb) was also observed in the as-printed and homogenized specimens. Ostwald ripening of (Ti, Nb)C carbides caused excessive grain growth at the bottom of the HIPed IN718 specimens, while smaller grains were observed at their top. Microhardness in the as-fabricated specimens was 236.9 HV and increased in the homogenized specimens by 19.3% to 282.6 HV due to more even distribution of secondary precipitates, and the nucleation of smaller grains. A 36.1% reduction in microhardness to 180.5 HV was found in the HIPed condition due to gamma '' phase dissolution and differences in grain morphology.
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