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卷 14, 期 16, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma14164602
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electron beam powder bed fusion; powder reuse; Ti-6Al-4V; powder properties; density; flowability
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Holistic Innovation in Additive Manufacturing (HI-AM) grant [NETGP 494158-16]
- National Research Council, Canada (NRC) [080531, SUB03280]
In order to reduce the economic barrier associated with the high cost of metal additively manufactured components, it is important to focus on strategies like powder reuse and recycling. Systematic studies are needed to quantify the variation of powder properties induced by number of reuse cycles. Findings show that multiple reuse cycles and powder blends created from reused powder can lead to increases in various powder characteristics, with bulk density remaining largely unchanged.
A path to lowering the economic barrier associated with the high cost of metal additively manufactured components is to reduce the waste via powder reuse (powder cycled back into the process) and recycling (powder chemically, physically, or thermally processed to recover the original properties) strategies. In electron beam powder bed fusion, there is a possibility of reusing 95-98% of the powder that is not melted. However, there is a lack of systematic studies focusing on quantifying the variation of powder properties induced by number of reuse cycles. This work compares the influence of multiple reuse cycles, as well as powder blends created from reused powder, on various powder characteristics such as the morphology, size distribution, flow properties, packing properties, and chemical composition (oxygen and nitrogen content). It was found that there is an increase in measured response in powder size distribution, tapped density, Hausner ratio, Carr index, basic flow energy, specific energy, dynamic angle of repose, oxygen, and nitrogen content, while the bulk density remained largely unchanged.
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