26–28 Sept 2022
TU Graz
Europe/Vienna timezone

Advanced microstructure investigations of metallic 3D-printed parts

26 Sept 2022, 12:20
20m
Room i3

Room i3

Oral Presentation AM Process- and Quality Control AM-Process- and Quality Control & Post Processing of AM Parts

Speaker

Dr Mihaela Albu (Graz Centre for Electron Microscopy)

Description

The micro- and nanostructure of additively manufactured alloys designed for certain applications are influenced by atomic-level effects arising from either added or randomly inserted impurities.
While the addition of elements in very low concentrations is required for the tuning towards a specific microstructure, different production routes of the feedstock and the printed parts as well as process parameters or post-processing are responsible for the undesired elements. Oxygen, for example, is responsible for nano- or micrometer sized pores formation, amorphous phases or delamination from a given support material but can also shifts the allover microstructure inducing formation of metastable new phases, thus dramatically influencing the expected process-property-relationship.
This paper presents advanced microscopy studies supplemented by analytical characterization methods performed on 3D-printed metallic parts [1,2,3]. The focus lies on the detection of light elements and their influence on microstructural evolution during printing and post-processing, with emphasis on heat treatment.

This work received financial support by the Austrian Science Fund (FFG): SP-2021-04 (INSIGHT) and from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 823717 – ESTEEM3.

[1] Albu, M.; Krisper, R.; Lammer, J.; Kothleitner, G.; Fiocchi, J.; Bassani, P.: Microstructure evolution during in-situ heating of AlSi10Mg alloy powders and additive manufactured parts, Add. Manuf. 36 (2020), 101605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2020.101605
[2] Albu, M.; Panzirsch, B.; Schröttner, H.; Mitsche, S.; Reichman, K.; Poletti, M.C.; Kothleitner, G.: High-Resolution Microstructure Characterization of Additively Manufactured X5CrNiCuNb17-4 Maraging Steel during Ex and In Situ Thermal Treatment, Materials 14 (2021), 7784. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14247784
[3] Biffi, C.A.; Bassani, P.; Fiocchi,J.; Albu, M.; Tuissi, A.: Selective laser melting of AlCu-TiB2 alloy using pulsed wave laser emission mode: processability, microstructure and mechanical properties.
Mat. & Design 204 (2021), 109628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109628

Speaker Country Austria

Authors

Dr Mihaela Albu (Graz Centre for Electron Microscopy) Dr Georg Haberfehlner (FELMI, TU Graz) Dr Evelin Fissltahler (Graz Centre for electron Microscopy) Dr Stefan Mitsche (FELMI, TU Graz) Mr Hartmuth Schröttner (FELMI, TU Graz)

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