| Title: |
Mechanical and thermal behavior of additively manufactured Invar 36 using a laser hot wire hybrid DED process. |
| Authors: |
Yelamanchi, Bharat, Prokop, Andrew, Buchanan, Coleman, Alok, Aayush, Rodriguez, Mario, Morales, Jimena, Martin, Holly, Vuksanovich, Brian, Solomon, Virgil, MacDonald, Eric, Lee, Yousub, Feldhausen, Thomas, Cortes, Pedro |
| Source: |
Paton Welding Journal; Nov2024, Issue 11, p3-13, 13p |
| Subject Terms: |
INTERNATIONAL competition, THERMAL expansion, CASTING (Manufacturing process), WIRE manufacturing, LASER deposition |
| Abstract: |
Invar 36 alloy is a material of high interest in the composite tooling sector due to its low coefficient of thermal expansion. Current production of Invar 36 tooling using traditional manufacturing such as casting and forging is associated with long lead times due to a multitude of factors such as labor and component shortages, high material costs, foreign competition, and supply chain issues. An attractive alternate process is the use of an integrated 5-axis CNC hybrid Laser Hot Wire Deposition System (LHWD) for manufacturing invar molds. The hybrid process provides a combination of the additive and subtractive technologies resulting in a synergistic platform for producing and repairing structures and molds. The main novelty and goal of this work is to study the properties of Invar deposited by a LHWD and to provide guidelines for the manufacture of parts using this process. In this study, the thermal expansion behavior of the manufactured specimens has been analyzed and related to its printing parameters and direction. Multiple specimens were extracted for mechanical, dilatometry and metallographic testing. A thermal IR recording of the printing process was also carried out to observe the thermal history of the produced parts to establish thermal influence on performance-property-processing relationship. The results of these tests show the advantage of LHWD technology for the manufacture of Invar alloy parts, as it presents similar thermal expansion behavior as those commercially available with minimal presence of precipitates and no macrostructural failures such as pores, cracks and lacks of fusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
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