Microstructure evolution and mechanical response-based shortening of thermal post-treatment for electron beam melting (EBM) produced Alloy 718
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2021

Electron beam melting (EBM) produced Alloy 718 was subjected to thermal post-treatment involving hot isostatic pressing (HIPing) and heat treatment (HT). Subjecting the material to HIPing at 1120 °C led to significant densification. Study of microstructure evolution during HT (comprising of solution treatment and aging) showed possibility of significantly shortening the HT duration, particularly the time for two-step aging from the standard (8 h + 8 h) long cycle to possibly a shortened (4 h + 1 h) cycle. Another approach for shortening the post-treatment cycle by integrating the HIPing with HT inside the HIP vessel was also successfully implemented. The above observations were further substantiated by tensile response of the material subjected to the varied post-treatment cycles; out of all the post-treatments steps, tensile behaviour was observed to be mainly affected by the aging treatment. Further prospects for shortening the post-treatment protocol are also described, such as shortening of HIPing duration for the typical 4 h to 1 h cycle as well as possible elimination of solution treatment step from the entire post-treatment protocol specifically when prior HIPing is performed. Heat treatment with prior HIPing was found to be crucial for improving fatigue life, because subjecting EBM Alloy 718 to only HT, irrespective of the short or standard long protocol, rendered inferior fatigue response.

Additive manufacturing

Mechanical properties

Alloy 718

Post-treatment

Microstructure evolution

Electron beam melting

Författare

Sneha Goel

Högskolan Väst

Enrico Zaninelli

Universita Degli Studi Di Modena E Reggio Emilia

Tejas Gundgire

Högskolan Väst

Magnus Ahlfors

Quintus Technologies AB

Olanrewaju Ojo

University of Manitoba

Uta Klement

Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap, Material och tillverkning

Shrikant Joshi

Högskolan Väst

Materials Science and Engineering

09215093 (ISSN)

Vol. 820 141515

Drivkrafter

Hållbar utveckling

Ämneskategorier

Materialteknik

Teknisk mekanik

Metallurgi och metalliska material

Styrkeområden

Produktion

Materialvetenskap

DOI

10.1016/j.msea.2021.141515

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