About this Abstract |
Meeting |
Additive Manufacturing Benchmarks 2022 (AM-Bench 2022)
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Symposium
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Additive Manufacturing Benchmarks 2022 (AM-Bench 2022)
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Presentation Title |
Elimination of Solidification Cracking in AA 6061 Alloy During the Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing Process |
Author(s) |
Sivaji Karna, Rimah Al-Aridi, Tianyu Zhang, Timothy Krentz, Dale Hitchcock, Andrew Gross, Lang Yuan |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Lang Yuan |
Abstract Scope |
AA 6061 is a high-strength heat treatable aluminum alloy used in various applications such as aerospace and automotive industries. Solidification cracking is one of the dominant defects in the printing of AA 6061 alloy via laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) additive manufacturing. In this study, AA 6061 cubes were printed with a range of laser power, scanning speed, hatch spacing, and substrate temperature to establish the correlation between the process parameters and the solidification cracking behaviors. In parallel, a L-PBF process model of the melt pool formation was coupled with solidification cracking criteria to interpret the experimental observations and assist the experimental design in eliminating solidification cracks. Tensile samples with selected process parameters resulting in different levels of solidification cracking were printed to investigate their mechanical properties and failure mechanisms. Finally, the process window for crack-free AA6061 and the anticipated mechanical properties are proposed. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Undecided |