About this Abstract | 
  
   
    | Meeting | 
    2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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    | Symposium 
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    Additive Manufacturing and Innovative Powder/Wire Processing of Multifunctional Materials
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    | Presentation Title | 
    Additive Manufacturing of Equiatomic Fe-Co Alloy Using Wire and Arc Based Directed Energy Process | 
  
   
    | Author(s) | 
    Soumyajit  Koley, Supriyo  Ganguly | 
  
   
    | On-Site Speaker (Planned) | 
    Soumyajit  Koley | 
  
   
    | Abstract Scope | 
    
Equiatomic Fe-Co alloy exhibits maximum saturation magnetisation along with high electrical resistivity and good magnetic permeability which render this alloy suitable for use in high power-density electrical applications. However, the significant brittleness of the alloy makes it difficult to process through traditional metal processing routes. Addition of  2 wt.% V is added to Fe-Co alloy improves the ductility  but also reduces the magnetic saturation by 5-8%. 
Wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) of equiatomic Fe-Co alloy has been attempted using a cold-wire-fed plasma arc torch coupled with a CNC manipulator. Special attention was paid to preventing the vertical cold cracking issue resulting in a completely crack-free deposit. A complete characterization of microstructure, tensile properties and B-H loop measurement was performed which revealed more than 95% saturation magnetisation as obtained in the current process. | 
  
   
    | Proceedings Inclusion? | 
    Planned:  | 
  
 
    | Keywords | 
    Magnetic Materials, Additive Manufacturing, Mechanical Properties |