Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) is one of the most widespread, versatile, and promising metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques. L-PBF allows for the manufacturing of geometrically complex parts with good surface characteristics. In this process, in order to minimize the heat loss in the first layers of printing, the building platform is preheated to a temperature ranging between 80 and 250 °C. This aspect turns out to be very critical, and further investigation is needed for situations where the part to be printed is only a few layers high, as is the case in sensor printing. This work aims to investigate the melt pool stability under a variation in the preheating temperatures. We investigate the distance from the building platform, considering the number of layers printed. This is where the melt pool reaches its stability in terms of depth and width. This aspect turns out to be of remarkable importance for ensuring the structural integrity of parts with a few layers of height that are processed through L-PBF, such as sensors, which are proliferating in different industries. Thus, two case studies were carried out on IN718 superalloys at 40 and 60 microns of layer thickness and a preheating temperature of 170 °C on the machine. The results obtained show that after 1.2 mm of distance from the building platform, the melt pool reached its stability in terms of width and depth dimensions and consequently for the melting regime.

Baldi, N., Giorgetti, A., Palladino, M., Giovannetti, I., Arcidiacono, G., Citti, P. (2023). Study on the Effect of Preheating Temperatures on Melt Pool Stability in Inconel 718 Components Processed by Laser Powder Bed Fusion. METALS, 13(10) [10.3390/met13101792].

Study on the Effect of Preheating Temperatures on Melt Pool Stability in Inconel 718 Components Processed by Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Giorgetti A.
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2023-01-01

Abstract

Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) is one of the most widespread, versatile, and promising metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques. L-PBF allows for the manufacturing of geometrically complex parts with good surface characteristics. In this process, in order to minimize the heat loss in the first layers of printing, the building platform is preheated to a temperature ranging between 80 and 250 °C. This aspect turns out to be very critical, and further investigation is needed for situations where the part to be printed is only a few layers high, as is the case in sensor printing. This work aims to investigate the melt pool stability under a variation in the preheating temperatures. We investigate the distance from the building platform, considering the number of layers printed. This is where the melt pool reaches its stability in terms of depth and width. This aspect turns out to be of remarkable importance for ensuring the structural integrity of parts with a few layers of height that are processed through L-PBF, such as sensors, which are proliferating in different industries. Thus, two case studies were carried out on IN718 superalloys at 40 and 60 microns of layer thickness and a preheating temperature of 170 °C on the machine. The results obtained show that after 1.2 mm of distance from the building platform, the melt pool reached its stability in terms of width and depth dimensions and consequently for the melting regime.
2023
Baldi, N., Giorgetti, A., Palladino, M., Giovannetti, I., Arcidiacono, G., Citti, P. (2023). Study on the Effect of Preheating Temperatures on Melt Pool Stability in Inconel 718 Components Processed by Laser Powder Bed Fusion. METALS, 13(10) [10.3390/met13101792].
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