- Title
- Effect of scanning speed on material efficiency of laser metal deposited Ti6Al4V
- Creator
- Akinlabi, Esther Titilayo, Mahamood, Rasheedat M., Shukla, Mukul, Pityana, Sisa
- Subject
- Laser Metal Deposition Process, Material efficiency, Titanium alloy, Laser scanning speed
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- uj:5337
- Identifier
- ISSN 2010-3778
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8880
- Description
- The study of effect of laser scanning speed on material efficiency in Ti6Al4V application is very important because unspent powder is not reusable because of high temperature oxygen pick-up and contamination. This study carried out an extensive study on the effect of scanning speed on material efficiency by varying the speed between 0.01 to 0.1m/sec. The samples are wire brushed and cleaned with acetone after each deposition to remove un-melted particles from the surface of the deposit. The substrate is weighed before and after deposition. A formula was developed to calculate the material efficiency and the scanning speed was compared with the powder efficiency obtained. The results are presented and discussed. The study revealed that the optimum scanning speed exists for this study at 0.01m/sec, above and below which the powder efficiency will drop.
- Publisher
- World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
- Rights
- © 2012, Esther T. Akinlabi, Rasheedat M. Mahamood, Mukul Shukla, & Sisa Pityana
- Full Text
- Hits: 3124
- Visitors: 2731
- Downloads: 276
Thumbnail | File | Description | Size | Format | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
View Details Download | CONTENT1 | PDF Document | 665 KB | Adobe Acrobat PDF | View Details Download | ||
View Details Download | MODS | MODS Metadata | 3 KB | XML Document | View Details Download |