Influence of laser power on microhardness and wear resistance properties of laser metal deposited 17-4 PH stainless steel
- Authors: Adeyemi, A. , Akinlabi, Esther Titilayo , Mahamood, R.M.
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Laser Metal Deposition , Laser Power , 17-4 PH stainless steel
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/290921 , uj:31590 , Citation: Adeyemi, A., Akinlabi, E.T. & Mahamood, R.M. 2018. Influence of laser power on microhardness and wear resistance properties of laser metal deposited 17-4 PH stainless steel.
- Description: Abstract: This aim of this research is to investigate the impact of laser power on the hardness and the wear resistance properties of laser metal deposited 17-4 PH stainless steel. Hardness was studied using Zwick/Roell microhardness tester and the wear resistance property was carried out using ball-on-disc Anton Paar-tribometer wear tester. The study revealed that an irregular increase and decrease in the average hardness value and wear behaviour were observed. This could be attributed to the presence of copper precipitate which was more concentrate at the overlapping region because of the reheating activity that is happening between the succeeding and preceding track layers.
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Microstructural evolution of laser metal deposited 17-4 PH SS-tungsten composite with varying volume percent tungsten
- Authors: Adeyemi, A.A. , Akinlabi, Esther Titilayo , Mahamood, R.M.
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Laser Metal Deposition , Laser Power , Microstructure
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/290972 , uj:31595 , Citation: Adeyemi, A.A., Akinlabi, E.T. & Mahamood, R.M. 2018. Microstructural evolution of laser metal deposited 17-4 PH SS-tungsten composite with varying volume percent tungsten.
- Description: Abstract: This study investigates the influence of quantity of tungsten powder on the microstructural evolution of 17-4 PH stainless steel-tungsten composite produced using laser metal deposition process. The 17-4 PH stainless steel and tungsten powders were deposited on 316 stainless steel substrate at laser power of 2600 W. The tungsten powder flow rate was varied between 0.5 rpm and 2.0 rpm while 17-4 PH stainless steel powder flow rate, the scanning speed, the gas flow rate and the laser spot size were fixed at 2.0 rpm, 0.5 m/s, 2.5 l/min and 2.0 mm respectively. Five (5) multiple track of 17-4 PH stainless steel and tungsten powder were deposited on 316 stainless steel of thickness 10 mm from different hopper at 50% overlapping percentage to produce 17-4 PH SS-W composite. During the microstructural study, it was observed that tungsten carbide has been precipitated in-situ and evenly dispersed in the 17-4 PH SS-W composite produced. SEM and EDS analysis also revealed the presence of BCC alpha (α) ferrite and FCC gamma (δ) ferrite with the presence of sigma (σ) phase precipitates.
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