Laser power and scanning speed influence on intermetallic and wear behaviour of laser metal deposited titanium alloy composite
- Authors: Mahamood, Rasheedat M. , Akinlabi, Esther Titilayo
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Intermetallic , Laser metal deposition , Processing parameters
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/214836 , uj:21332 , Citation: Mohamood, R.M & Akinlabi, E.T. 2016. Laser power and scanning speed influence on intermetallic and wear behaviour of laser metal deposited titanium alloy composite.
- Description: Abstract: Ti6Al4V, an aerospace alloy, is the most widely produced titanium alloy because of its exciting properties such as high strength to weight ratio and excellent corrosion resistance properties. Despite these properties of this titanium alloy, the wear property is poor because of its chemical property that makes it react with other material it comes in contact with. Therefore, there is need for surface modification of the titanium alloy if it will be used in application where it will come in contact will other material in rubbing or sliding action. TiC has been used to improve the wear resistance property of titanium alloy with success. Laser metal deposition (LMD) process, an additive manufacturing process, is an advanced manufacturing process for achieving part with the desired surface property as well as for producing complex part directly from the three dimensional (3D) computer aided design (CAD) model of the part. Processing parameter has a great influence on the resulting properties of the deposited part using LMD. This research investigates the influence of laser power and scanning speed on the in-situ formation of titanium aluminide (Ti3Al) during laser metal deposition of TiC/Ti6Al4V composite and its overall effect on the wear resistance behaviour of the deposited composites. The laser power was changed between 1.8 and 3.0 kW and the scanning speed was changed between 0.05 and 0.1 m/s. It was found that, the intermetallic produced increased as the scanning speed was reduced from 0.1 to 0.05 m/s. The intermetallic formed at low scanning speed was found to decrease as the laser power was increased from 1.8 to 3.0 kW, while it was found to increase as the laser power was increased at higher scanning speed. The wear resistance property increases as the intermetallic formation increases. This study revealed that finding an optimum process parameter is important in achieving better properties in laser metal deposition of TiC/Ti6Al4V composite. The optimum process parameter was found to be at laser power of 1.8 kW and scanning speed of 0.05 m/s based on the process parameters considered in this study.
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Characterizing the effect of processing parameters on the porosity of laser deposited titanium alloy powder
- Authors: Mahamood, Rasheedat M. , Akinlabi, Esther Titilayo , Shukla, Mukul , Pityana, Sisa
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: Laser metal deposition , Medical implants , Porosity , Processing parameters , Titanium alloy
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:4739 , ISSN 2078-0966 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/11725
- Description: Laser Metal Deposition (LMD) is an additive manufacturing technique that produces parts layer by layer directly from the Computer Aided Design (CAD) file. Highly customized parts with complex shapes such as medical implants can well be manufactured using the LMD process. LMD has been used to produce a wide range of patient specific (customized) parts. Porous parts are of particular importance as medical implants because they can potentially aid the healing process and proper integration of the implant with the body tissues. In this research porous samples of titanium alloy (Ti6Al4V) were produced using the LMD process. Spherical shaped Ti6Al4V powder of particle size ranging between 150 to 200 μm was used. The effect of laser power and scanning speed on the shape, size and degree of porosity of the deposited tracks was investigated. The results showed that as the laser power was increased and the scanning speed decreased, the degree of porosity was reduced. The size of the porosity was also found to reduce as the laser power was increased.
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