Fig. 1. Morphologies of powders. (a) HA powders; (b) Ti powders
Fig. 2. Schematic of coaxial light feeding technology
Fig. 3. Physical diagrams of powders collection equipment. (a) Overall view; (b) enlarged view
Fig. 4. Map scanning of single-pass cladded 90%Ti+10%HA samples at same defocusing amount and scanning speed and different laser powers. (a) 400 W; (b) 600 W; (c) 800 W; (d) 1000 W
Fig. 5. Schematic of powders collection
Fig. 6. Map scanning images of powders. (a) Ca element map scanning image of HA powders; (b) Ti and Ca elements map scanning composite image of Ti/HA powders
Fig. 7. Particle size distribution map of HA powders
Fig. 8. Powders sample. (a)(c) Powders trajectory; (b)(d) powders partition region
Fig. 9. Mass ratio distribution maps in the central region of Ti/HA powders sample. (a) Random field of view 1; (b) random field of view 2
Fig. 10. SEM morphologies of Ti/HA powders and map scanning images of Ca and Ti elements. (a) Powders tube feeding; (b) manual powders laying
Fig. 11. Main factor diagram of powders separation model
Fig. 12. Effect graph and three-dimensional surface diagram of the relation between unseparated powders width and defocusing distance and scanning speed. (a) Effect graph; (b) three-dimensional surface diagram
Fig. 13. Powders trajectory. (a) vS=2 mm·s-1; (b) vS=6 mm·s-1
Fig. 14. Schematics of pre-mixed powders settling process at low and fast scanning speeds. (a) Low scanning speed; (b) fast scanning speed
Fig. 15. Map scanning images of mixed powders at different scanning speeds. (a) vS=4 mm·s-1; (b) vS=6 mm·s-1
Fig. 16. Map scanning images of mixed powders at different defocusing distances. (a) hD=-3 mm; (b) hD=-1.5 mm; (c) hD=0 mm
Fig. 17. Elements map scanning images of different zones of same powders sample. (a) Left zone; (b) middle zone; (c) right zone
Element | Mass fraction /% |
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Ca | 24.5 | P | 10.8 | Pb | 0.0005 | Ph(1.0% solution water) | 6.94 | As | 0.003 | Cd | 0.016 |
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Table 1. Main chemical composition of HA powders
Element | Mass fraction /% |
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Ti | 99.8 | Fe | 0.02 | Si | 0.0175 | Al | 0.0125 | C | 0.02 | N | 0.0325 | O | 0.35 | H | 0.182 | Cl | 0.18 |
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Table 2. Main chemical composition of Ti powders
Variable | Level of input variables |
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-1 | 0 | 1 |
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hD /mm | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | vS /(mm·s-1) | 2 | 4 | 6 | rF /(r·min-1) | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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Table 3. Variables and levels of powders separation
No. | hD /mm | vS /(mm·s-1) | rF /(r·min-1) | WP /mm | WUP /mm |
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1 | -3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 2WP/5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 3WP/10 | 5 | -1.5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | WP/2 | 6 | -1.5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 7 | -1.5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 3WP/5 | 8 | -1.5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | WP/5 | 9 | -1.5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | WP/2 | 10 | -1.5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | WP/2 | 11 | -3 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 12 | -1.5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 4WP/5 | 13 | -1.5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | WP/2 | 14 | -3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 2WP/5 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 16 | -1.5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | WP/2 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 20 | WP/10 |
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Table 4. Box-Behnken design sequencing and results