• Chinese Journal of Lasers
  • Vol. 49, Issue 8, 0802017 (2022)
Tan Cheng1, Zhenyu Zhang1, Yanbing Liu1, Qing Teng1, Hui Chen1、2, Wei Li3、4、5、**, and Qingsong Wei1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
  • 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore
  • 3Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Equipment and Control Technology of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430081, China
  • 4Hubei Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmission and Manufacturing Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430081, China
  • 5Precision Manufacturing Institute, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430081, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/CJL202249.0802017 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Tan Cheng, Zhenyu Zhang, Yanbing Liu, Qing Teng, Hui Chen, Wei Li, Qingsong Wei. Effects of Online Static Magnetic Field on Anisotropy of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of GH3536 Fabricated by Selective Laser Melting[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(8): 0802017 Copy Citation Text show less

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    In this work, an online static magnetic field system for the SLM process is designed. An optical microscope and a scanning electron microscope are employed to examine the microstructures of the specimens, and a material testing machine is used for the mechanical property tests. Our findings show that applying a magnetic field can significantly improve the relative density of the formed sample. As the magnetic field strength increases from 0 to 0.3 T, the grain orientation changes from the strong (001) orientation to (001), (101), and (111) uniform orientations, while the texture index decreases from 6.843 to 5.718. Thus, to a certain extent, the anisotropy of grain orientation of GH3536 alloy is weakened. The results suggest that the change in grain orientation is mainly due to the generation of thermoelectric forces acting on the dendrites. Besides, the applied magnetic field makes the tensile strength and elongation of the sample along the scanning and deposition directions tend to increase, especially along the scanning direction. The tensile strength along the scanning direction under the 0.1 T and 0.3 T magnetic fields increases by 20 MPa and 70 MPa, respectively, and the elongation increases by 0.8% and 2.9%, respectively. At 0.1 T and 0.3 T, the differences in tensile strength along the scanning and deposition directions decrease by 14.1% and 47.5%, respectively, while the differences in elongation decrease by 11.1% and 55.3%, respectively. The static magnetic field can significantly weaken the anisotropy of the mechanical properties of SLM parts since the static magnetic field changes the grain orientation during the SLM process.

    Tan Cheng, Zhenyu Zhang, Yanbing Liu, Qing Teng, Hui Chen, Wei Li, Qingsong Wei. Effects of Online Static Magnetic Field on Anisotropy of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of GH3536 Fabricated by Selective Laser Melting[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(8): 0802017
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