Development of a New Cold Metal Transfer Arc Additive Die Manufacturing Process

Due to its high efficiency, cold metal transfer (CMT) arc additive manufacturing presents considerable potential in the aluminium alloy additive manufacturing industry. However, during CMT arc additive manufacturing, the surrounding air environment promotes the lateral flow of liquid aluminium and t...

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Autores principales: An Zhang, Yanfeng Xing, Fuyong Yang, Xiaobing Zhang, Hongze Wang, Tiejun Yu
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8cf254e3ac76488a87fd62deeda046ec2021-11-15T01:19:45ZDevelopment of a New Cold Metal Transfer Arc Additive Die Manufacturing Process1687-844210.1155/2021/9353820https://doaj.org/article/8cf254e3ac76488a87fd62deeda046ec2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9353820https://doaj.org/toc/1687-8442Due to its high efficiency, cold metal transfer (CMT) arc additive manufacturing presents considerable potential in the aluminium alloy additive manufacturing industry. However, during CMT arc additive manufacturing, the surrounding air environment promotes the lateral flow of liquid aluminium and the instability of the molten pool, reduces the surface quality and material utilisation of deposition walls, and causes internal hydrogen pores and coarse columnar grains, which negatively affect the structure and mechanical properties of the deposition walls. This study developed a CMT arc additive die manufacturing process to control the substrate material and deposition path to improve the physical properties of the deposition wall. The experimental results indicated that the copper plates can affect molten pool flow and material formation in the additive process, minimise hydrogen pores, and refine columnar grains. The porosity dropped from 2.03% to 0.93%, and the average grain size decreased from 16.2 ± 1.4 to 13.6 ± 1.3 μm, thereby enhancing the structure and mechanical properties of the deposition wall to attain standard additive manufacturing products.An ZhangYanfeng XingFuyong YangXiaobing ZhangHongze WangTiejun YuHindawi LimitedarticleMaterials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materialsTA401-492ENAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering, Vol 2021 (2021)
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topic Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
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An Zhang
Yanfeng Xing
Fuyong Yang
Xiaobing Zhang
Hongze Wang
Tiejun Yu
Development of a New Cold Metal Transfer Arc Additive Die Manufacturing Process
description Due to its high efficiency, cold metal transfer (CMT) arc additive manufacturing presents considerable potential in the aluminium alloy additive manufacturing industry. However, during CMT arc additive manufacturing, the surrounding air environment promotes the lateral flow of liquid aluminium and the instability of the molten pool, reduces the surface quality and material utilisation of deposition walls, and causes internal hydrogen pores and coarse columnar grains, which negatively affect the structure and mechanical properties of the deposition walls. This study developed a CMT arc additive die manufacturing process to control the substrate material and deposition path to improve the physical properties of the deposition wall. The experimental results indicated that the copper plates can affect molten pool flow and material formation in the additive process, minimise hydrogen pores, and refine columnar grains. The porosity dropped from 2.03% to 0.93%, and the average grain size decreased from 16.2 ± 1.4 to 13.6 ± 1.3 μm, thereby enhancing the structure and mechanical properties of the deposition wall to attain standard additive manufacturing products.
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Fuyong Yang
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title Development of a New Cold Metal Transfer Arc Additive Die Manufacturing Process
title_short Development of a New Cold Metal Transfer Arc Additive Die Manufacturing Process
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