Effects of melt pool variables and process parameters in laser direct metal deposition of aerospace alloys

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1372-1380

  Shah, Kamran ^a   Pinkerton, Andrew J ^a   Salman, Ahmad ^a   Li, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cladding; Deposition; Inconel; Laser; Ti 6Al 4V

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ALLOYS; CARRIER GAS FLOW RATES; CLADDING; DEPOSIT CHARACTERISTICS; DIODE LASERS; DIRECT METAL DEPOSITION; ELECTRON BACK SCATTER DIFFRACTION; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; IN-PROCESS; INCONEL; INCONEL-718; INVERSE RELATIONS; LASER DEPOSITIONS; LONG RANGE; MASS FLOW RATE; MELT POOL; MELT POOL SIZE; OPERATING MODES; POST PROCESS; POWDER MASS FLOW RATE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS PARAMETERS; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; SEM; SURFACE DISTURBANCES; SURFACE FINISHES; THIN WALLS; TI-6AL-4V; VAPOR LASERS; VITAL PARAMETERS;

ALUMINUM; CERIUM ALLOYS; DEPOSITS; FLOW OF GASES; LAKES; MASS TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; PIPE FLOW; POWDER METALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 78650902768     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426914.2010.480999     Document Type: Article

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