scholarly journals Effect of Scanning Routes on the Stress and Deformation of Overhang Structures Fabricated by SLM

Materials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaochuan Zhang ◽  
Jinwu Kang ◽  
Yiming Rong ◽  
Pengyue Wu ◽  
Tao Feng

Selective laser melting (SLM) is a promising manufacturing method for the construction of complicated precision parts. However, deformation of the overhang during the fabrication process and post treatment is still a common problem. In this paper, the effect of the scanning route on the residual stress and deformation of fabricated AlSi10Mg overhang specimens by SLM was investigated. Different scanning routes for the overhang including longitudinal direction, transverse direction, and the alternation between these two scanning routes in consecutive layers were studied by experiments within this study. Numerical simulation was utilized to measure the stress of the specimens while deformation prediction was used for the different scanning routes. Both the experimental and simulated results showed that the scanning route had a substantial influence on the residual stress and deformation of the specimens. The longitudinal scanning resulted in significant upward bending deformation of the overhang as it was cut from the baseplate. However, there was less deformation for the overhangs fabricated by transverse and alternating scanning routes. A transverse scanning route is helpful for the reduction of residual stress in the longitudinal direction and the corresponding deformation.

2014 ◽  
Vol 490-491 ◽  
pp. 594-599
Author(s):  
Fan Ling Meng ◽  
Ai Guo Liu

Automatic MIG was adopted to weld Inconel 625 alloy on 20 G Membrane Waterwall, which can improve the capacities of high temperature corrosion resistance and wear resistance. To study the influence of Membrane Waterwall surface welding sequences on residual stress and residual deformation, this paper utilized finite element software ABAQUS and segmented moving heat source model to simulate the sequence welding, balanced welding from the middle to sides, balanced welding from sides to the middle, balanced skip welding from middle to sides and balanced skip welding from sides to the middle and studied their residual stresses and deformations. The simulation results indicated that there was a great influence of welding sequences on the residual stress and deformation. The optimal welding sequence was balanced skip welding from middle to sides and balanced skip welding from sides to the middle, which could change the stress distribution, decrease the welding residual stress by 17%, realize the even deformation of the whole welding section and decrease the bending deformation by 50%.


2021 ◽  
Vol 871 ◽  
pp. 65-72
Author(s):  
Cheng Hong Duan ◽  
Xian Kun Cao ◽  
Ming Huang Zhao ◽  
Xiang Peng Luo

In the process of metal parts fabricated by Laser Melting Deposition (LMD), a high temperature gradient will generate due to the instantaneous high laser energy input, which will cause residual stress in the formed part of metal parts, the residual stress will result in defects like warping deformation or even cracking. In this paper, a finite element method based on inherent strain method is proposed to predict the deformation of metal parts fabricated by LMD. Firstly, combing with the birth and death element technology, a local model is established to simulate the layer-by-layer deposition in the LMD forming process, and the values of inherent strain is obtained. Secondly, the obtained inherent strain values is applied to large-sized part layer by layer, and the final deformation of large-sized part is calculated. Based on the proposed method, the efficiency of deformation prediction of large-sized metal parts fabricated by LMD could be effectively improved.


Materials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Di Wang ◽  
Shibiao Wu ◽  
Yongqiang Yang ◽  
Wenhao Dou ◽  
Shishi Deng ◽  
...  

The laser scanning strategy has an important influence on the surface quality, residual stress, and deformation of the molten metal (deformation behavior). A divisional scanning strategy is an effective means used to reduce the internal stress of the selective laser melting (SLM) metal part. In order to understand and optimize the divisional scanning strategy, three divisional scanning strategies and an S-shaped orthogonal scanning strategy are used to produce 316L steel parts in this study. The influence of scanning strategy on the produced parts is verified from the aspects of densification, residual stress distribution and deformation. Experiments show that the 316L steel alloy parts adopted spiral divisional scanning strategy can not only obtain the densification of 99.37%, but they also effectively improve the distribution of residual stress and control the deformation degree of the produced parts. Among them, the spiral divisional scanning sample has the smallest residual stress in plane direction, and its σx and σy stress are controlled within 204 MPa and 103 MPa. The above results show that the spiral divisional scanning is the most conducive strategy to obtain higher residual stress performance of SLM 316L steel parts.


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