Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 50, Issue 7, 20200365(2021)

Laser preheating/fluid cooling assisted laser metal deposition of AlSi10Mg

Le Wan1, Shihong Shi1、*, Zhixin Xia2、*, Xiaozu Zhang2, Geyan Fu1, Rongwei Zhang1, and Kuan Li1
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  • 1School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215021, China
  • 2School of Shagang Iron and Steel, Soochow University, Suzhou 215021, China
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    It is difficult to form aluminum alloy stablely by laser metal deposition(LMD) due to high thermal conductivity, low laser absorptivity, and significant heat accumulation effect. To realize automatic and accurate preheating, eliminating heat accumulation, analyzing the effect of preheating and improving the forming ability of AlSi10Mg aluminum alloy LMD, the technology of laser metal deposition with "internal powder feeding" and Ar supply protection was adopted, the laser preheating and fluid cooling temperature control system was designed and the preheating and cooling temperature control model was established, LMD forming experiments of AlSi10Mg aluminum alloy was carried out, the effects of preheating on laser absorptivity, surface quality, cross-section morphology, temperature field, microstructure and properties of aluminum alloy were systematically analyzed. The results show that the laser preheating and fluid cooling temperature control system can realize accurate preheating and eliminate heat accumulation, obtain a single track with a surface roughness Ra of 2.6 μm. High precision, high efficiency and stable LMD forming of AlSi10Mg overlap, block and thin-wall are realized. Preheating can improve the laser absorptivity, flatten the track and increase the grain size. The assist system and method can effectively solve the problem of insufficient forming stability of aluminum alloy LMD, and provide a new idea and process for forming quality control and molten temperature controlling.

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    Le Wan, Shihong Shi, Zhixin Xia, Xiaozu Zhang, Geyan Fu, Rongwei Zhang, Kuan Li. Laser preheating/fluid cooling assisted laser metal deposition of AlSi10Mg[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(7): 20200365

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers & Laser optics

    Received: Nov. 15, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 23, 2021

    The Author Email: Shi Shihong (shishihong@suda.edu.cn), Xia Zhixin (xiazhixin2000@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20200365

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