Correlations of interlayer time with distortion of large Ti-6Al-4V components in laser metal deposition with wire

Y. S. Leea, Y. Bandaria, S. Simunovic, B. Richardsona, M. M. Kirkaa

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Abstract

Laser metal deposition with wire (LMD-w) is one of the emerging additive manufacturing (AM) technologies for large-scale aerospace components due to high deposition rates and material efficiency. However, it often results in undesired stresses and distortions due to non-uniform expansion and contraction of material during printing. Controlling inter-layer time, preheating, and clamping are the effective methods to mitigate the thermally induced stress and deformation. In this study, the effect of inter-layer cooling time on part distortion is investigated using a finite element method (FEM). The model accounts for actual tool paths, power, and cooling conditions. The results show that the model effectively captures the fluctuation of the Ti-6Al-4V plate during printing. Also, it shows an asymmetric distortion on the plate edges. Ultimately, the sequentially coupled thermal-stress simulation provided a quantitative understanding of the inter-layer cooling time on titanium plate distortion for the large-scale LMD-w process.

Original languageEnglish
Pages606-622
Number of pages17
StatePublished - 2020
Event29th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium - An Additive Manufacturing Conference, SFF 2018 - Austin, United States
Duration: Aug 13 2018Aug 15 2018

Conference

Conference29th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium - An Additive Manufacturing Conference, SFF 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin
Period08/13/1808/15/18

Funding

The research was sponsored by the US Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Advanced Manufacturing Office under contract DE-AC05- 00OR22725 with UT-Battelle, LLC. This work is also supported in part by Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with GKN Aerospace, under contract No. NFE-15-05725. The research was sponsored by the US Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Advanced Manufacturing Office under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with UT-Battelle, LLC. This work is also supported in part by Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with GKN Aerospace, under contract No. NFE-15-05725. This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).

FundersFunder number
US Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
Advanced Manufacturing OfficeDE-AC05-00OR22725, NFE-15-05725
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

    Keywords

    • Additive manufacturing
    • Distortion
    • Finite element method
    • Inter-layer time
    • LMD-wire
    • Plate oscillation
    • Ti-6Al-4V

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