Effect of humidity of build chamber in hybrid manufacturing systems on part performance

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Abstract

Hybrid manufacturing combines additive with subtractive machining operations which often require the use of a coolant, that can increase the humidity of the build chamber. The water vapor can be adsorbed on the powder surfaces and subsequently dissociate into hydrogen and oxygen during melting and can be absorbed by part during solidification. Here, we investigated the effect of build chamber humidity during hybrid manufacturing on the part quality on two most common classes of steels i.e., austenitic (316L) and ferritic (grade 91). We report that the humidity increase has a negligible effect on part performance of both classes of steels.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)39-43
Number of pages5
JournalManufacturing Letters
Volume32
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2022

Funding

Notice of Copyright: 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 ). The authors would like to acknowledge the Okuma America Corporation, Open Mind Technologies AG, and Dennis Brown for their contributions. Research was performed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. Research was co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Advanced Manufacturing Office.

Keywords

  • 316L stainless steel
  • Additive manufacturing
  • Directed energy deposition
  • Grade 91 steel
  • Humidity
  • Hybrid manufacturing
  • Subtractive manufacturing

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