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Microstructure manipulation via machining and heat treatments in hybrid manufacturing of 316L stainless steel

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Abstract

Hybrid manufacturing combines additive and subtractive (machining) processes in a single platform to reduce the total time to fabricate a component in its final form. Here we show that if sufficient plastic deformation can be imparted to the material during machining, recrystallization can be triggered during post-fabrication heat treatment. This can enable highly localized microstructure control. We show that stainless steel 316L, when machined without coolant accumulates significant plastic strain compared to when machined with coolant that results in faster recrystallization kinetics during heat treatment. These effects are limited to the surface while the bulk microstructure remains unaffected.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)65-69
Number of pages5
JournalManufacturing Letters
Volume40
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2024

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 Dennis Brown, Sarah Graham, and Andres Marquez Rossy 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 Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office.

Keywords

  • 316L stainless steel
  • Additive manufacturing
  • Deformation Processing
  • Hybrid manufacturing
  • Microstructure control
  • Recrystallization

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