Research and Development in Materials and Processes of Superalloy Fabricated by Laser Additive Manufacturing

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2021, Vol. 57

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Research and Development in Materials and Processes of Superalloy Fabricated by Laser Additive Manufacturing

SUN Xiaofeng¹, SONG Wei¹^,², LIANG Jingjing¹(

), LI Jinguo¹(

), ZHOU Yizhou¹

^1.Shi -Changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
^2.School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, China

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SUN Xiaofeng, SONG Wei, LIANG Jingjing, LI Jinguo, ZHOU Yizhou. Research and Development in Materials and Processes of Superalloy Fabricated by Laser Additive Manufacturing. Acta Metall Sin, 2021, 57(11): 1471-1483.

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The research and development progress of laser additive manufacturing technology in superalloys are summarized in this paper. The technical characteristics and application of additive manufacturing in superalloys, formation mechanism, and the types of microstructure and metallurgical defects are introduced in detail. Moreover, the defect control methods of additive manufacturing of superalloys are summarized from the aspects of laser parameters and composition design, and the direction of laser process parameter optimization and composition optimization is clarified. Finally, the future development trend and research direction of laser additive manufacturing in superalloys are summarized and prospected from the aspects of process optimization and material design.

Key words: additive manufacturing superalloy microstructure metallurgical defect process optimization composition optimization

Received: 31 August 2021

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Fund: National Science and Technology Major Project of China(Y2019-VII-0011-0151);National Natural Science Foundation of China(51771190)

About author: LIANG Jingjing, associate professor, Tel: (024)23970809, E-mail: jjliang@imr.ac.cn
LI Jinguo, professor, Tel: (024)23971758, E-mail: jgli@imr.ac.cn

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Fig.1 Schematic of additive manufacturing (CAD—computer aided design)^[17]

Fig.2 Schematic diagrams of selective laser melting (SLM) (a)^[21] and laser melting deposition (LMD) (b)^[22]

Fig.3 Additive manufactured superalloy components

Fig.4 Inconel 718 parts (a)^[25], rocket oxidizer valve body (b)^[26], and injector of rocket engine (c)^[27]

Fig.5 Superalloy single-crystal parts fabricated by laser additive manufacturing^[31]

Fig.6 Typical structure and evolution of additive manufacturing superalloys

Fig.7 Typical additive manufacturing superalloy structure defects

Fig.8 The specific location of crack of additive manufacturing superalloy (0.5 and 0.7 mm indicate different hatch spacings)

Fig.9 Precipitation phase between dendrites and element distribution at liquid cracks

Fig.10 The calculation and design space of new superalloys and the microstructure of experimental alloys^[34]

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