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Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of TiB2/AlSi7Mg0.6 Composites Fabricated by Wire and Arc Additive
Qingfeng Yang1, Cunjuan Xia2, Haowei Wang2
1Science and Technology on Reactor System Design Technology Laboratory, Nuclear Power Institute of China, Chengdu 610213, China.
Abstract:
Wire and arc additive manufacturing based on cold metal transfer (WAAM-CMT), as a kind of clean and advanced technology, has been widely researched recently. It was analyzed in detail for the microstructure and mechanical properties of WAAM-CMT printed TiB2/AlSi7Mg0.6 samples fore-and-aft heat treatment in this study. Compared with the grain size of casted AlSi7Mg0.6 samples (252 μm), the grain size of WAAM-CMT printed AlSi7Mg0.6 samples (53.4 μm) was refined, showing that WAAM-CMT process could result in significant grain refinement. Besides, the grain size of WAAM-CMT printed TiB2/AlSi7Mg0.6 samples was about 35 μm, revealing that the addition of TiB2 particles played a role in grain refinement. Nevertheless, the grain size distribution was not uniform, showing a mixture of fine grain and coarse grain, and the mechanical properties were anisotropic of the as-printed samples. This study shows that T6 heat treatment is an efficient way to improve the nonuniform microstructure and eliminate the anisotropy in mechanical properties.
