Heat Treatment of Multi-Material Additively Manufactured Maraging Steel and Co-Cr-Mo Alloy

Abstract:

The prospect of converting an entire assembly of parts with challenging geometry to a single part with sectional variation of properties has stimulated a growing interest in multi-material Additive Manufacturing (AM). Accordingly, the present work utilized a dual-metal Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) technique to manufacture a multi-material component, consisting of Co-Cr-Mo alloy (MP1) and maraging steel (MS1) in a single manufacturing process. The research also attempted to establish a heat treatment strategy compatible with these alloys. The resulting heat treatment effects on the microstructure, texture, and microhardness were investigated. Diffusion calculation results suggested an overall diffusion depth of 120 μm in the interface after heat treatment, which can increase the resulting joint strength if intermetallic precipitation is avoided. Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) analysis of the heat-treated samples showed that both the base metal regions retained the dominant fiber textures after printing, which is the <110> || building direction (BD) fiber texture for the MP1 region and the <111> || BD and <100> || BD fiber textures for the MS1 region. Nanoindentation tests also revealed a considerably higher hardness in the MS1 region and a slight reduction of hardness in the MP1 region after heat treatment, which can be early evidence of the successful application of the heat treatment strategy to both base metals. Future work will investigate the mechanical properties of the as-printed and heat-treated samples and verify if any precipitates formed in the MS1-MP1 interface.

• Periodical: Defect and Diffusion Forum (Volume 421)
• Pages: 9-14
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-q60291
• Online since: December 2022
• Authors: Jubert Pasco*, Yuan Tian, Kanwal Chadha, Clodualdo Aranas Jr.
• Keywords: Additive Manufacturing, Co-Cr-Mo Alloy, Heat Treatment, Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Maraging Steel

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