Material Characterization of Hybrid Components Manufactured by Laser-Based Directed Energy Deposition on Sheet Metal Substrates

Abstract:

Laser-based directed energy deposition (DED-LB/M) allows the application of a wear-resistant metal coating to the surface of a sheet metal substrate. Subsequent deep drawing of the part enables high material efficiency, significantly shorter production times, and lower unit costs compared to, for example, solely machined production of the entire component. At the same time, energy-intensive global heat treatment strategies can be avoided. For the numerical analysis of such hybrid process chains, both the sheet metal substrate and the additively applied coating are usually characterized individually. However, the low thickness of the coating in combination with a relatively high welding depth, which is required for a good bond to the sheet metal substrate during subsequent forming, lead to a strong gradient of the mechanical properties as well as complex mechanical interactions in the bonding zone. Therefore, appropriate characterization methods are required. In this work, an investigation of different influencing factors, like the rolling, hatch and tensile direction, is carried out with the aid of tensile tests using hybrid specimens. In this way, interactions between the influencing factors are identified. As substrate, 3.5 mm thick 16MnCr5 blanks are used, with an approximately 0.68 mm thick coating of Bainidur^® AM. In addition, an optical surface roughness measurement and metallographic analysis of the tensile specimen’s edge area after laser cutting is performed.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 926)
• Pages: 80-89
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-3vlx01
• Online since: July 2022
• Authors: Maximilian Kreß*, Dominic Bartels, Michael Schmidt, Marion Merklein
• Keywords: Case Hardening Steel, Directed Energy Deposition, Material Characterization, Sheet Metal Forming

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