Comparative Study of Selective Laser Melting and Direct Laser Metal Deposition of Ni₃Al Intermetallic Alloy

Abstract:

The Ni₃Al intermetallics involve more attention because of inherent material properties especially interesting in high temperature application. In this study the Selective laser melting (SLM) and Direct laser metal deposition (DLMD) are used to manufacture the single-tracks and layers. For the comparison of the methods, the optical microscopy, SEM, XRD and EDX microelement analysis were involved. The materials show no significant differences but each SLM and DLMD have the target application.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 834)
• Pages: 103-111
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.834.103
• Online since: November 2015
• Authors: Dmitry Valerievich Kotoban, Aleksey Petrovich Nazarov, Igor Vladimirovich Shishkovsky
• Keywords: DLMD, Laser Direct Metal Deposition, Ni Based Superalloy, NiAl Intermetallic, Selective Laser Melting, SLM

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