| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2019 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2019)
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| Symposium
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2019 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2019)
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| Presentation Title |
Characterisation of Austenitic 316LSi Stainless Steel Produced by Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing with Interlayer Cooling |
| Author(s) |
Chloe R. Cunningham, Jie Wang, Vimal Dhokia, Alborz Shokrani , Stephen Newman |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Chloe R. Cunningham |
| Abstract Scope |
Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) expands the possibilities of cost effectively producing large-scale, complex metal objects at high deposition rates. However, the variation in the WAAM process parameters is not well understood, despite greatly affecting the materials properties, part functionality and the economics of WAAM production. Austenitic stainless steel is a commonly used material and has many applications in the marine and nuclear industry due to its high toughness and corrosion resistance. In this research, the effects of the interpass temperature and heat input process parameters on WAAM of austenitic AISI 316LSi stainless steel are experimentally analysed and evaluated. It was found that the heat input and interpass temperature influences the cellular/dendritic morphology and the formation of macro-scale grains within the microstructure. Additionally, use of higher heat input, resulted in a 28.7% improvement in average Young’s modulus compared to lower heat input, although this remained lower than provided by wrought annealed material. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |