High-throughput screening of laser additive manufactured metallic glass via ultrasonic wave

Linlin Zhai,Xinyu Zhao,Yunzhuo Lu,Lu Wang,Xing Lu

doi:10.1038/s41598-019-54293-w

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54293-w

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Journal: Scientific Reports	Publication Date: Nov 27, 2019
Citations: 9	License type: open-access

Affiliation: Dalian Jiaotong University

Abstract

Laser additive manufacturing (LAM) technology provides an opportunity to fabricate bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) without any dimensional constraint and achieve the large-scale applications of BMGs. However, flaws, such as cracks, gas porosity, and crystalline phases, are always formed accompanied by the process of LAM, which seriously worsens the mechanical and physical properties of the resulting BMGs. Here, we present a novel method that involves ultrasonic wave technique to high-throughput screen the optimum process parameters for the LAM of BMG. A parameter library, constituted by a series of rectangular BMG samples, is rapidly fabricated by the LAM method under continuously changed combinations of laser power and travel speed. The ultrasonic attenuation factor, which is sensitive to the flaws, is used as the monitor to screen the parameters of the BMGs fabricated by the LAM. Using this approach, the laser power of 1300 W and travel speed of 600 mm/min are estimated as the optimum parameter combination for the LAM of a Zr51Ti5Ni10Cu25Al9 (Zr51) BMG with the slightest flaws. The amorphous-phase dominated microstructure and the sufficiently high tensile strength of the subsequent fabricated large-sized Zr51 BMG sample verify this optimum parameter combination.

Highlights

Laser additive manufacturing (LAM) technology provides an opportunity to fabricate bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) without any dimensional constraint and achieve the large-scale applications of BMGs
Compared to the conventional flaw-detection methods that based on the metallographic examination or the scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis, the ultrasonic wave testing is more suitable for high-throughput screening the optimum process parameters for the LAM of metallic materials
The laser power of 1300 W and travel speed of 600 mm/min are estimated as the optimum parameter combination for the LAM of Zr51 BMG with the slightest flaws

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Introduction

Laser additive manufacturing (LAM) technology provides an opportunity to fabricate bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) without any dimensional constraint and achieve the large-scale applications of BMGs. The cooling rates of the molten metal solution can reach the values on the order of 103–104 K/s, which is significantly higher than the critical cooling rates required to produce amorphous structures of most BMGs18 Flaws, such as cracks, gas porosity, and crystalline phases, are always formed accompanied by the process of layer-by-layer deposition, which seriously worsens the mechanical and physical properties of the resulting BMGs9,19,20. The ultrasonic attenuation factor is used as the monitor to screen the parameters of the Zr51 BMGs fabricated by the LAM Using this approach, the laser power of 1300 W and travel speed of 600 mm/min are estimated as the optimum parameter combination for the LAM of Zr51 BMG with the slightest flaws. The amorphous-phase dominated microstructure and the sufficiently high tensile strength of the subsequent manufactured large-sized Zr51 BMG sample verify this optimum parameter combination

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