Abstract
Additive Manufacturing (AM), applied to metal industry, is a family of processes that allow complex shape components to be realized from raw materials in the form of powders. The compaction of the powders is achieved by local melting of bed. Electron Beam Melting (EBM) is an additive manufacturing process in which a focalized electron beam is the heat source that allows the powders to be compacted. By EBM it is possible to realize complex shape components; this feature is of particular interest in titanium industry where numerous efforts are done to develop near net shape processes.One of the limits of EBM based AM process is the difficulty to realize large dimension parts. Due to this limit the study of joining processes of different parts is of great interest. In the present work the microstructure evolution of sheets of TI6Al4V made by EBM and joined by Linear Friction Welding (LFW) is analyzed in details.The bulk microstructure of the specimen is fine lamellar; lamellae are enclosed in alpha colonies. Different types of porosities are observed. In the joint a Thermo Mechanical Affected Zone (TMAZ) and Weld Bead (WB) are evident. In TMAZ a partial recrystallization occurs and the parent microstructure is deformed. Complete recrystallization occurs in WB whose structure is martensitic.
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