Abstract
In this paper, spray granulation and radio frequency plasma spheroidization were used to obtain spherical WC-Co powder for laser powder bed fusion from mixed WC and Co powder. The effects of solid content and polyvinyl alcohol content of the slurry on granulated powder were studied. Then the spheroidization effects of different granulated WC-Co powders were investigated and compared. Results show that the granulated powder obtained from the slurry with solid content of 65 wt% and polyvinyl alcohol content of 2.5 wt% has the best performance after plasma spheroidization, whose flowability and apparent density are 10.20 s/50g and 6.76 g/cm3, respectively. Moreover, W and C distribute uniformly in the spheroidized WC-Co powder while the Co element is mainly distributed in the gaps of tungsten carbide. It is also noted that W2C, free carbon and Co3W3C appear in the spheroidized WC-Co powders due to the decomposition of WC during the plasma spheroidization process. Furthermore, the decomposition of WC-Co powder particles with smaller size is more serious, which leads to the presence of black and white particles with significantly different carbon content distribution in the spheroidized powder.
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