Abstract

The refining effect of electron beam melting (EBM) during the additive manufacturing of Ti products was studied by comparing unused Grade-2 commercially pure (CP) Ti powder to an equivalent powder that had been recycled 50 times. The pre-heating and blasting processes that occur during recycling were found to degrade the perfectly spherical morphology of the powder, and the concentration of O and N were also increased by about 15%. This resulted in it changing to a Grade-3 CP Ti powder; however, the purity of the final product was improved to Grade-1 CP Ti by the slight refining effect of the EBM process.

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