Abstract
This paper deals with the selective laser melting (SLM) processing strategy for strut-lattice structure production which uses only contour lines and allows the porosity and roughness level to be managed based on combination of the input and linear energy parameters. To evaluate the influence of a laser scanning strategy on material properties and surface roughness a set of experiments was performed. The single welds test was used to find the appropriate processing parameters to achieve continuous welds with known width. Strut samples were used to find a suitable value of weld overlapping and to clarify the influence of input and linear laser energy on the strut porosity and surface roughness. The samples of inclined hollow struts were used to compare the wall thickness with single welds width; the results showed about 25% wider welds in the case of a hollow strut. Using the proposed SLM strategy it is possible to reach a significantly lower porosity and surface roughness of the struts. The best results for struts with an inclination of 35.26° were achieved with 25% track overlapping, input energy in the range from 9 J to 10.5 J and linear energy Elin from 0.25 to 0.4 J/mm; in particular, the relative density of 99.83% and the surface roughness on the side of the strut of Ra 14.6 μm in an as-built state was achieved.
Highlights
Nowadays, metallic porous materials such as cellular structures or foams have a wide range of applications
Qiu et al [8] investigated the influence of the laser power (LP) and the scanning (LS) speed on the diameter, shape and porosity of the struts made of AlSi10Mg material
Results of surface roughness on the strut side show different trends based on struts inclination struts of OR 90°, roughness decreases with higher Ein while for OR1035.26°, of 20 roughness significantly increases with higher Ein
Summary
Metallic porous materials such as cellular structures or foams have a wide range of applications. Qiu et al [8] investigated the influence of the laser power (LP) and the scanning (LS) speed on the diameter, shape and porosity of the struts made of AlSi10Mg material. The authors tested a laser strategy for lattice structure production focused on high dimensional accuracy of very thin struts (d = 0.2 mm). The main aim is to allow for fabrication of struts–lattice structures with expected mechanical and material properties with high repeatability. This is very important for designing components for aerospace or space industries using finite element method (FEM) analysis [24] and topology optimization with great strength to weight. LP process parameters on the struts’ surface roughness and porosity are described
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