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Effects of gas flow parameters on droplet spatter features and dynamics during large-scale laser powder bed fusion
- Source :
- Materials & Design, Vol 225, Iss , Pp 111534- (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2023.
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Abstract
- The droplet spatters generated by the laser induction directly affect the processing quality of the laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) process, gas parameters are a key factor in this process. In this work, the formation characteristics and dynamic behavior of process-by-products under different gas flow parameters were presented through high-speed imaging. A novel image processing method and spatters feature extraction algorithm were used to obtain the spatter number, the total spatter area, the spattering angle and the spattering velocity of 8 scenarios. With the comparative analysis, scan direction against the gas flow (SD-A) is proved to produce fewer droplet spatters than scan direction with the gas flow (SD-W), and the quantitative relationship between the gas flow parameters and the droplet spatter behavior is established for the first time. The maximum spattering velocity increases to 12.8 m/s as the gas flow velocity rise to 2.5 m/s. Finally, the mechanisms of the droplet spatter behavior influenced by gas flow parameters are discussed. The work provides a theoretically reference for the design and control of gas flow parameters during the large-scale LPBF.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02641275
- Volume :
- 225
- Issue :
- 111534-
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Materials & Design
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.7b8e08a673e94b129abdd6bd705d3cc2
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111534