Fabrication of the beta-titanium alloy rods from a mixture of pure metallic element powders via selected laser melting

Mitsuharu Todai, Takeshi Nagase, Takao Hori, Hiroyuki Motoki, Shi Hai Sun, Koji Hagihara, Takayoshi Nakano*

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Abstract

The powder-bed additive manufacturing (AM) process offers advantages in terms of reduced material waste, ability to create complex shape and a decrease in the lead time from design to manufacturing. Recently, custom-made implant of Ti alloys is being developed by selective laser melting (SLM) in additive manufacturing (AM) process. However, the difficulty in the fabrication of titanium alloys due to their pre-alloyed powder cost, resulting in a limited usage of titanium alloys. To overcome this disadvantage, it is effective to fabricate the Ti alloys by SLM from mixture of pure elemental powders. In this case, it is avoided the preparing of the pre-alloyed powders. Therefore, the purpose of the present study is the trying to the fabrication of the Ti-20at.%X (X = Cr, Nb) alloys from the mixture of pure elemental powders by SLM.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTHERMEC 2018
EditorsR. Shabadi, Mihail Ionescu, M. Jeandin, C. Richard, Tara Chandra
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd.
Pages1260-1263
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9783035712087
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event10th International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, 2018 - Paris, France
Duration: 9 Jul 201813 Jul 2018

Publication series

NameMaterials Science Forum
Volume941 MSF
ISSN (Print)0255-5476
ISSN (Electronic)1662-9752

Conference

Conference10th International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, 2018
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period9/07/1813/07/18

Keywords

  • Selected laser melting
  • Ti alloys

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