In-situ alloying of Cu in 316L stainless steel by PBF-LB: Influence of laser power and rescanning strategy

Present work focuses on the in-situ 316L/Cu alloy development by using laser beam powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) additive manufacturing. Influence of the most influential processing parameters i.e., the laser power, and the number of scans i.e., single melting (SM), double melting (DM) and triple meltin...

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Main Authors: Rathinavelu Sokkalingam, Mikael Åsberg, Pavel Krakhmalev
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Published: Elsevier 2025-03-01
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Mikael Åsberg
Pavel Krakhmalev
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description Present work focuses on the in-situ 316L/Cu alloy development by using laser beam powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) additive manufacturing. Influence of the most influential processing parameters i.e., the laser power, and the number of scans i.e., single melting (SM), double melting (DM) and triple melting (TM), on the in-situ alloying ability was studied. At the lowest laser power, 175 W, some 316L powder particles were unmelted and the Cu was not mixed properly into the matrix of 316L. Increasing the laser power from 175 W to 235 W, improves the complete melting of all the components in 316L/Cu powder mix and effective alloying of Cu into 316L with improved homogeneity in its distribution after solidification. However, there is minor copper rich banding at the track overlaps in SM sample prepared at 235 W. Employing of rescanning strategy further improves the homogeneity in distribution of copper owing to the clean and high-quality molten pool with better intermixing by strong molten pool convection.
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spelling doaj-art-48a8a330b2ef417a8274c4273805531a2025-08-20T02:54:29ZengElsevierJournal of Materials Research and Technology2238-78542025-03-01356137614610.1016/j.jmrt.2025.02.154In-situ alloying of Cu in 316L stainless steel by PBF-LB: Influence of laser power and rescanning strategyRathinavelu Sokkalingam0Mikael Åsberg1Pavel Krakhmalev2Corresponding author.; Department of Engineering and Physics, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology, Karlstad University, SE-651 88, Karlstad, SwedenDepartment of Engineering and Physics, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology, Karlstad University, SE-651 88, Karlstad, SwedenDepartment of Engineering and Physics, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology, Karlstad University, SE-651 88, Karlstad, SwedenPresent work focuses on the in-situ 316L/Cu alloy development by using laser beam powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) additive manufacturing. Influence of the most influential processing parameters i.e., the laser power, and the number of scans i.e., single melting (SM), double melting (DM) and triple melting (TM), on the in-situ alloying ability was studied. At the lowest laser power, 175 W, some 316L powder particles were unmelted and the Cu was not mixed properly into the matrix of 316L. Increasing the laser power from 175 W to 235 W, improves the complete melting of all the components in 316L/Cu powder mix and effective alloying of Cu into 316L with improved homogeneity in its distribution after solidification. However, there is minor copper rich banding at the track overlaps in SM sample prepared at 235 W. Employing of rescanning strategy further improves the homogeneity in distribution of copper owing to the clean and high-quality molten pool with better intermixing by strong molten pool convection.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785425004016Laser beam powder bed fusion (PBF-LB)316L/Cu alloyIn-situ alloyingLaser powerRescanning
spellingShingle Rathinavelu Sokkalingam
Mikael Åsberg
Pavel Krakhmalev
In-situ alloying of Cu in 316L stainless steel by PBF-LB: Influence of laser power and rescanning strategy
Journal of Materials Research and Technology
Laser beam powder bed fusion (PBF-LB)
316L/Cu alloy
In-situ alloying
Laser power
Rescanning
title In-situ alloying of Cu in 316L stainless steel by PBF-LB: Influence of laser power and rescanning strategy
title_full In-situ alloying of Cu in 316L stainless steel by PBF-LB: Influence of laser power and rescanning strategy
title_fullStr In-situ alloying of Cu in 316L stainless steel by PBF-LB: Influence of laser power and rescanning strategy
title_full_unstemmed In-situ alloying of Cu in 316L stainless steel by PBF-LB: Influence of laser power and rescanning strategy
title_short In-situ alloying of Cu in 316L stainless steel by PBF-LB: Influence of laser power and rescanning strategy
title_sort in situ alloying of cu in 316l stainless steel by pbf lb influence of laser power and rescanning strategy
topic Laser beam powder bed fusion (PBF-LB)
316L/Cu alloy
In-situ alloying
Laser power
Rescanning
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785425004016
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