Tridimensional analysis of porosity derived from LPBF additive manufacturing by micro-computed tomography (micro-CT)
摘要
This work studies the porosity in printed samples of 1.2709/X3NiCoMoTi18-9–5 heat-treated steel, where two printing directions were evaluated (0 and 90°). Three-dimensional images were acquired by micro-CT (before and after heat treatment) in order to characterize them. Results show that specimens without heat treatment and printed at 0°, have pore diameters ranged 14 ~ 128 μm, being larger than that of the identical specimens after heat treatment. In contrast, specimens printed at 90° did not show any drastic change, since the range of pore diameters ranged 8 ~ 58 μm for both. Also, a reduction of 76.01% on the number of pores of the specimens (at 0°) after heat treatment was found. Conversely, the pore morphology of heat-treated specimens tends to be more spherical (+ 9.14%) when compared to the non-heat-treated specimens. In conclusion, the micro-CT proved to be an excellent technique to characterize internal process flaws and to follow their evolution after post-processing.
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