Tuning the Hardness of Produced Parts by Adjusting the Cooling Rate during Laser-Based Powder Bed Fusion of AlSi10Mg by Adapting the Process Parameters
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theory
3. Materials and Methods
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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0.46 | 250 | 100 | 2500 | 1000 | 1.63 |
0.46 | 450 | 200 | 2250 | 1500 | 4.88 |
0.46 | 450 | 200 | 2250 | 750 | 2.44 |
0.46 | 450 | 200 | 2250 | 1000 | 3.25 |
0.46 | 250 | 100 | 2500 | 600 | 0.98 |
0.53 | 420 | 100 | 4200 | 1300 | 2.11 |
0.46 | 450 | 200 | 2250 | 500 | 1.63 |
0.46 | 250 | 100 | 2500 | 200 | 0.33 |
0.54 | 450 | 100 | 4500 | 750 | 1.22 |
0.46 | 450 | 200 | 2250 | 250 | 0.81 |
0.54 | 450 | 100 | 4500 | 500 | 0.81 |
0.51 | 350 | 100 | 3500 | 200 | 0.33 |
0.54 | 450 | 100 | 4500 | 200 | 0.33 |
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Leis, A.; Traunecker, D.; Weber, R.; Graf, T. Tuning the Hardness of Produced Parts by Adjusting the Cooling Rate during Laser-Based Powder Bed Fusion of AlSi10Mg by Adapting the Process Parameters. Metals 2022, 12, 2000. https://doi.org/10.3390/met12122000
Leis A, Traunecker D, Weber R, Graf T. Tuning the Hardness of Produced Parts by Adjusting the Cooling Rate during Laser-Based Powder Bed Fusion of AlSi10Mg by Adapting the Process Parameters. Metals. 2022; 12(12):2000. https://doi.org/10.3390/met12122000
Chicago/Turabian StyleLeis, Artur, David Traunecker, Rudolf Weber, and Thomas Graf. 2022. "Tuning the Hardness of Produced Parts by Adjusting the Cooling Rate during Laser-Based Powder Bed Fusion of AlSi10Mg by Adapting the Process Parameters" Metals 12, no. 12: 2000. https://doi.org/10.3390/met12122000