TY - JOUR A1 - Winterkorn, René A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Wire arc additive manufacturing with novel Al-Mg-Si filler wire - Assessment of weld quality and mechanical properties N2 - Wire arc additive manufacturing enables the production of near-net shape large-volume metallic components leveraging an established industrial base of welding and cladding technology and adapting it for layer-wise material deposition. However, the complex relationship between the process parameters and resulting mechanical properties of the components still remains challenging. In case of high-strength Al-Mg-Si aluminum alloys, no commercial filler wires are yet available due the high susceptibility of solidification cracking as well as the necessary efforts to obtain acceptable mechanical properties. To address this need, we evaluated a novel filler wire based on AlMg0.7Si doped with a Ti5B1 master alloy to foster fine equiaxed grains within the deposited metal. The correlation between the process parameters and component quality was examined by analyzing the size and distribution of pores as well as the grain morphology. Furthermore, we evaluated the influence of different post-weld heat treatment strategies to achieve mechanical properties corresponding to the reference wrought material. We demonstrated that fine equiaxed grains in the weld metal reduced the susceptibility of solidification cracking significantly. The novel AlMg0.7Si-TiB (S Al 6063-TiB) filler wire facilitated wire arc additive manufacturing of high-strength aluminum components with mechanical properties that were almost as superior as the corresponding wrought base material. KW - Wire arc additive manufacturing KW - Precipitation hardening aluminum alloys KW - AlMg0.7SiTiB filler wire KW - Grain refinement KW - Mechanical properties PY - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-538327 SN - 2075-4701 VL - 11 IS - 8 SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-53832 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Winterkorn, René A1 - Fabry, Cagtay A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Wire arc additive manufacturing of high strength al-mg-si alloys N2 - Direct energy deposition additive manufacturing technologies utilizing an electric arc offer a great potential in generating large volume metal components. However, the selection of process parameters that yield the desired near net shape design as well as the requested mechanical component behavior is not a trivial task due to the complex relationship. Exemplarily for additive manufacturing of high-strength precipitation hardening AlMgSi-aluminum alloy this paper shows the application of a newly developed matching solid welding wire doped with TiB as grain refiner. The correlation between process parameters and component quality is examined analyzing the size and distribution of pores as well as the grain morphology. Furthermore, the influences of different post-weld heat treatments are evaluated to meet the reference mechanical properties of the corresponding wrought material. Finally, the digital integration of the entire additive manufacturing chain enables an overall traceability of the relevant process steps which is the basis for a reliable subsequent quality assessment. T2 - THERMEC'2023 International Conference on PROCESSING & MANUFACTURING OF ADVANCED MATERIALS: Processing, Fabrication, Properties, Applications CY - Vienna, Austria DA - 02.07.2023 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - DED-Arc KW - Grain refinement KW - High strength AlMgSi aluminium alloys KW - Mechanical properties PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-59500 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Michael, Thomas A1 - Häcker, Ralf A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Lahnsteiner, R. T1 - GMA welding of AW-6082 using filler wires fostering grain refinement in the weld metal N2 - The application of welded aluminum constructions has increased over the last decades due to the high demand for lightweight design. In this context aluminum alloys have a significant importance especially the heat treatable Al-Mg-Si alloys. With regards to welding the heat input causes the dissolving of the precipitates yielding a degradation of the strength properties. Furthermore, there is the risk of solidification cracking during welding for Al-Mg-Si alloys, especially AW 6082-T6. As a consequence Al-Mg-Si alloys are welded using a dissimilar filler material based on 5xxxx aluminum alloys that yields a reduction of resulting strength properties in comparison to the base material. Therefore, the paper presents the application of a novel massive filler wire for Al-Mg-Si alloys. The wire consists of AW 6082 with additionally added AlTi5B1 master alloy fostering the grain refinement of the weld metal. Exemplarily for the base material AW 6082-T6 GMA welding experiments are performed using the novel filler wire 6082TiB. It could be shown that solidification cracks could totally be avoided. The tensile strength of the welded joints are evaluated and compared with weldments using a conventional 5183 filler wire. Artificial aging is performed after welding in order to improve the strength properties by solution hardening showing the potential of these alloys. T2 - 10th International Conference Trends in Welding Research CY - Tokyo, Japan DA - 11.10.2016 KW - Filler wires KW - MIG welding KW - Aluminium 6082 KW - Precipitation hardening KW - Mechanical properties PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-38290 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Liu, X. C. A1 - Wu, Chuan Song A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Pittner, Andreas T1 - Mechanical properties of 2024-T4 aluminium alloy joints in ultrasonic vibration enhanced friction stir welding N2 - Ultrasonic vibration enhanced friction stir welding (UVeFSW) is a recent modification of conventional friction stir welding (FSW), which transmits ultrasonic vibration directly into the localized area of the workpiece near and ahead of the rotating tool. In this study, a high strength aluminium alloy (2024-T4) was welded by this process and conventional FSW, respectively. Then tensile tests, microhardness tests and fracture surface analysis were performed successively on the welding samples. The tests results reveal that ultrasonic vibration can improve the tensile strength and the elongation of welded joints. The microhardness of the stir zone also increases. KW - Ultrasonic vibration KW - Friction stir welding KW - Mechanical properties PY - 2013 UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286735810_Mechanical_properties_of_2024-T4_aluminium_alloy_joints_in_ultrasonic_vibration_enhanced_friction_stir_welding VL - 22 IS - 4 SP - 8 EP - 13 AN - OPUS4-40773 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Javaheri, E. A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Graf, B. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Mechanical properties characterization of reisstance spot welded DP1000 steel under uniaxial tensile tests N2 - Resistance spot welding (RSW) is widely used in the automotive industry as the main joining method. Generally, an automotive body contains around 2000 to 5000 spot welds. Therefore, it is of decisive importance to characterize the mechanical properties of these areas for the further optimization and improvement of an automotive body structure. The present paper aims to introduce a novel method to investigate the mechanical properties and microstructure of the resistance spot weldment of DP1000 sheet steel. In this method, the microstructure of RSW of two sheets was reproduced on one sheet and on a bigger area by changing of the welding parameters, e. g. welding current, welding time, electrode force and type. Then, tensile tests in combination with digital Image correlation (DIC) measurement were performed on the notched tensile specimens to determine the mechanical properties of the weld metal. The notch must be made on the welded tensile specimen to force the fracture and elongation on the weld metal, enabling the characterization of its properties. Additionally, the parameters of a nonlinear isotropic material model can be obtained and verified by the simulation of the tensile specimens. The parameters obtained show that the strength of DP1000 steel and the velocity of dislocations for reaching the Maximum value of strain hardening, are significantly increased after RSW. The effect of sample geometry and microstructural inhomogeneity of the welded joint on the constitutive property of the weld metal are presented and discussed. KW - Mechanical properties KW - resistance spot welding KW - dual phase steel KW - digital image correlation PY - 2019 VL - 61 IS - 6 SP - 527 EP - 532 PB - Carl Hanser Verlag CY - München AN - OPUS4-48296 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -