TY - CONF A1 - Wandtke, Karsten T1 - Influence of the WAAM process on residual stresses in high-strength steels (IIW-Doc. II-A-408-2022) N2 - High-strength fine-grain structeural steels have great potential for weight optimization of many modern engineering structures. Efficient manufacturing can be achieved here above all by Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM). First commercial high-strength welding consumables for WAAM are already available. However, due to a lack of knowledge and guidelines for the industry regarding welding residual stresses and component safety in manufacturing and operation, their application is still severely limited. Residual stresses play a crucial role here, as the sensitive microstructure of high-strength steels carries a high risk of cold cracking. For this reason, process- and material-related influences, as well as the design aspects on residual stress formation and the risk of cold cracking, are being investigated in a recent project (FOSTA-P1380/IGF21162BG). This high strength of the WAAM welding consumables is adjusted via a martensitic phase transformation. The volume expansion associated with martensite formation has a significant influence on residual stress evolution. However, this has not yet been investigated in relation to the processing of high-strength steels by WAAM. The aim of this work is to establish a WAAM cold crack test and easy-to-apply processing recommendations that will allow economical, expedient, and crack-resistant fabrication of high-strength steels, especially for SME. This paper focuses on the analysis of the effects of welding heat control and design of WAAM components on cooling conditions, microstructure, mechanical-technological properties and residual stresses. For this purpose, geometrically defined specimens (hollow cuboids) are welded fully automatically with a special, high-strength WAAM solid wire (yield strength >790 MPa). The heat control and specimen dimensions are varied within a statistical experimental design. The weld heat control is adjusted in such a way that the t8/5 cooling times are ensured within the recommended processing range (approx. 5–20 s). For this purpose, additional thermo-physical forming simulations using a dilatometer allowed the complex heat cycles to be reproduced and the resulting ultimate tensile strength of the weld metal to be determined. The WAAM welding of complex geometries with varying welding heat control and geometric factors or wall thicknesses not only has an effect on the cooling conditions, cooling times and microstructure, but also has a significant influence on the structural restraint conditions during welding. Hence, the welding experiments show significant effects of specimen scaling and heat input on the welding residual stresses, which may be detrimental regarding component properties and crack-critical tensile residual stresses. These complex interactions are analyzed within this investigation. T2 - Intermediate Meeting of IIW Comissions II and IX CY - Online meeting DA - 17.03.2022 KW - MAG-Welding KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Residual stresses KW - high-strength steel KW - cold cracking safety PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56712 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schröder, Jakob T1 - Influence of Microstructure on the Diffraction-Based Residual Stress Determination in Laser Powder Bed Fused Inconel 718 N2 - Additive manufacturing processes such as laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) offer the ability to produce parts in a single manufacturing step. On the one hand, this manufacturing technique offers immense geometric freedom in part design due to its layer-by-layer manufacturing strategy. On the other hand, the localized melting and solidification impose the presence of large temperature gradients in the process. From a microstructural perspective, this inevitably results in micro-segregation and a columnar grain structure, often paired with a significant crystallographic texture. Even worse, these large temperature gradients can lead to internal stress-induced deformation or cracking during processing. At the very least, residual stress is retained in the final structures as a footprint of this internal stress. In this context, diffraction-based methods allow the non-destructive characterization of the residual stress field in a non-destructive fashion. However, the accuracy of these methods is directly related to the microstructural characteristics of the material of interest. First, diffraction-based methods access microscopic lattice strains. To relate these lattice strains to a macroscopic stress, so-called diffraction elastic constants must be known. The deformation behavior is directly linked to the microstructure. Therefore, the diffraction elastic constants also depend on the microstructure. Second, the presence of crystallographic texture should be considered in the residual stress determination, as variations in crystal orientations contribute differently to the diffraction signal. Here we present the influence of the microstructure on the determination of residual stress by diffraction-based methods in as-built PBF-LB Inconel 718 parts. We obtained different microstructures by employing two different scanning strategies. In particular, different crystallographic textures were obtained by changing the relative angle of the scan vectors to the geometric axes of the part. The texture-based characterization of the residual stress field was carried out by surface, sub-surface, and bulk residual stress measurements. It was found that the residual stress determination significantly depends on the microstructure for strong crystallographic textures. T2 - Material Science and Engineering Congress CY - Darmstadt, Germany DA - 24.09.2024 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Electron Backscatter Diffraction KW - Microstructure KW - Residual Stress KW - X-ray Diffraction PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61475 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Evans, Alexander T1 - Influence of manufacturing parameters on microstructure and subsurface residual stress in SLM Ti-6Al-4V N2 - Using non-optimum combination of manufacturing parameters in selective laser melting (SLM) may lead to reduction of quality of component: defects generation, distortion of geometry and even cracking. Usually, the optimization of parameters is performed by changing volumetric energy density (Ev) and selecting parameters giving low porosity values. However, not only low porosity but also stable microstructure and low residual stresses will help to achieve advanced mechanical behavior of the component. In present work, we investigated cuboid-shaped Ti-6Al-4V samples produced with different manufacturing parameters. The parameters leading to the same Ev were considered as well as parameters which are not included in Ev. Residual stresses in subsurface region were investigated by synchrotron X-ray diffraction, which allows to penetrate around 100 µm from the surface therefore overcome the problem of high roughness of SLM components without additional sample preparation. Only tensile stresses were found along the building direction, that can play critical role especially during cyclic loading. In parallel, using X-ray computed tomography we also observe that porosity is mainly concentrated in the contour region, except in case where the laser speed is small. However, by using some process parameters it was possible to decrease residual stresses and obtain uniform α+β Ti microstructure and relatively low porosity. Additionally, it was found that not included in Ev (e.g., base plate position, focus distance) should be considered as additional manufacturing parameters during SLM process. T2 - ISAM Konferenz 2019 CY - Dresden, Germany DA - 29.01.2019 KW - Computed Tomography KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Metals KW - Microstructure PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47328 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Scheuschner, Nils T1 - In-situ temperature measurements of the LMD process by IR-spectroscopy and Thermography N2 - Temperature measurements of the LMD process by IR-spectroscopy and Thermography are presenet and compared. T2 - 2st Workshop on In-situ Monitoring and Microstructure Development in Additive Manufacturing CY - Online meeting DA - 19.04.2021 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Thermography PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-52565 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Breese, Philipp Peter T1 - In-situ Prüfung additiv gefertigter L-PBF-Bauteile mit aktiver Laserthermografie N2 - Die additive Fertigung von metallischen Bauteilen (Additive Manufacturing - AM; auch 3D-Druck genannt) bietet eine Vielzahl an Vorteilen gegenüber konventionellen Fertigungsmethoden. Durch den schichtweisen Auftrag und das selektive Aufschmelzen von Metallpulver im Laser Powder Bed Fusion Prozess (L-PBF) sind u.a. optimierte und flexibel anpassbare Designs und die Nutzung von neuartigen Materialien möglich. Aufgrund der Komplexität des AM-Prozesses und der Menge an Einflussfaktoren ist eine Qualitätssicherung der gefertigten Bauteile unabdingbar. Verschiedene in-situ Monitoringansätze werden bereits angewendet, jedoch findet eine dedizierte Prüfung erst im Nachgang der Fertigung ex-situ statt. Der Grund dafür ist, dass die Entstehung von geometrischen Abweichungen und Defekten auch zeitversetzt zum eigentlichen Materialauftrag und damit auch zum Monitoring stattfinden kann. Die Notwendigkeit geeigneter in-situ Prüfmethoden für L-PBF, um die Erforderlichkeit einer Nacharbeitung frühzeitig festzustellen und Ausschuss zu vermeiden ist angesichts kostenintensiver Ausgangsstoffe und einer oftmals mehrstündigen bis mehrtägigen Prozessdauer besonders hoch. Daraus motiviert wird im Rahmen des Projektes ATLAMP die Möglichkeit der aktiven Laserthermografie mit Hilfe des defokussierten Fertigungslasers untersucht. Damit ist, bei vergleichsweise geringer Laserleistung, eine zerstörungsfreie Prüfung mittels Flying Spot Thermografie möglich. Diese findet jeweils anschließend an die Fertigung einer Schicht statt, womit der reale Status des Bauteils im Verlauf des AM-Prozesses geprüft wird. Als Grundlage dafür werden im Rahmen dieser Arbeit mit AM gefertigte, defektbehaftete Probekörper zunächst losgelöst vom Fertigungsprozess untersucht. Damit werden die Grundlagen für den neuartigen Ansatz der aktiven in-situ Laserthermografie im L-PBF-Prozess mittels des Fertigungslasers geschaffen. Auf diese Weise lassen sich auch zeitversetzt auftretende Defekte zerstörungsfrei im Prozessverlauf feststellen und eine aussagekräftige Qualitätssicherung des Ist-Zustands des Bauteils erreichen. T2 - Thermographie-Kolloquium 2022 CY - Saarbrücken, Germany DA - 28.09.2022 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Defekte KW - Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung KW - Aktive Laserthermografie PY - 2022 UR - https://www.dgzfp.de/Portals/thermo2022/BB178/Inhalt/18.pdf SN - 978-3-947971-27-5 AN - OPUS4-56810 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Scheuschner, Nils T1 - In-situ Prozessüberwachung in der additiven Fertigung von Metallen (PBF-LB /M) mittels TT und ET N2 - Durch die additive Fertigung ergeben sich durch die nun mögliche wirtschaftliche Fertigung hochgradig individueller und komplexer metallischer Bauteile in kleinen Stückzahlen bis hinunter zum Einzelstück für viele Industriebereiche ganz neue Möglichkeiten. Gleichzeitig entstehen jedoch neue Herausforderungen im Bereich der Qualitätssicherung, da sich auf statistischen Methoden beruhende Ansätze nicht anwenden lassen, ohne wiederum die Vorteile der Fertigung massiv einzuschränken. Eine mögliche Lösung für dieses Problem liegt in der Anwendung verschiedener In-situ-Überwachungstechniken während des Bauprozesses. Jedoch sind nur wenige dieser Techniken kommerziell verfügbar und noch nicht so weit erforscht, dass die Einhaltung strenger Qualitäts- und Sicherheitsstandards gewährleistet werden kann. In diesem Beitrag stellen wir die Ergebnisse einer Studie über mittels L-PBF gefertigte Probekörper aus der Nickelbasis-Superlegierung Haynes 282 vor, bei denen die Bildung von Defekten durch lokale Variationen der Prozessparameter wie der Laserleistung provoziert wurde. Die Proben wurden in-situ mittels Thermographie, optischer Tomographie, Schmelzbadüberwachung und Wirbelstromprüfung sowie ex-situ mittels Computertomographie (CT) überwacht, mit dem Ziel, die Machbarkeit und die Aussichten der einzelnen Methoden für die zuverlässige Erkennung der Bildung relevanter Defekte zu bewerten. T2 - DGZfP Jahrestagung 2022 CY - Kassel, Germany DA - 23.05.2022 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Thermografie KW - Additive Fertigung KW - Thermography PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-55851 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Scheuschner, Nils T1 - In-situ monitoring of the laser powder bed fusion process by thermography, optical tomography and melt pool monitoring for defect detection N2 - For the wide acceptance of the use of additive manufacturing (AM), it is required to provide reliable testing methods to ensure the safety of the additively manufactured parts. A possible solution could be the deployment of in-situ monitoring during the build process. However, for laser powder bed fusion using metal powders (PBF-LB/M ) only a few in-situ monitoring techniques are commercially available (optical tomography, melt pool monitoring) but not researched to an extent that allows to guarantee the adherence to strict quality and safety standards. In this contribution, we present results of a study of PBF-LB/M printed parts made of the nickel-based superalloy Haynes 282. The formation of defects was provoked by local variations of the process parameters and monitored by thermography, optical tomography and melt pool monitoring. Afterwards, the defects were characterized by computed tomography (CT) to identify the detection limits of the used in-situ techniques. T2 - LiM Conference 2023 - Lasers in Manufacturing CY - Munich, Germany DA - 26.06.2023 KW - Thermography KW - High temperature alloys KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - PBF-LB/M PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-57947 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Scheuschner, Nils T1 - In-situ Monitoring of PBF-LB/M by thermography, optical tomography, melt-pool-monitoring and eddy current N2 - The formation of defects such as keyhole pores is a major challenge for the production of metal parts by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF). The LPBF process is characterized by a large number of influencing factors which can be hard to quantify. Machine Learning (ML) is a prominent tool to predict the outcome of complex processes on the basis of different sensor data. In this study, a ML model for defect prediction is created using thermographic image features as input data. As a reference, the porosity information calculated from an x-ray Micro Computed Tomography (µCT) scan of the produced specimen is used. Physical knowledge about the keyhole pore formation is incorporated into the model to increase the prediction accuracy. From the prediction result, the quality of the input data is evaluated and future demands on in-situ monitoring of LPBF processes are formulated. T2 - AM Bench 2022 CY - Bethesda, Washingthon DC, USA DA - 15.08.2022 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Thermography KW - Additive Fertigung KW - Thermografie PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-55854 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Scheuschner, Nils T1 - In-situ Monitoring der Additiven Fertigung von Metallen im LPA Prozess mittels Optischer Emissionsspektrometrie (OES) und Thermografie (TT) N2 - Einer der aussichtsreichsten Ansätze, die Qualität und Sicherheit der gefertigten Teile in der metallbasierten additiven Fertigung (AM) zu erhöhen und die Notwendigkeit aufwändiger und zeitintensiver, zerstörender oder zerstörungsfreier Prüfungen (ZfP) nach der Fertigung zu verringern, liegt in dem Einsatz von in-situ Prozessüberwachungstechniken. Viele wichtige Prozessgrößen bei der additiven Fertigung sind thermischer Natur, wie z.B. die Temperatur des Schmelzbades. Aufgrund der Zugänglichkeit zum Werkstück während des Bauprozesses bieten sich optische Verfahren zur Temperaturbestimmung an. Für die Thermografie und Optische Emissionsspektrometrie im IR-Bereich, welche für die in-situ Anwendung prinzipiell als geeignet angesehen werden können, gibt es allerdings noch wenig konkrete praktische Umsetzungen, da die Möglichkeiten und individuellen Grenzen dieser Methoden, angewendet auf AM, noch nicht ausreichend erforscht sind. Aus diesem Grund verfolgt die BAM mit dem Projekt „Process Monitoring of AM“ (ProMoAM) im Themenfeld Material das Ziel, Verfahren des Prozessmonitorings zur in-situ Bewertung der Qualität additiv gefertigter Metallbauteile weiterzuentwickeln. Im Beitrag wird der Fokus auf eine Versuchsserie gelegt, bei der Aufbau von Probekörpern aus dem austenitischen Edelstahl 316L mittels Laser-Pulver-Auftragschweißen (LPA) durch od. mit Hilfe von IR-Spektrometrie und Thermografie in-situ überwacht wurde. Hierbei stellen u.a. die hohe Bandbreite der zu messenden Temperaturen, die Bestimmung der Emissivität und ihre Änderung bei Phasenübergängen des Metalls große experimentelle Herausforderungen dar, wobei jede Methode individuelle Vor- und Nachteile aufweist, welche verglichen werden. T2 - DGZfP-Jahrestagung 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 10.05.2021 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Thermography KW - Direct Energy Deposition KW - Additive Fertigung KW - Thermografie KW - Laserauftragschweißen PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-52744 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Breese, Philipp Peter T1 - In-situ defect detection via active laser thermographic testing for PBF-LB/M N2 - Great complexity characterizes Additive Manufacturing (AM) of metallic components via laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M). Due to this, defects in the printed components (like cracks and pores) are still common. Monitoring methods are commercially used, but the relationship between process data and defect formation is not well understood yet. Furthermore, defects and deformations might develop with a temporal delay to the laser energy input. The component’s actual quality is consequently only determinable after the finished process. To overcome this drawback, thermographic in-situ testing is introduced. The defocused process laser is utilized for nondestructive testing performed layer by layer throughout the build process. The results of the defect detection via infrared cameras are shown for a research PBF-LB/M machine. This creates the basis for a shift from in-situ monitoring towards in-situ testing during the AM process. Defects are detected immediately inside the process chamber, and the actual component quality is determined. T2 - Lasers in Manufacturing (LiM) CY - Munich, Germany DA - 26.06.2023 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Nondestructive Testing KW - Defect Detection KW - Flying Spot Laser Thermography PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-57922 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -