TY - JOUR A1 - Schmitt, Matthias A1 - Gottwalt, Albin A1 - Winkler, Jakob A1 - Tobie, Thomas A1 - Schlick, Georg A1 - Stahl, Karsten A1 - Tetzlaff, Ulrich A1 - Schlip, Johannes A1 - Reinhart, Gunther T1 - Carbon Particle In-Situ Alloying of the Case-Hardening Steel 16MnCr5 in Laser Powder Bed Fusion JF - Metals N2 - The carbon content of steel affects many of its essential properties, e.g., hardness and mechanical strength. In the powder bed fusion process of metals using a laser beam (PBF-LB/M), usually, pre-alloyed metal powder is solidified layer-by-layer using a laser beam to create parts. A reduction of the carbon content in steels is observed during this process. This study examines adding carbon particles to the metal powder and in situ alloying in the PBF-LB/M process as a countermeasure. Suitable carbon particles are selected and their effect on the particle size distribution and homogeneity of the mixtures is analysed. The workability in PBF-LB is then shown. This is followed by an evaluation of the resulting mechanical properties (hardness and mechanical strength) and microstructure in the as-built state and the state after heat treatment. Furthermore, potential use cases like multi-material or functionally graded parts are discussed. UR - https://doi.org/10.3390/met11060896 KW - additive manufacturing KW - PBF-LB/M KW - in situ alloying KW - case-hardening steel KW - 16MnCr5 KW - gears KW - multi-material Y1 - 2021 UR - https://doi.org/10.3390/met11060896 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-10976 SN - 2075-4701 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Additive Manufacturing of Metals VL - 11 IS - 6 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER -