PSI - Issue 41

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Procedia Structural Integrity 41 (2022) 175–182

© 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) Peer-review under responsibility of the MedFract2Guest Editors. © 2022 The Authors. Published by ELSEVIER B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) Peer-review under responsibility of the MedFract2Guest Editors. Keywords: Additive Manufacturing; Ti-6Al-4V; Electron Beam Melting; powder recycling; internal porosity; powder surface morphology. Abstract Electron Beam Melting is an additive ma uf cturing proc ss that allows the creation of hig -resoluti n parts with complex shap , starting from a powder feed tock and using n lectron beam as the energy inpu . Due to the high costs of the powder, the excess one mu t be reused otherwise a hig perc ntage of unused p wder would be los after the printing process. The virgin and reused powders may have not the same characteristics, and t erefore the printed parts may no have th same final quality which is detrimental to mechanical performances. However, this opic still needs res a ch, as the influence of recycling on powder characteristics is not fully understood. In this study, he internal def cts, and their d tribution in virgin and recycled Ti-6Al-4V powders particles, re investigated by means of an optical microscope. For th analysis of the surface morphology nd the exte nal characteristics, it w s used the Scanning El ctron Micr scope (SEM). At the nd, a com ercial sof ware Imag J was used in or to provide some quantitative results on th internal p rosity percentage. The resul s demonstrate the dependence on the powder atomization process, which is primarily respo sible fo the micro-poro i ies, due to the trapped gas in virgin powders, nd the rough urface morphology, includ ng the prese ce of various satellites. As the number of reuses increases, the quantit of satellit s decreases, probably due to the partial melting n he surf ce, which consequ ntly returns i rougher surfaces of the r cycled powd r particles. In addition, most of the internal porosities disappeared making the cross-sectional faces of the particles near fully dense. © 2022 The Authors. Published by ELSEVIER B.V. This is an ope acces article under CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) P er-review under responsibility of the MedFract2Guest Editors. Keywords: Additive Manufacturing; Ti-6Al-4V; Electron Beam Melting; powder recycling; internal porosity; powder surface morphology. Abstract Electron Beam Melting is an additive manufacturing process that allows the creation of high-resolution parts with complex shapes, starting from a powder feedstock and using an electron beam as the energy input. Due to the high costs of the powder, the excess one must be reused otherwise a high percentage of unused powder would be lost after the printing process. The virgin and reused powders may have not the same characteristics, and therefore the printed parts may not have the same final quality which is detrimental to mechanical performances. However, this topic still needs research, as the influence of recycling on powder characteristics is not fully understood. In this study, the internal defects, and their distribution in virgin and recycled Ti-6Al-4V powders particles, are investigated by means of an optical microscope. For the analysis of the surface morphology and the external characteristics, it was used the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). At the end, a commercial software ImageJ was used in order to provide some quantitative results on the internal porosity percentage. The results demonstrate the dependence on the powder atomization process, which is primarily responsible for the micro-porosities, due to the trapped gas in virgin powders, and the rough surface morphology, including the presence of various satellites. As the number of reuses increases, the quantity of satellites decreases, probably due to the partial melting on the surface, which consequently returns in rougher surfaces of the recycled powder particles. In addition, most of the internal porosities disappeared making the cross-sectional faces of the particles near fully dense. 2nd Mediterranean Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity Effect of recycling on internal and external defects of Ti-6Al-4V powder particles for electron beam melting process Costanzo Bellini a , Filippo Berto b , Vittorio Di Cocco a , Stefania Franchitti c , Francesco Iacoviello a , Larisa Patricia Mocanu a *, Seyed Mohammad Javad Razavi b 2nd Mediterranean Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity Effect of recycling on internal and external defects of Ti-6Al-4V powder particles for electron beam melting process Costanzo Bellini a , Filippo Berto b , Vittorio Di Cocco a , Stefania Franchitti c , Francesco Iacoviello a , Larisa Patricia Mocanu a *, Seyed Mohammad Javad Razavi b a University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, via G. Di Biasio 43, 03043 Cassino, Italy b Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, Norway c CIRA - Italian Aerospace Research Centre, 81043 Capua, Italy; a Univ rsity of Cassino and Souther Lazio, via G. Di Biasio 3, 03043 Cassino, Ital b Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, Norway c CIRA - Italian Aerospace Research Centre, 81043 Capua, Italy;

* Corresponding author. E-mail address: larisapatricia.mocanu@unicas.it * Corresponding author. E-mail address: larisapatricia.mocanu@unicas.it

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2452-3216 © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) Peer-review under responsibility of the MedFract2Guest Editors. 10.1016/j.prostr.2022.05.019