Abstract
AbstractMetal-laminated tooling provides a fast and cheap manufacturing concept. In this study, laser metal deposition (LMD) is used for reducing and eliminating the stair step effect in a metal-laminated bending die. Preheating could decrease the undesired residual stresses in additive manufacturing, thus a systematical analysis of the effect of preheating of the laminae on the surface quality and mechanical properties of the bending die is performed. Ferritic steel sheets (S355 MC) with a thickness of 2 mm are laser cut and stacked up to manufacture the laminated bending die with a radius of 6 mm. The sheets are joined and the stair steps are filled with LMD with stainless steel powder 316L-Si. The initial temperature of the tool sheets (substrates), beside room temperature, is elevated up to 300 °C. The effect of the preheating on the surface roughness, shape deviation, hardness, and residual stresses of the die are investigated. The mean height of the surface increases by 59% at elevated temperatures. However, the tensile residual stress parallel to the weld direction at the middle of the deposited area decreases only around 25%. The functionality of the forming tools manufactured by this method is proven by bending of DC06 and HC380LA sheets.
Funder
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Technische Universität Dortmund
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Computer Science Applications,Mechanical Engineering,Software,Control and Systems Engineering
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