Effect of Deposition Parameters and Deposition Height on the Microstructure and Properties of Laser–Cold Metal Transfer Composite Additively Manufactured 2319 Aluminum Alloy

Abstract

The 2319-Al alloy is widely used in aviation industry. The crack-free 2319 alloy thin-walled sample was fabricated utilizing the laser-CMT composite additive manufacturing technique, achieving a material utilization rate of 96.43%. The impact of deposition parameters and deposition height on the microstructure and mechanical properties was studied. The microhardness of the additive manufacturing samples exhibited a gradual decrease from construction direction, with values reaching 90 HV, 78 HV, and 72 HV, respectively. The tensile property also exhibited a gradual decrease from the bottom to the top; the highest tensile strength was 296 MPa. The grain size along the construction direction of the deposited sample gradually increased, exhibiting respective sizes of 34.7 um, 36.6 um, and 45.7 um. With the increase in the height of the second phase, the segregation at the grain boundary is intensified, and as the size inside the grain increases, the corresponding density decreases. The good laser-CMT composite additively manufactured 2319 aluminum alloy samples could be obtained under the optimized deposition parameters.