The present work focuses on the evolution of hardness and impact toughness after thermal exposure at high temperatures of the AlSi10Mg alloy produced by selective laser melting. The thermal exposure simulated the vapor deposition of coatings on aluminum alloys. The aim is to assess the possibility of combining the ageing step of heat treatments and the deposition treatment. The alloy was aged at 160 and 180 °C for up to 4 hours, both directly and after an innovative rapid solution treatment. Direct ageing had no significant effects on the microstructure, showing an almost constant hardness trend. These results accord with the impact properties, which showed a negligible difference in the impact toughness of the direct aged and the as-built samples. The same ageing treatments performed after rapid solution treatment induced age hardening in the alloy. The hardness values were lower by 38% than those of the directly aged samples. The innovative solution treatment positively affected impact toughness, which increased by 185% compared to the directly aged material. These results highlight that the ageing step can be integrated with the vapor deposition process. Moreover, the heat treatment is suitable for components requiring high impact strength after coating.

Effect of Thermal Exposure Simulating Vapor Deposition on the Impact Behavior of Additively Manufactured AlSi10Mg Alloy

Lattanzi L.
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Merlin M.
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Fortini A.;Garagnani G. L.
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2022

Abstract

The present work focuses on the evolution of hardness and impact toughness after thermal exposure at high temperatures of the AlSi10Mg alloy produced by selective laser melting. The thermal exposure simulated the vapor deposition of coatings on aluminum alloys. The aim is to assess the possibility of combining the ageing step of heat treatments and the deposition treatment. The alloy was aged at 160 and 180 °C for up to 4 hours, both directly and after an innovative rapid solution treatment. Direct ageing had no significant effects on the microstructure, showing an almost constant hardness trend. These results accord with the impact properties, which showed a negligible difference in the impact toughness of the direct aged and the as-built samples. The same ageing treatments performed after rapid solution treatment induced age hardening in the alloy. The hardness values were lower by 38% than those of the directly aged samples. The innovative solution treatment positively affected impact toughness, which increased by 185% compared to the directly aged material. These results highlight that the ageing step can be integrated with the vapor deposition process. Moreover, the heat treatment is suitable for components requiring high impact strength after coating.
2022
Lattanzi, L.; Merlin, M.; Fortini, A.; Morri, A.; Garagnani, G. L.
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