研究現狀
鎳基高溫合金是航空航天領域不可缺少的基礎性材料,但難變形、難切削、易偏析、工藝流程長、成材率低等缺點一直是鎳基高溫合金零部件制造所面臨的難題,渦輪葉片、發動機燃油噴嘴等結構復雜零部件的生產問題一直面臨上述問題。高能束增材制造技術(high-energy beam additive manufacturing, HEB-AM)直接制造復雜零部件,成形精度高、周期短、材料利用率高、減少機加工,極大程度上解決了傳統加工技術面臨的問題。HEB-AM技術已廣泛應用于常見金屬材料的制造生產過程中,例如模具鋼,鈦合金和鋁合金等。目前,在HEB-AM成形鎳基高溫合金方面,國內外已有部分研究,沉淀強化型(Inconel718、Inconel738和Rene88DT等),固溶強化型(Inconel625、Hastelloy X)等鎳基高溫合金均有研究。微裂紋缺陷是HEB-AM成形鎳基高溫合金中常見的缺陷,嚴重制約著成形零部件的力學性能,是必須予以解決的問題。由于HEB-AM過程始終伴隨著較高的熱應力,合金化程度高的鎳基高溫合金易產生顯微偏析。受制于成形過程晶粒外延生長特性,在熱影響區容易萌生裂紋,并沿著晶界擴展。針對鎳基高溫合金在HEB-AM過程中的微裂紋形成原因,國內外也做了一些研究。總的來說鎳基高溫合金在SLM成形過程中微裂紋的萌發和擴展歸因于材料本身的冶金性能和過大的熱應力。
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圖2 高能束增材制造技術加工鎳基高溫合金的裂紋抑制方法
研究難點或瓶頸
鎳基高溫合金在600℃以上仍保持較高的強度、良好的抗熱腐蝕性、抗熱氧化性及良好的組織穩定性,是航天航空發動機熱端零部件中不可取代的材料。然而,傳統方法難以制造復雜結構的鎳基高溫合金,HEB-AM是解決鎳基高溫合金難制造問題的核心技術。然而,HEB-AM成形鎳基高溫合金尚處于起步階段,且大多數研究致力于工藝參數優化及熱處理對組織影響,HEB-AM成形鎳基高溫合金的高溫性能差和微裂紋缺陷還沒有完全解決,鎳基高溫合金成分優化對成形質量的方面的研究更是缺乏。
圖3 裂紋產生的原因及抑制裂紋的機理和方法總結
未來展望
(1) 過大熱應力是SLM成形鎳基高溫合金中微裂紋缺陷形成的驅動力。目前缺少對SLM成形鎳基高溫合金成形過程中的熱應力相關研究,有必要借助模擬仿真手段研究SLM成形過程中的溫度場和應力場,為降低成形過程中的熱應力提供指導。同時采用在線工藝優化以及同步高溫預熱技術,來降低成形過程中產生的熱應力,減少裂紋產生的趨勢。(2) 用于HEB-AM工藝的無裂紋鎳基高溫合金的合金設計。當前HEB-AM成形用鎳基高溫合金粉末為成熟的傳統牌號,這些成熟牌號的合金成分是基于鑄造、鍛造工藝特點予以設計的,并未充分考慮HEB-AM快熔速冷的技術特點,開發出適合HEB-AM技術特點的專用合金,是HEB-AM成形高質量鎳基高溫合金必須予以高度重視的研究方向。(3) 隨著HEB-AM技術的深入發展,大尺寸復雜結構零部件的整體制造被提上日程,這將需要多激光協同作業。目前缺乏多激光成形鎳基高溫合金的相應研究,下一步有必要加大對多激光大臺面成形鎳基高溫合金工藝及設備方面的研究,為整體制造大尺寸復雜零部件提供技術支持。
論文原文鏈接:
doi.org/10.1016/j.cjmeam.2022.100055
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772665722000393?
論文引用:Qingsong Wei, Yin Xie, Qing Teng, Muyu Shen, Shanshan Sun, Chao Cai. Crack Types, Mechanisms, and Suppression Methods during High-energy Beam Additive Manufacturing of Nickel-based Superalloys: A Review. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering: Additive Manufacturing Frontiers, 2022, 1(4): 100055.
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