Optimization of the heat treatment of additively manufactured Ni-base superalloy IN718

Benedikt Diepold; Nora Vorlaufer; Steffen Neumeier; Thomas Gartner; Mathias Göken

doi:10.1007/s12613-020-1991-6

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Benedikt Diepold, Nora Vorlaufer, Steffen Neumeier, Thomas Gartner, and Mathias Göken, Optimization of the heat treatment of additively manufactured Ni-base superalloy IN718, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 27(2020), No. 5, pp. 640-648. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-020-1991-6

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Benedikt Diepold, Nora Vorlaufer, Steffen Neumeier, Thomas Gartner, and Mathias Göken, Optimization of the heat treatment of additively manufactured Ni-base superalloy IN718, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 27(2020), No. 5, pp. 640-648. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-020-1991-6

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Optimization of the heat treatment of additively manufactured Ni-base superalloy IN718

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Steffen Neumeier E-mail: steffen.neumeier@fau.de
Received: 6 December 2019; Revised: 27 January 2020; Accepted: 1 February 2020; Available online: 11 February 2020

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Additive manufacturing (AM) of Ni-base superalloy components can lead to a significant reduction of weight in aerospace applications. AM of IN718 by selective laser melting results in a very fine dendritic microstructure with a high dislocation density due to the fast solidification process. The complex phase composition of this alloy, with three different types of precipitates and high residual stresses, necessitates adjustment of the conventional heat treatment for AM parts. To find an optimized heat treatment, the microstructures and mechanical properties of differently solution heat-treated samples were investigated by transmission and scanning electron microscopy, including electron backscatter diffraction, and compression tests. After a solution heat treatment (SHT), the Nb-rich Laves phase dissolves and the dislocation density is reduced, which eliminates the dendritic substructure. SHT at 930 or 954°C leads to the precipitation of the δ-phase, which reduces the volume fraction of the strengthening γ′- and γ′′-phases formed during the subsequent two stage aging treatment. With a higher SHT temperature of 1000°C, where no δ-phase is precipitated, higher γ′ and γ′′ volume fractions are achieved, which results in the optimum strength of all of the solution heat treated conditions.
- Ni-base superalloy;
- selective laser melting;
- strengthening mechanism;
- powder bed fusion;
- microstructure

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