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Powder properties and flowability measurements of tailored nanocomposites for powder bed fusion applications

Affiliation/Institute
Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Particle Technology
Lüddecke, A.; Pannitz, O.;
Affiliation/Institute
Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Particle Technology
Zetzener, H.; Sehrt, J.T.;
ORCID
0000-0002-6348-7309
Affiliation/Institute
Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Particle Technology
Kwade, Arno

The modification of metal alloy powders by coating with nanoparticles offers the possibility to improve additive manufacturing processes, in particular the powder bed fusion of metals with laser beams (PBF/LB-M), from the material side of view. Subsequently, component qualities including mechanical properties and microstructural characteristics could be improved. Furthermore, the modification enables improved energy utilization due to an increase in laser absorption. In this work three commercial additive manufacturing powders, namely stainless steel (1.4404), tool steel (1.2709), and aluminum alloy (3.2381) were coated with three different nanoparticles (Silicon carbide (SiC), few layer graphene (FLG), and iron oxide black (IOB) to increase the laser light absorption in the PBF/LB/M process, mechanical properties, and flowability of the powders. The coating was conducted within a fluidized bed system, resulting in homogeneous coatings. This study demonstrates, that well scalable processes i.e. stirred media milling and fluidized bed coating have the potential to improve the commercial AM powders regarding their bulk density, flowability, and energy absorption, which is a crucial step towards an improvement in the efficiency of the whole PBF process. Overall important information and relations were gathered to transfer them to the real powder deposition process in future work.

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