Development of post-heat treatments to enhance the metallurgical and mechanical properties of pulsed directed energy deposited Ni-Cr-Mo superalloy-
摘要
Wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) facilitates the production of substantial near-net-shape components by layer-by-layer deposition. This work examines the effects of post-heat treatments (PHTs) on the microstructure, elemental distribution, and mechanical properties of pulsed-WAAM Hastelloy C-276 thin walls. Characterisation was performed using SEM/EDS, XRD, and EBSD on as-deposited (AD) and PHTed samples. Solution annealing (SA) yielded regenerated equiaxed grains, in contrast to the AD and double-ageing (DA) conditions. SEM/EDS of SA-1 showed a homogeneous Mo distribution devoid of coarse Mo-rich precipitates, whereas EBSD indicated a significant decrease in low-angle grain boundaries (68.3% in AD). Microhardness reached a maximum of 336 HV (SA-1) and 326 HV (SA-2), in contrast to 302 HV (AD) and 260 HV (DA). SA-1 had the most significant enhancement in strength, increasing from 790 ± 16 MPa (AD) to 892 ± 6 MPa. The fracture morphology under all conditions was primarily ductile, with infrequent transgranular and intergranular characteristics.