CN107649675A - Wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material for increasing material manufacturing and preparation method thereof - Google Patents

Wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material for increasing material manufacturing and preparation method thereof Download PDF

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CN107649675A
CN107649675A CN201710774457.1A CN201710774457A CN107649675A CN 107649675 A CN107649675 A CN 107649675A CN 201710774457 A CN201710774457 A CN 201710774457A CN 107649675 A CN107649675 A CN 107649675A
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Abstract

It is composed of the following components according to mass percent the invention discloses a kind of wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material for increasing material manufacturing:Si 0.40~0.65, Fe 0.1~0.7, Cu 0.15~0.4, Mn 0.05~0.15, Mg 0.8~1.2, Cr 0.04~0.35, Zn 0.05~0.25, Ti 0.01~0.15, Sc 0.2~0.5, remaining is Al, and above constituent mass percentage sum is 100%.The invention also discloses a kind of preparation method of the wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material for increasing material manufacturing, provided by the present invention for the wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material of increasing material manufacturing, existing 6061 Al alloy powder existing problem of Cracking during increasing material manufacturing is eliminated.

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Wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material for increasing material manufacturing and preparation method thereof
Technical field
The invention belongs to metal powder material technical field, is related to a kind of wrought aluminium alloy metal powder for increasing material manufacturing Powder material, the invention further relates to the preparation method of the metal powder material.
Background technology
6061 aluminium alloys belong to Al-Mg-Si series alloys, have excellent physics, chemistry and mechanical property;Its corrosion stability Well, toughness is high, indeformable after processing, colouring film is easy.Typical case includes space flight fixing device, electric appliance fixing device, led to News field, also it is widely used in automated machine part, Precision Machining, Making mold, electronics and precision instrument etc..Due to boat Sky, space flight, the continuous development of electronics, mechanical field, can not meet demand by tradition pre-stretching process forming;Complex parts It can not even more process.
Updated with industrialized, increasing material manufacturing is widely used in above field.At present can be direct The quick forming method of Prototyping Metal Parts mainly has three kinds:Selective laser sintering (SLS), laser melting coating (LC), constituency is swashed Light melts (SLM).Precinct laser fusion is the increment manufacturing technology based on discrete-accumulation theory, is added with traditional removal material Work method has production week on the contrary, using high energy beam laser successively optionally fusing metal powder accumulation Prototyping Metal Parts The clear superiorities such as the phase is short, part geometry is complex-shaped and material machining kinds are various.
And currently used for 6061 wrought aluminium alloys of precinct laser fusion (SLM) shaping, it can go out after being formed Now a large amount of crackles, influence properties of product, with the growth of complicated 6061 aluminum alloy junction components application, existing 6061 Al alloy powder Can not meet demand.
The content of the invention
It is an object of the invention to provide a kind of wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material for increasing material manufacturing, eliminate existing 6061 Al alloy powders existing problem of Cracking during increasing material manufacturing.
It is a further object to provide a kind of system of the wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material for increasing material manufacturing Preparation Method.
The technical solution adopted in the present invention is, for the wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material of increasing material manufacturing, according to matter Percentage is measured, it is composed of the following components:Si0.40~0.65, Fe 0.1~0.7, Cu 0.15~0.4, Mn 0.05~0.15, Mg 0.8~1.2, Cr 0.04~0.35, Zn 0.05~0.25, Ti 0.01~0.15, Sc0.2~0.5, remaining is Al, with Upper constituent mass percentage sum is 100%.
Another technical scheme of the present invention is, the wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material for increasing material manufacturing Preparation method, specifically include following steps:
Step 1, material prepares;
Specifically, wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material is according to mass percent, it is composed of the following components:Si0.40~ 0.65th, Fe 0.1~0.7, Cu 0.15~0.4, Mn 0.05~0.15, Mg 0.8~1.2, Cr 0.04~0.35, Zn 0.05 ~0.25, Ti 0.01~0.15, Sc0.2~0.5, remaining is Al, and above constituent mass percentage sum is 100%;
Step 2, step 1 resulting materials are subjected to drying and processing before increasing material manufacturing shaping;
Step 3, material after step 2 is dried carries out screening process, removes larger particles and impurity, obtain granularity for 15~ 120 μm of fine uniform powder, is produced.
The characteristics of another technical scheme of the invention, also resides in,
Drying and processing process is 0.5~2h of insulation at 100~130 DEG C wherein in step 2.
Wherein drying and processing is carried out in argon gas protection environment in step 2.
Powder body material wherein obtained by step 3 is sealed in a vacuum.
The invention has the advantages that the present invention with into 6061 aluminium alloys add Sc elements, improve its recrystallization temperature, The crack defect in product is eliminated, obtains even compact, 6061 articles made of aluminium alloy without metallurgical imperfection.The present invention is used three Shaped in kind 3D printing equipment (EOS M280, BLT S300, BLT S400), flawless is present in its product, molded part Consistency is up to more than 99.8%.
Embodiment
With reference to embodiment, the present invention is described in detail.
The present invention is used for the wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material of increasing material manufacturing, according to mass percent, by following components Composition:Si0.40~0.65, Fe 0.1~0.7, Cu 0.15~0.4, Mn 0.05~0.15, Mg 0.8~1.2, Cr 0.04 ~0.35, Zn 0.05~0.25, Ti 0.01~0.15, Sc0.2~0.5, remaining is Al, above constituent mass percentage sum For 100%.
For the preparation method of the wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material of increasing material manufacturing, following steps are specifically included:
Step 1, material prepares;
Specifically, wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material is according to mass percent, it is composed of the following components:Si0.40~ 0.65th, Fe 0.1~0.7, Cu 0.15~0.4, Mn 0.05~0.15, Mg 0.8~1.2, Cr 0.04~0.35, Zn 0.05 ~0.25, Ti 0.01~0.15, Sc0.2~0.5, remaining is Al, and above constituent mass percentage sum is 100%;
Step 2, step 1 resulting materials are subjected to drying and processing before increasing material manufacturing shaping;
Drying and processing process is 0.5~2h of insulation at 100~130 DEG C, and drying and processing enters in argon gas protection environment OK.
Step 3, material after step 2 is dried carries out screening process, removes larger particles and impurity, obtain granularity for 15~ 120 μm of fine uniform powder, the wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material for increasing material manufacturing is produced, by the aluminium alloy gold of gained Category powder is sealed in a vacuum.
Embodiment 1
Step 1, material prepares;
Specifically, wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material is according to mass percent, it is composed of the following components:Si0.40%, Fe 0.7%, Cu 0.15%, Mn 0.05%, Mg1%, Cr0.2%, Zn0.2%, Ti0.1%, Sc0.3%, remaining is Al, Above constituent mass percentage sum is that 100% (if impurity element in powder also be present, the amount of every kind of impurity element is no more than 0.05%, the total amounts of all impurity elements be no more than above-mentioned dusty material total amount 0.15%);
Step 2, step 1 resulting materials are subjected to drying and processing before increasing material manufacturing shaping, the temperature in drying course is 100 DEG C, soaking time 0.5h, and drying and processing is carried out in argon gas protection environment;
Step 3, the material after step 2 drying carries out screening process, removes larger particles and impurity, it is 10-30 μ to obtain granularity M fine uniform powder, the wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material for increasing material manufacturing is produced, by the Al-alloy metal powder of gained End is sealed in a vacuum.
Embodiment 2
Step 1, material prepares;
Specifically, wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material is according to mass percent, it is composed of the following components:Si0.5%, Fe0.5%, Cu0.2%, Mn0.1%, Mg0.8%, Cr0.04%, Zn0.05%, Ti0.15%, Sc0.4%, remaining is Al, Above constituent mass percentage sum is that 100% (if impurity element in powder also be present, the amount of every kind of impurity element is no more than 0.05%, the total amounts of all impurity elements be no more than above-mentioned dusty material total amount 0.15%);
Step 2, step 1 resulting materials are subjected to drying and processing before increasing material manufacturing shaping, the temperature in drying course is 110 DEG C, soaking time 0.8h, and drying and processing is carried out in argon gas protection environment;
Step 3, the material after step 2 drying carries out screening process, removes larger particles and impurity, it is 20-45 μ to obtain granularity M fine uniform powder, the wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material for increasing material manufacturing is produced, by the Al-alloy metal powder of gained End is sealed in a vacuum.
Embodiment 3
Step 1, material prepares;
Specifically, wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material is according to mass percent, it is composed of the following components:Si0.65%, Fe0.1%, Cu0.4%, Mn0.15%, Mg1.2%, Cr0.35%, Zn0.25%, Ti0.01%, Sc0.2%, remaining is Al, Above constituent mass percentage sum is that 100% (if impurity element in powder also be present, the amount of every kind of impurity element is no more than 0.05%, the total amounts of all impurity elements be no more than above-mentioned dusty material total amount 0.15%);
Step 2, step 1 resulting materials are subjected to drying and processing before increasing material manufacturing shaping, the temperature in drying course is 115 DEG C, soaking time 1h, and drying and processing is carried out in argon gas protection environment;
Step 3, the material after step 2 drying carries out screening process, removes larger particles and impurity, it is 30-55 μ to obtain granularity M fine uniform powder, the wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material for increasing material manufacturing is produced, by the Al-alloy metal powder of gained End is sealed in a vacuum.
Embodiment 4
Step 1, material prepares;
Specifically, wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material is according to mass percent, it is composed of the following components:Si0.45%, Fe0.6%, Cu0.3%, Mn0.08%, Mg0.9%, Cr0.1%, Zn0.1%, Ti0.08%, Sc0.5%, remaining is Al, with Upper constituent mass percentage sum is that 100% (if impurity element in powder also be present, the amount of every kind of impurity element is no more than 0.05%, the total amounts of all impurity elements be no more than above-mentioned dusty material total amount 0.15%);
Step 2, step 1 resulting materials are subjected to drying and processing before increasing material manufacturing shaping, the temperature in drying course is 120 DEG C, soaking time 2h, and drying and processing is carried out in argon gas protection environment;
Step 3, the material after step 2 drying carries out screening process, removes larger particles and impurity, it is 60-90 μ to obtain granularity M fine uniform powder, the wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material for increasing material manufacturing is produced, by the Al-alloy metal powder of gained End is sealed in a vacuum.
Embodiment 5
Step 1, material prepares;
Specifically, wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material is according to mass percent, it is composed of the following components:Si0.55%, Fe0.4%, Cu0.35%, Mn0.12%, Mg1.1%, Cr0.3%, Zn0.15%, Ti0.12%, Sc0.35%, remaining is Al, above constituent mass percentage sum are that 100% (if impurity element in powder also be present, the amount of every kind of impurity element does not surpass Cross 0.05%, the total amounts of all impurity elements be no more than above-mentioned dusty material total amount 0.15%);
Step 2, step 1 resulting materials are subjected to drying and processing before increasing material manufacturing shaping, the temperature in drying course is 130 DEG C, soaking time 0.15h, and drying and processing is carried out in argon gas protection environment;
Step 3, the material after step 2 drying carries out screening process, removes larger particles and impurity, it is 80-120 to obtain granularity μm fine uniform powder, the wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material for increasing material manufacturing is produced, by the Al-alloy metal of gained Powder is sealed in a vacuum.
It is first that gained is tiny during a kind of wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material concrete application for increasing material manufacturing of the present invention In the powder drum of uniform dusty material load facility, according to the threedimensional model of part, model is pressed into certain thickness slicing delamination, The three-dimensional shape information of part is converted into a series of two-dimensional silhouette information, then under the control of digital control system, uses laser Controlled by battle array mirror come fusing metal powder, direct forming has the part of geometry in particular.Metal dust in forming process It is completely melt, produces metallurgical binding, successively printed according to three-dimensional part model, aluminum alloy part is made.
After aluminum alloy part shaping, the aluminum alloy part prepared is subjected to metallographic structure observation and consistency detects, is caused Density Detection result is 99.9%, obtains 6061 wrought aluminium alloy products of even compact.
A kind of wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material for increasing material manufacturing of the invention is in used three kinds of 3D printing equipment Shaped in (EOS M280, BLT S300, BLT S400), flawless is present in its product, and molded part consistency reaches More than 99.9%.

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1. the wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material for increasing material manufacturing, it is characterised in that:According to mass percent, by with the following group It is grouped into:Si0.40~0.65, Fe 0.1~0.7, Cu 0.15~0.4, Mn 0.05~0.15, Mg 0.8~1.2, Cr 0.04~0.35, Zn 0.05~0.25, Ti 0.01~0.15, Sc0.2~0.5, remaining is Al, above constituent mass percentage Sum is 100%.
2. the preparation method of the wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material for increasing material manufacturing, it is characterised in that:Specifically include following Step:
Step 1, material prepares;
Specifically, wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material is according to mass percent, it is composed of the following components:Si0.40~0.65, Fe 0.1~0.7, Cu 0.15~0.4, Mn 0.05~0.15, Mg 0.8~1.2, Cr 0.04~0.35, Zn 0.05~ 0.25th, Ti 0.01~0.15, Sc0.2~0.5, remaining is Al, and above constituent mass percentage sum is 100%;
Step 2, step 1 resulting materials are subjected to drying and processing before increasing material manufacturing shaping;
Step 3, the material after step 2 is dried carries out screening process, removes larger particles and impurity, it is 15~120 μ to obtain granularity M fine uniform powder, is produced.
3. the preparation method of the wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material according to claim 2 for increasing material manufacturing, it is special Sign is:Drying and processing process is 0.5~2h of insulation at 100~130 DEG C in the step 2.
4. the preparation method of the wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material according to claim 2 for increasing material manufacturing, it is special Sign is:Drying and processing is carried out in argon gas protection environment in the step 2.
5. the preparation method of the wrought aluminium alloy metal powder material according to claim 2 for increasing material manufacturing, it is special Sign is:Powder body material obtained by the step 3 is sealed in a vacuum.
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