Disclosure of Invention
The invention firstly pairs Ti3AlC2The precursor Ti powder, TiC powder, Al powder and carbon powder are subjected to ball milling and mixing, so that the mixed powder is mixed to a certain degree at the atomic level, the precursor can perform exothermic reaction, and the exothermic reaction is triggered to generate Ti with self-lubricating property when the precursor is melted in a laser selective area3AlC2Compounds whose layered structure is advantageous for improving the lubricity of gears, Ti3AlC2The alloy has the characteristics of metal and ceramic, namely high stability, high yield strength and the like, can be well wetted and fused with a high-entropy alloy base in the layer-by-layer printing process, and is well combined, and the manufactured gear has the advantages of low friction and high strength.
The method for manufacturing the high-entropy alloy gear by adopting the additive manufacturing method comprises the following steps:
step one, material preparation and ball milling: raw materials of Ti powder, TiC powder, Al powder and carbon powder are mixed according to a molar ratio of 2.8-3: 0.4-0.9: 1-1.2: 1.1-1.2, adding 0.5-0.6 times of ethanol, uniformly stirring, and performing ball milling and mixing to obtain Ti3AlC2A precursor. Al, Ti, Cu, Ni and Mn in a ratio of 20-21: 24-26: 26-27: 2Performing ball milling and mixing according to the proportion of 8-29: 30-31 to prepare high-entropy alloy powder; wherein the purity of the TiC powder and the carbon powder is 99-100%, and the granularity is 1-20 mu m; the purity of the simple substance metal Al powder, Ti powder, Cu powder, Ni powder and Mn powder is 99.5-100%, and the granularity is 1-25 mu m. Ti3AlC2The ball milling and mixing of the predecessor is to adopt a steel ball milling tank to carry out ball milling and mixing, and add agate balls with different sizes, wherein the agate balls and Ti3AlC2The mass ratio of the precursors is 3.5-4: 1, the vacuum valve is opened after sealing, vacuum pumping is carried out for 20-30 minutes, then the ball milling tank is placed into a planetary ball mill, the rotating speed is 300-350 r/min, the inversion frequency is 30-45 Hz, and the ball milling and mixing time is 4-12 hours. The ball milling and mixing of the high-entropy alloy powder are carried out by adopting a steel ball milling tank, adding agate balls with different sizes, wherein the mass ratio of the agate balls to the high-entropy alloy powder is 3-3.5: 1, sealing, opening a vacuum valve, vacuumizing for 20-30 minutes, then putting the ball milling tank into a planetary ball mill, rotating at 300-350 r/min, inverting at 30-45 Hz, and carrying out ball milling and mixing for 3-9 hours.
Step two, adding Ti3AlC2The mass ratio of the precursor to the high-entropy alloy powder is 5-8: 92-95 as raw materials for additive manufacturing.
And step three, slicing the three-dimensional model of the manufactured gear, and designing a scanning track for selective laser melting, wherein the size of the gear is not more than 240mm multiplied by 280 mm. The scanning track is formed by dispersing a continuous gear three-dimensional CAD model into slices with the thickness of 20-30 mu m in a layering sequence by using a slicing technology, further converting the slices into a series of two-dimensional plane data, and designing the scanning track according to the outline generated by each layer of slices.
Step four, powder is spread layer by layer on a powder bed of the raw materials for additive manufacturing in a protective atmosphere working chamber, the powder bed moves downwards in sequence according to the thickness of the slices, then the gear is manufactured by adopting the additive manufacturing method of selective laser melting by adopting a designed scanning track, and the selective laser melting parameters are as follows: in a working chamber with a protective atmosphere, laser is used as a heat source, the laser power is 100-200W, the diameter of a laser spot is 25-50 mu m, and the scanning speed is 2500-26000 mm/min.
And fifthly, taking out the gear from the protective atmosphere working chamber, and carrying out cleaning and heat treatment to obtain a finished product, wherein the heat treatment is annealing at 500-550 ℃ for 30-45 min.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
(1) the invention adopts raw materials of Ti powder, TiC powder, Al powder and carbon powder to be ball-milled and mixed firstly, so that the raw materials have certain contact in an atomic layer, and the raw materials are ignited to carry out exothermic reaction through subsequent laser scanning to form Ti locally3AlC2The compound plays a certain self-lubricating role. In addition, the high entropy alloy matrix can be reinforced even if unreacted TiC or the like is present.
(2) The invention adopts an additive manufacturing method, Ti3AlC2The method can be used for machining, can further improve the precision of parts by adopting a small amount of cutting machining, is used for occasions with higher precision requirements, and has the characteristics of quick forming and strong adaptability.
(3) The high-entropy alloy matrix has the advantages of high strength and good toughness, belongs to a difficult-to-machine material, and can avoid a large amount of cutting processing and reduce the manufacturing cost by adopting additive manufacturing. Scanning Ti addition by adopting laser selective melting technology3AlC2The high-entropy alloy powder of (2) can also be used for manufacturing other parts.
Detailed Description
Example 1:
step one, material preparation and ball milling: raw materials of Ti powder, TiC powder, Al powder and carbon powder are mixed according to a molar ratio of 2.8: 0.4: 1: 1.1 mixing, adding 0.5 times of ethanol, stirring, and ball milling to obtain Ti3AlC2A precursor; mixing Al, Ti, Cu, Ni and Mn according to the weight ratio of 20: 24: 26:28: ball milling and mixing are carried out according to the proportion of 30, and high-entropy alloy powder is prepared; wherein the purity of the TiC powder and the carbon powder is 99-100%, and the granularity is 1-20 mu m; the purity of the simple substance metal Al powder, Ti powder, Cu powder, Ni powder and Mn powder is 99.5-100%, and the granularity is 1-25 mu m. Ti3AlC2The ball milling and mixing of the predecessor is to adopt a steel ball milling tank to carry out ball milling and mixing, and add agate balls with different sizes, the agate balls and Ti3AlC2The mass ratio of the precursors is 3.5: 1, and the vacuum valve is opened to pump after sealingVacuum is carried out for 20 minutes, then the ball milling tank is put into a planetary ball mill, the rotating speed is 300r/min, the inversion frequency is 30Hz, and the ball milling and mixing time is 4 hours. The ball milling and mixing of the high-entropy alloy powder are carried out by adopting a steel ball milling tank, adding agate balls with different sizes, wherein the mass ratio of the agate balls to the high-entropy alloy powder is 3: 1, sealing, opening a vacuum valve, vacuumizing for 20 minutes, then putting the ball milling tank into a planetary ball mill, rotating at 300r/min, inverting at 30Hz, and carrying out ball milling and mixing for 3 hours.
Step two, adding Ti3AlC2The mass ratio of the precursor to the high-entropy alloy powder is 5: 92 as raw materials for additive manufacturing.
And step three, slicing the three-dimensional model of the manufactured gear, and designing a scanning track for selective laser melting, wherein the size of the gear is not more than 240mm multiplied by 280 mm. The scanning track is formed by dispersing a continuous gear three-dimensional CAD model into a layered slice with the thickness of 20 μm by using a slicing technology, converting the slice into a series of two-dimensional plane data, and designing the scanning track according to the outline generated by each layer of slice.
Step four, powder bed in the protective atmosphere working chamber spreads powder layer by layer to the raw materials of additive manufacturing, the powder bed moves downwards in turn according to the thickness of the slice, then the gear is manufactured by adopting the additive manufacturing method of laser selective melting by adopting the designed scanning track, and the parameters of the laser selective melting are as follows: in a working chamber with protective atmosphere, laser is used as a heat source, the power of the working chamber is 100W, the diameter of a laser spot is 25 mu m, and the scanning speed is 2500 mm/min.
And fifthly, taking out the gear from the protective atmosphere working chamber, and carrying out cleaning and heat treatment to obtain a finished product, wherein the heat treatment is annealing at 500 ℃ for 45 min.
Experiments show that high-entropy alloy powder added with mixed powder of Ti powder, TiC powder, Al powder and carbon powder is prepared by selective laser melting3AlC2The lubricated parts, Ti powder, TiC powder, Al powder and carbon powder mixed powder can generate exothermic reaction to generate Ti after laser scanning3AlC2The compound, after mating with GCr15, was found to be after grindingThe surface of the part can form a lubricating film, AlCuMnNiTi high-entropy alloy is arranged in the part substrate, and some excessive metals which can not generate exothermic reaction can form high-entropy alloy or form carbide.
Example 2:
step one, material preparation and ball milling: raw materials of Ti powder, TiC powder, Al powder and carbon powder are mixed according to a molar ratio of 3: 0.9: 1.2: 1.2 mixing, adding 0.6 times of ethanol, stirring, and ball milling to obtain Ti3AlC2A precursor; al, Ti, Cu, Ni and Mn are mixed according to the weight ratio of 21:26: 27: 29: ball milling and mixing are carried out according to the proportion of 31, and high-entropy alloy powder is prepared; wherein the purity of the TiC powder and the carbon powder is 99-100%, and the granularity is 1-20 mu m; the purity of the simple substance metal Al powder, Ti powder, Cu powder, Ni powder and Mn powder is 99.5-100%, and the granularity is 1-25 mu m. Ti3AlC2The ball milling and mixing of the predecessor is to adopt a steel ball milling tank to carry out ball milling and mixing, and add agate balls with different sizes, wherein the agate balls and Ti3AlC2The mass ratio of the precursors is 4: 1, the vacuum valve is opened after sealing, vacuum pumping is carried out for 30 minutes, then the ball milling tank is placed into a planetary ball mill, the rotating speed is 350r/min, the inversion frequency is 45Hz, and the ball milling mixing time is 12 hours. The ball milling and mixing of the high-entropy alloy powder are carried out by adopting a steel ball milling tank, adding agate balls with different sizes, wherein the mass ratio of the agate balls to the high-entropy alloy powder is 3.5: 1, sealing, opening a vacuum valve, vacuumizing for 30 minutes, then putting the ball milling tank into a planetary ball mill, rotating at 350r/min, inverting at 45Hz, and carrying out ball milling and mixing for 3 hours.
Step two, adding Ti3AlC2The mass ratio of the precursor to the high-entropy alloy powder is 8: 95 as raw materials for additive manufacturing.
And step three, slicing the three-dimensional model of the manufactured gear, and designing a scanning track for selective laser melting, wherein the size of the gear is not more than 240mm multiplied by 280 mm. The scanning track is formed by utilizing a slicing technology to discretize a continuous gear three-dimensional CAD model into a layered sequential slice with the thickness of 30 mu m, converting the slice into a series of two-dimensional plane data, and designing the scanning track according to the outline generated by each layer of slice.
Step four, powder bed in the protective atmosphere working chamber spreads powder layer by layer to the raw materials of additive manufacturing, the powder bed moves downwards in turn according to the thickness of the slice, then the gear is manufactured by adopting the additive manufacturing method of laser selective melting by adopting the designed scanning track, and the parameters of the laser selective melting are as follows: in a working chamber with protective atmosphere, laser is used as a heat source, the power of the working chamber is 200W, the diameter of a laser spot is 25 mu m, and the scanning speed is 26000 mm/min.
And fifthly, taking out the gear from the protective atmosphere working chamber, and carrying out cleaning and heat treatment to obtain a finished product, wherein the heat treatment is annealing at 550 ℃ for 30 min.
Experiments show that high-entropy alloy powder added with mixed powder of Ti powder, TiC powder, Al powder and carbon powder is prepared by selective laser melting3AlC2The lubricated parts, Ti powder, TiC powder, Al powder and carbon powder mixed powder can generate exothermic reaction to generate Ti after laser scanning3AlC2After the compound is subjected to butt-grinding with a mating part of GCr15, a lubricating film can be formed on the worn surface of the part, the part matrix is AlCuMnNiTi high-entropy alloy, and some excessive metals which cannot generate exothermic reaction can form high-entropy alloy or form carbide. The gear can further improve the machining precision through machining so as to be suitable for high-precision use occasions.
Example 3:
step one, material preparation and ball milling: raw materials of Ti powder, TiC powder, Al powder and carbon powder are mixed according to a molar ratio of 2.9: 0.6: 1.1: 1.2 mixing, adding 0.55 times of ethanol, stirring, and ball milling to obtain Ti3AlC2A precursor; performing ball milling and mixing on Al, Ti, Cu, Ni and Mn according to the proportion of 20.5:25:26.5:28.5:30.5 to prepare high-entropy alloy powder; wherein the purity of the TiC powder and the carbon powder is 99-100%, and the granularity is 1-20 mu m; the purity of the simple substance metal Al powder, Ti powder, Cu powder, Ni powder and Mn powder is 99.5-100%, and the granularity is 1-25 mu m. Ti3AlC2The ball milling and mixing of the predecessor is to adopt a steel ball milling tank to carry out ball milling and mixing, and add agate balls with different sizes, wherein the agate balls and Ti3AlC2The mass ratio of the precursors is 3.7: 1, and the density is highAfter sealing, opening a vacuum valve to vacuumize for 25 minutes, then putting the ball milling tank into a planetary ball mill, wherein the rotating speed is 320r/min, the inversion frequency is 38Hz, and the ball milling and mixing time is 8 hours. The ball milling and mixing of the high-entropy alloy powder are carried out by adopting a steel ball milling tank, adding agate balls with different sizes, wherein the mass ratio of the agate balls to the high-entropy alloy powder is 3.3: 1, sealing, opening a vacuum valve, vacuumizing for 25 minutes, then putting the ball milling tank into a planetary ball mill, rotating at 320r/min, inverting at 37Hz, and carrying out ball milling and mixing for 6 hours.
Step two, adding Ti3AlC2The mass ratio of the precursor to the high-entropy alloy powder is 6: 94 as raw materials for additive manufacturing.
And step three, slicing the three-dimensional model of the manufactured gear, and designing a scanning track for selective laser melting, wherein the size of the gear is not more than 240mm multiplied by 280 mm. The scanning track is formed by utilizing a slicing technology to discretize a continuous gear three-dimensional CAD model into slices with the thickness of 25 mu m in a layered sequence, converting the slices into a series of two-dimensional plane data, and designing the scanning track according to the outline generated by each layer of slices.
Step four, powder bed in the protective atmosphere working chamber spreads powder layer by layer to the raw materials of additive manufacturing, the powder bed moves downwards in turn according to the thickness of the slice, then the gear is manufactured by adopting the additive manufacturing method of laser selective melting by adopting the designed scanning track, and the parameters of the laser selective melting are as follows: in a working chamber with protective atmosphere, laser is used as a heat source, the power of the working chamber is 150W, the diameter of a laser spot is 35 mu m, and the scanning speed is 12500 mm/min.
And fifthly, taking out the gear from the protective atmosphere working chamber, and carrying out cleaning and heat treatment to obtain a finished product, wherein the heat treatment is annealing at 520 ℃ for 35 min.
Experiments show that the high-entropy alloy powder added with the mixed powder of Ti powder, TiC powder, Al powder and carbon powder is prepared by selective laser melting, wherein the mixed powder of Ti powder, TiC powder, Al powder and carbon powder is subjected to an exothermic reaction after being scanned by laser to generate Ti3AlC2The compound, after mating with GCr15, was found to be due to the addition of Ti3AlC2The precursor is less, a lubricating film can still be formed on the wear surface, AlCuMnNiTi high-entropy alloy is arranged in the part substrate, some redundant metal which cannot generate exothermic reaction can form high-entropy alloy or carbide, and the manufactured gear has the characteristic of high strength.
Example 4:
step one, material preparation and ball milling: raw materials of Ti powder, TiC powder, Al powder and carbon powder are mixed according to a molar ratio of 2.9: 0.7: 1.1: 1.2 mixing, adding 0.56 times of ethanol, stirring, and ball-milling to obtain Ti3AlC2A precursor; performing ball milling and mixing on Al, Ti, Cu, Ni and Mn according to the ratio of 21:26:26:28:30 to prepare high-entropy alloy powder; wherein the purity of the TiC powder and the carbon powder is 99-100%, and the granularity is 1-20 mu m; the purity of the simple substance metal Al powder, Ti powder, Cu powder, Ni powder and Mn powder is 99.5-100%, and the granularity is 1-25 mu m. Ti3AlC2The ball milling and mixing of the predecessor is to adopt a steel ball milling tank to carry out ball milling and mixing, and add agate balls with different sizes, wherein the agate balls and Ti3AlC2The mass ratio of the precursors is 3.8: 1, a vacuum valve is opened after sealing, vacuum pumping is carried out for 25 minutes, then the ball milling tank is placed into a planetary ball mill, the rotating speed is 330r/min, the inversion frequency is 38Hz, and the ball milling mixing time is 6 hours. The ball milling and mixing of the high-entropy alloy powder are carried out by adopting a steel ball milling tank, adding agate balls with different sizes, wherein the mass ratio of the agate balls to the high-entropy alloy powder is 3.2: 1, sealing, opening a vacuum valve, vacuumizing for 25 minutes, then putting the ball milling tank into a planetary ball mill, rotating at 320r/min, inverting at 35Hz, and carrying out ball milling and mixing for 5 hours.
Step two, adding Ti3AlC2The mass ratio of the precursor to the high-entropy alloy powder is 8: 94 as raw materials for additive manufacturing.
And step three, slicing the three-dimensional model of the manufactured gear, and designing a scanning track for selective laser melting, wherein the size of the gear is not more than 240mm multiplied by 280 mm. The scanning track is formed by utilizing a slicing technology to discretize a continuous gear three-dimensional CAD model into a layered sequential slice with the thickness of 27 mu m, converting the slice into a series of two-dimensional plane data, and designing the scanning track according to the contour generated by each layer of slice.
Step four, powder bed in the protective atmosphere working chamber spreads powder layer by layer to the raw materials of additive manufacturing, the powder bed moves downwards in turn according to the thickness of the slice, then the gear is manufactured by adopting the additive manufacturing method of laser selective melting by adopting the designed scanning track, and the parameters of the laser selective melting are as follows: in a working chamber with protective atmosphere, laser is used as a heat source, the power of the working chamber is 180W, the diameter of a laser spot is 40 mu m, and the scanning speed is 16000 mm/min.
And fifthly, taking out the gear from the protective atmosphere working chamber, and cleaning and carrying out heat treatment to obtain a finished product, wherein the heat treatment is annealing at 510 ℃ for 45 min.
Experiments show that high-entropy alloy powder added with mixed powder of Ti powder, TiC powder, Al powder and carbon powder is manufactured by selective laser melting, and high-entropy alloy-based Ti can be manufactured according to a designed scanning track3AlC2The lubricated parts, Ti powder, TiC powder, Al powder and carbon powder mixed powder can partially generate exothermic reaction to generate Ti after laser scanning3AlC2Part of unreacted materials are distributed on the high-entropy alloy matrix, so that the strength of the high-entropy alloy is improved, and after the high-entropy alloy is subjected to butt-grinding with a mating part of GCr15, a lubricating film can be formed on a wear surface, so that the friction reduction and wear resistance of the gear are facilitated.