Review on field assisted metal additive manufacturing

Review on field assisted metal additive manufacturing

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2023.104032

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2023.104032

Chaolin Tan, Runsheng Li, Jinlong Su, Dafan Du, Yang Du, Bonnie Attard, Youxiang Chew, Haiou Zhang, Enrique J. Lavernia, Yves Fautrelle, Jie Teng, Anping Dong

Additive manufacturing; 3D printing; Hybrid additive manufacturing; Multi-fields; Auxiliary fields; Melt pool dynamics

08 May 2023

Tan, C., Li, R., Su, J., Du, D., Du, Y., Attard, B., Chew, Y., Zhang, H., Lavernia, E. J., Fautrelle, Y., Teng, J., Dong, A. (2023). Review on field assisted metal additive manufacturing. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 189, 104032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2023.104032

Additive manufacturing (AM) offers unprecedented design freedom and manufacturing flexibility for processing complex components. Despite the numerous advantages of AM over conventional manufacturing methods, there are still some issues and bottlenecks that hinder the wide-scale industrial adaptation of AM techniques. The emerging field-assisted additive manufacturing (FAAM) is a designation that combines different auxiliary energy fields (e.g., ultrasound, magnetism, etc.) to overcome limitations in AM by benefiting from the intrinsic advantages of auxiliary fields. This work provides an up-to-date and dedicated review of FAAM in metallic materials, assisted by mainstream auxiliary magnetic, acoustic, mechanical, and thermal fields, as well as some emerging fields. The work principle and interaction mechanism between the field and the deposited metallic materials are elucidated. FAAM process simulation and modelling are also reviewed. The auxiliary fields can affect the melt pool convection and dynamics, alter the temperature profile and thermal history during material solidification and induce stress or plastic deformation to the deposited materials. Hence, the effects of the auxiliary fields on the melt pool dynamics, solidification kinetics, densification behaviour, microstructure and texture, mechanical properties and fatigue performance are reviewed and discussed in detail. The perspectives on the research gap and further development trends of FAAM are also discussed.

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This research / project is supported by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) - Singapore RIE 2025 MTC 2022 Young Individual Research Grants
Grant Reference no. : M22K3c0097

This research / project is supported by the SIMTech - SIMTech SSRT program
Grant Reference no. : C21-J1-036

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