Aluminium Matrix Composites Produced by Laser Based Additive Manufacturing

摘要： 3D laser metal deposition (LMD) based on the laser cladding is an established technique for additive manufacturing tasks. Also the laser cladding is a well-known technique to produce aluminum matrix composites reinforced by Si particles. High cooling rates typical for laser treatment enable to eliminate coarse Si particles formation which is a substantial disadvantage of in-situ Al-Si composites produced by traditional manufacturing processes like casting. The coarse Si particles formation reduces Al-Si composites mechanical properties. Extremely non-equilibrium solidification conditions typical for micro LMD process allow to obtain a further structure refinement and its mechanical properties improvement. In this paper the in-situ Al-Si composites produced by micro LMD process with different parameters sets were investigated by fine structure X-ray analysis. The structure and phase composition of in-situ Al-Si composites were described. The influence of cladding parameters on Al-Si composites structure was investigated.