Materials (Mar 2023)

The Characteristic Microstructures and Properties of Steel-Based Alloy via Additive Manufacturing

  • Chunlei Shang,
  • Honghui Wu,
  • Guangfei Pan,
  • Jiaqi Zhu,
  • Shuize Wang,
  • Guilin Wu,
  • Junheng Gao,
  • Zhiyuan Liu,
  • Ruidi Li,
  • Xinping Mao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16072696
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 7
p. 2696

Abstract

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Differing from metal alloys produced by conventional techniques, metallic products prepared by additive manufacturing experience distinct solidification thermal histories and solid−state phase transformation processes, resulting in unique microstructures and superior performance. This review starts with commonly used additive manufacturing techniques in steel−based alloy and then some typical microstructures produced by metal additive manufacturing technologies with different components and processes are summarized, including porosity, dislocation cells, dendrite structures, residual stress, element segregation, etc. The characteristic microstructures may exert a significant influence on the properties of additively manufactured products, and thus it is important to tune the components and additive manufacturing process parameters to achieve the desired microstructures. Finally, the future development and prospects of additive manufacturing technology in steel are discussed.

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