Journal of Materials Research and Technology (Jul 2022)

Post-processing of selective laser melting manufactured SS-304L by laser shock peening

  • Sunil Pathak,
  • Sanin Zulić,
  • Jan Kaufman,
  • Jaromír Kopeček,
  • Ondřej Stránský,
  • Marek Böhm,
  • Jan Brajer,
  • Libor Beránek,
  • Ashish Shukla,
  • Michal Ackermann,
  • Filip Véle,
  • Tomáš Mocek

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19
pp. 4787 – 4792

Abstract

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This paper investigates the post-processing of additively manufactured stainless steel (SS) 304 L samples through laser shock peening (LSP). Four samples, differently processed, (i) as-built (AB); (ii) as-built + annealed; (iii) as-built + polished; and (iv) as-built + annealed + polished, were used to study the effect of LSP at pre-identified parameters to understand the mechanism and behavior of processing different conditions. In addition, compressive residual stresses and surface morphology were considered as a response to measure the effects of LSP on processed samples. The results have shown significant improvements in compressive residual stresses where the values have changed from initial tensile to compressive (−1170 MPa) and remain compressive up to the depth of 1 mm in most cases. The results of this research help better understand the LSP mechanism in the post-processing of AM Parts.

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