Book Description
The field of metal additive manufacturing has experienced significant growth in recent years, and Laser Hot Wire Directed Energy Deposition (LHW-DED) has emerged as a popular technology due to its ease of use and ability to produce high-quality metal parts. In this study, we used a nonlinear transient thermo-mechanical coupled finite element model (FEM) in ANSYS APDL to conduct a detailed thermal and structural analysis of the laser hot wire DED metal additive manufacturing process. This analysis aimed to characterize the distortion caused by thermal effects and investigate the transient thermal process. In this study H13 iron chromium alloy material was deposited on an A36 low carbon steel substrate using a bidirectional laser toolpath. To record the temperature profile during printing, we employed a FLIR Infrared (IR) camera, while thermocouples mounted to the base plate measured heat transfer for validation purposes. Post-processing analysis was conducted using the CREAFORM laser 3D scan and Geomagic-X software to measure deformation from the nominal printed geometry. Overall, this study provides a significant contribution to our understanding of laser hot wire DED metal additive manufacturing, which will undoubtedly lead to further advancements in the field. This research has the potential to improve the productivity and quality of the additive manufacture of metals.