Review®Microstructural Control and Functional Enhancement of Light Metal Materials via Metal Additive Manufacturing+1

Takuya Ishimoto, Takayoshi Nakano*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Additive manufacturing (AM) has been attracting a great deal of attention in both academia and industry in recent years as a technology that could bring innovation to manufacturing. AM was originally developed as a method specialized in fabricating three-dimensional structures by the additive manner. However, in reality, a huge number of parameters involved in AM has a significant effect on the microstructure and the resulting physicochemical properties of the metallic material. Therefore, in very recent years, metal AM is being recognized as a technology for controlling the microstructure of metals rather than its shape. In addition, AM can even customize the microstructure of each site by applying locally controlled heat energy. The ability to simultaneously control complex shapes and microstructures will add even higher value to lightweight metal materials. This paper describes the potential of metal AM to control material and shape properties that dictates the essential mechanical properties of the product with introducing latest results. [doi:10.2320/matertrans.MT-MLA2022007]

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10-16
Number of pages7
JournalMaterials Transactions
Volume64
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023

Keywords

  • bimodal microstructure
  • polycrystalline
  • powder bed fusion
  • single crystalline-like texture

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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