Improvement of microstructure and mechanical properties of TC4 titanium alloy GTAW based wire arc additive manufacturing by using interpass milling

TC4 titanium alloy wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) is easy to produce coarse columnar β grain structure which affects mechanical properties. So in this paper, an innovative process of interpass milling assisted TC4 titanium alloy gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) WAAM is proposed. The controlli...

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Main Authors: Chao Chen, Tianting Feng, Yaowen Zhang, Boqiao Ren, Hao wang, Xiaohui Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-11-01
Series:Journal of Materials Research and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785423024560