Performance Improvement for the CuCrZr Alloy Produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion Using the Remelting Process.

Lianyong Xu, Yaqing Zhang, Lei Zhao, Wenjing Ren, Yongdian Han

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Interface Optimization, Microstructural Characterization, and Mechanical Performance of CuCrZr/GH4169 Multi-Material Structures Manufactured via LPBF-LDED Integrated Additive Manufacturing.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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Lianyong XuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.

Yaqing ZhangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.

Lei ZhaoSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.

Wenjing RenSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.

Yongdian HanSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 52275365

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Abstract

Owing to the high optical reflectivity of copper powder, the high-performance fabrication of copper alloys in the laser additive manufacturing (AM) field is problematic. To tackle this issue, this study employs the remelting process during laser powder bed fusion AM to fabricate defect-free and high-performance CuCrZr alloy. Compared to the non-remelting process, the remelting process yields finer grains, smaller precipitates, denser dislocations, and smaller dislocation cells. It realizes not only the dense molding of high laser reflectivity powders but also excellent mechanical properties and electrical conductivity (with an ultimate tensile strength of 329 MPa and conductivity of 96% IACS) without post-heat treatment. Furthermore, this study elucidates the influence of complex thermal gradients and multiple thermal cycles on the manufacturing process under the remelting process, as well as the internal mechanisms of microstructure evolution and performance improvement.

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additive manufacturingCuCrZr alloyslaser powder bed fusionremelting process

Identifiers

PMID38591431

DOI10.3390/ma17030624

PMCPMC10856295

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