Development of the production chain for additive manufacturing of metal components

• Grant number: 24/04747-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2024
• End date: February 28, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Manufacturing Processes
• Principal Investigator: Anderson Vicente Borille
• Grantee: Mateus Francisco Ferreira de Paula
• Host Institution: Divisão de Engenharia Mecânica (IEM). Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA). Ministério da Defesa (Brasil). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 20/06984-6 - Development of the additive manufacturing production chain of metal components, AP.NPOP

Abstract

The Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) process stands out among the various additive manufacturing technologies for metal alloys, due to its great capacity for customization and its high level of resolution, where the raw material in the form of metal powder interacts with a laser, building the component layer by layer. One of the major challenges is the lack of control over the process, resulting in different types of defects. Faced with this challenge, the purpose of this work is to analyze the mechanical properties of components manufactured via L-PBF by means of bending, tensile, compression and surface analysis tests.