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Laser Metal Deposition of Titanium Alloy and Titanium Alloy Composite: Case Studies

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Laser Metal Deposition Process of Metals, Alloys, and Composite Materials

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Laser metal deposition process, an additive manufacturing process offer lots of advantages such as ability to produce three dimensional (3D) object from the 3D computer aided design of the object- meaning that whatever can be drawn using any CAD software can be manufactured; the ability to make part with composite and functionally graded materials- because it can make use of multi materials at the same time; and the ability to build a new materials on an old material with good metallurgical integrity. These important characteristics of the laser metal deposition process have made it the manufacturing technology of the future. This chapter presents case studies on laser metal deposition of titanium alloy-Ti6Al4V and its composite materials because of the role this materials play in key industrial applications. Also, laser metal deposition process is a relatively new technology and some of the process physics are yet to be fully understood. These case studies shed more lights on the use of this additive manufacturing process for Ti6Al4V and its composites, the influence of some processing parameters on the evolving properties and how such processing parameters can be controlled in order to tailor the properties of the component being fabricated.

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This work was supported by University of Johannesburg research council, University of Ilorin and the L’OREAL-UNESCO for Women in Science.

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Mahamood, R.M. (2018). Laser Metal Deposition of Titanium Alloy and Titanium Alloy Composite: Case Studies. In: Laser Metal Deposition Process of Metals, Alloys, and Composite Materials. Engineering Materials and Processes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64985-6_8

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