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Removal method for supporting structure in additive-manufactured titanium alloy

A support structure and additive manufacturing technology, which is applied in the directions of additive manufacturing, additive processing, and process efficiency improvement. It can solve the problems of easy addition and removal of support structures, and achieve a wide range of applications, improve application space, and overcome removal difficulties. Effect

Active Publication Date: 2019-07-12
INST OF METAL RESEARCH - CHINESE ACAD OF SCI
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[0010] In order to overcome the above problems, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for removing the support structure in the additive manufacturing of titanium alloys, which can quickly and completely remove the support structure without damaging the formed parts, and solve the problem that the support structure is easy to add at the present stage. Remove difficult problems to further expand the application field of additive manufacturing technology

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[0036] In the present embodiment, the method for removing the support structure of TC4 titanium alloy additive manufacturing technology includes the following steps:

[0037] (1) Use an explosion-proof vacuum cleaner, a mechanical vibrating table and high-pressure gas to clean the internal structure of the molded part, and remove the residual powder and other redundant parts;

[0038] (2) Perform vacuum heat treatment at 600°C / 2h on the cleaned molded parts, and cool to room temperature in the furnace;

[0039] (3) Use hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid and water with a volume ratio of 1 / 3 / 1 to treat the surface of the molded part, remove surface sticky powder, and reduce the surface roughness of the molded part. The treatment method is soaking; wherein, hydrogen The concentration of hydrofluoric acid is 35wt%, and the concentration of nitric acid is 66wt%;

[0040] (4) adopt hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid and the solution that water volume ratio is 1 / 2 / 9 to process support struc...

Embodiment 2

[0046] In the present embodiment, the method for removing the support structure of TC6 titanium alloy additive manufacturing technology includes the following steps:

[0047] (1) Use an explosion-proof vacuum cleaner, a mechanical vibrating table and high-pressure gas to clean the internal structure of the molded part, and remove the residual powder and other redundant parts;

[0048] (2) Perform vacuum heat treatment at 800°C / 1h on the cleaned molded parts, and cool the furnace to room temperature;

[0049] (3) Using hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid and a solution with a volume ratio of 1 / 5 / 3 to treat the surface of the molded part, remove surface sticky powder, and reduce the surface roughness of the molded part. The treatment method is soaking; wherein, hydrogen The concentration of hydrofluoric acid is 36wt%, and the concentration of nitric acid is 65wt%;

[0050] (4) adopt hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid and the solution that water volume ratio is 1 / 3 / 7 to process support s...

Embodiment 3

[0056] In this embodiment, the method for removing the support structure of TC11 titanium alloy additive manufacturing technology includes the following steps:

[0057] (1) Use an explosion-proof vacuum cleaner, a mechanical vibrating table and high-pressure gas to clean the internal structure of the molded part, and remove the residual powder and other redundant parts;

[0058] (2) Perform vacuum heat treatment at 800°C / 0.5h on the cleaned molded parts, and cool to room temperature in the furnace;

[0059] (3) Using hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid and a solution with a volume ratio of 1 / 4 / 1 to treat the surface of the molded piece, remove surface sticky powder, and reduce the surface roughness of the molded piece. The treatment method is soaking; wherein, hydrogen The concentration of hydrofluoric acid is 37wt%, and the concentration of nitric acid is 67wt%;

[0060] (4) The support structure is treated with hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid and water with a volume ratio of 1 / 2 / ...

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Abstract

The invention relates to the field of titanium alloy additive manufacturing, in particular to a removal method for a supporting structure in an additive-manufactured titanium alloy. The method comprises the following steps: 1) adopting an anti-explosion dust collector, a mechanical vibrating table and high-pressure gas clearing to clear residual powder inside a formed part; 2) performing vacuum thermal treatment on the cleared formed part; 3) processing the surface of the formed part by a solution of hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid and water and a total nitric acid solution; 4) processing the supporting structure by the solution of hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid and water and the total nitric acid solution; 5) performing surface treatment on the support-removed formed part by the solution of hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid and water and the total nitric acid solution; 6) performing abrasive particle flow processing on the processed formed part; and 7) performing vacuum thermal treatmenton the processed formed part to eliminate adverse effects of an element H. The removal method can quickly and completely remove the supporting structure on the premise of not damaging the formed part.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of additive manufacturing of titanium alloys, in particular to a method for removing support structures in the additive manufacturing of titanium alloys. Background technique [0002] Titanium is an important structural metal developed in the 1950s. Due to its low density, high specific strength, good corrosion resistance and biocompatibility, titanium alloys have been widely used in aviation, aerospace, shipbuilding, etc. Shipbuilding, chemical industry, metallurgy, biomedical and other fields are known as "strategic metals" and "space metals". However, due to the high deformation resistance of titanium alloys and poor cutting process performance, the traditional subtractive method is used to manufacture large titanium alloy components with long period, high cost, difficult manufacturing, and difficult to prepare complex components, which also limits the application of new structures. Compared with traditional manuf...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B22F3/105B33Y10/00B33Y30/00
CPCB33Y10/00B33Y30/00B22F10/00B22F10/62B22F10/64B22F10/68B22F10/20B22F10/40Y02P10/25
Inventor 蔡雨升吉海宾雷家峰杨锐
Owner INST OF METAL RESEARCH - CHINESE ACAD OF SCI
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