The invention belongs to the technical field of
metal additive manufacturing. The invention particularly relates to an
electric arc additive manufacturing process for improving the strength and
plasticity of aluminum
alloy, a special wire and a preparation method thereof. The wire comprises the following components in percentage by
mass: 7.0 to 8.0 percent of Zn, 1.8 to 2.5 percent of Mg, 1.2 to 2.0 percent of Cu, 0.15 to 0.3 percent of Sc, 0.1 to 0.2 percent of Zr, 0.2 to 0.3 percent of
TiN, less than or equal to 0.1 percent of
impurity element Si, less than or equal to 0.15 percent of Fe and the balance of Al.
TiN particles and aluminum
powder are used as raw materials, and an Al-
TiN intermediate
alloy is prepared through multi-pass stirring friction
processing; raw materials are added according to the components of the wire for
smelting, and an aluminum
alloy ingot is obtained after
casting; extruding, rolling and post-
processing the aluminum alloy cast
ingot to obtain a finished wire; and a special wire and a CMT + P mode are adopted for
electric arc additive manufacturing. According to the method, the Sc and Zr elements and the TiN particles are jointly added, the use amount of the TiN particles can be greatly reduced while the structure refining effect is guaranteed, and through the CMT + P mode in
electric arc additive manufacturing, the gas content of an additive layer is obviously reduced, and the strength and
plasticity of an additive component are greatly improved.