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Surface quality improvement at selective laser melting AlSi10Mg by optimizing single point diamond turning parameters

  • Yifan Wang

    Yifan Wang was born in 1998. He studied Building Environment and Energy Application Engineering from 2016 to 2020 at the Tongji University in China. Currently, he is a PhD student at the Institute of Precision Optical Engineering in the Tongji University. His research interests mainly involve the design and machining of additive manufacturing metal optical mirror.

         , Jun Yu EMAIL logo and Zhanshan Wang

    Zhanshan Wang was born in 1963. He graduated his BSc from the Nankai University in China and received his MSc from Changchun Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in 1996 from Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Currently, he is a Professor at School of Physical Science and Engineering in Tongji University. His research interests mainly include thin film optics and high-precision optical instruments.
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From the journal Materials Testing Volume 65 Issue 1

Abstract

Selective laser melting allows aluminum-silicon alloy mirrors further lightweight for aerospace applications. The reflective surfaces based on Selective laser melting aluminum-silicon alloy substrates are commonly machined by single point diamond turning. However, many surface defects on single point diamond turning machined surfaces may limit their direct applications in optical system. In the paper, single point diamond turning parameters (cutting depth, feed rate, and cutting speed) are optimized orderly to improve its surface quality. The single point diamond turning machined surface morphologies are measured by using white light profilometer. In our selective laser melting AlSi10Mg substrate, scratches and holes mainly damaged single point diamond turning surface. Scratches are caused by inclusions while holes are generated by gas pores and inclusions. Single point diamond turning parameters optimization reduces the density of such surface defects, but these defects cannot be eliminated totally.

Keywords: aluminum-silicon alloy; machining parameters optimization; selective laser melting; single point diamond turning; surface defects
Corresponding author: Jun Yu, Institute of Precision Optical Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, 200092 Shanghai, China, E-mail:

Funding source: National Natural Science Foundation of China

Award Identifier / Grant number: No. 62105244

About the authors

Yifan Wang

Yifan Wang was born in 1998. He studied Building Environment and Energy Application Engineering from 2016 to 2020 at the Tongji University in China. Currently, he is a PhD student at the Institute of Precision Optical Engineering in the Tongji University. His research interests mainly involve the design and machining of additive manufacturing metal optical mirror.

Zhanshan Wang

Zhanshan Wang was born in 1963. He graduated his BSc from the Nankai University in China and received his MSc from Changchun Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in 1996 from Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Currently, he is a Professor at School of Physical Science and Engineering in Tongji University. His research interests mainly include thin film optics and high-precision optical instruments.

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [No. 62105244].

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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https://doi.org/10.1515/mt-2022-0217
Keywords for this article
aluminum-silicon alloy; machining parameters optimization; selective laser melting; single point diamond turning; surface defects

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  6. Effects of cubic boron nitride (c-BN) nanoparticle addition on the wear properties of carbon FRP composites
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