Properties of soft magnetic Fe-Co-V alloy produced by laser powder bed fusion

Properties of soft magnetic Fe-Co-V alloy produced by laser powder bed fusion

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on the developments in manufacturing soft magnetic materials using laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF). Design/methodology/approach Ternary soft magnetic Fe-49Co-2V powder was produced by gas atomization and used in an L-PBF machine to produce samples for m...

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Published in:Rapid prototyping journal Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 699 - 707
Main Authors: Riipinen, Tuomas, Metsä-Kortelainen, Sini, Lindroos, Tomi, Keränen, Janne Sami, Manninen, Aino, Pippuri-Mäkeläinen, Jenni
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Bradford Emerald Publishing Limited 12-07-2019
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Subjects:
Alloys
Alternating current
Annealing
Atomizing
Chemical composition
Cobalt
Coercivity
Direct current
Eddy currents
Electrical resistivity
Ferrous alloys
Gas atomization
Grain growth
Grain size
Heat
Heat treatment
Iron alloys
Lasers
Magnetic flux
Magnetic materials
Magnetic permeability
Magnetic properties
Magnetic saturation
Manufacturing
Mechanical properties
Microscopy
Microstructure
Morphology
Organic chemistry
Particle size
Permeability
Porosity
Powder beds
Rapid prototyping
Temperature
Tensile tests
Mechanical properties
Soft magnetic material
Additive manufacturing
Fe-Co-V
L-PBF
Magnetic properties
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Summary:Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on the developments in manufacturing soft magnetic materials using laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF). Design/methodology/approach Ternary soft magnetic Fe-49Co-2V powder was produced by gas atomization and used in an L-PBF machine to produce samples for material characterization. The L-PBF process parameters were optimized for the material, using a design of experiments approach. The printed samples were exposed to different heat treatment cycles to improve the magnetic properties. The magnetic properties were measured with quasi-static direct current and alternating current measurements at different frequencies and magnetic flux densities. The mechanical properties were characterized with tensile tests. Electrical resistivity of the material was measured. Findings The optimized L-PBF process parameters resulted in very low porosity. The magnetic properties improved greatly after the heat treatments because of changes in microstructure. Based on the quasi-static DC measurement results, one of the heat treatment cycles led to magnetic saturation, permeability and coercivity values comparable to a commercial Fe-Co-V alloy. The other heat treatments resulted in abnormal grain growth and poor magnetic performance. The AC measurement results showed that the magnetic losses were relatively high in the samples owing to formation of eddy currents. Research limitations/implications The influence of L-PBF process parameters on the microstructure was not investigated; hence, understanding the relationship between process parameters, heat treatments and magnetic properties would require more research. Originality/value The relationship between microstructure, chemical composition, heat treatments, resistivity and magnetic/mechanical properties of L-PBF processed Fe-Co-V alloy has not been reported previously.
ISSN:1355-2546
1758-7670
DOI:10.1108/RPJ-06-2018-0136