AZ31 Presentation

Implementation of Alloy AZ31 by additive manufacturing
in Biomedical applications
Presented by
Under the guidance of
Suchismita Kumar (Roll no: 1902040)
prof. Sumanta Mukherjee
Nutan Nipun Kumari (Roll no: 1902026)
Department of Production &
Rahul Kumar (Roll no: 1902063)
Industrial Engineering
Ashish Modak (Roll no: 1902064)
Birsa Institute of Technology
B.Tech (2019-2023)
Sindri, Dhanbad
Birsa Institute of Technology Sindri
Dhanbad, Jharkhand - 828123
Introduction
Objective & Literature Review
Experimental Procedure
Future work to be done
References
Introduction
 The main factors affecting the corrosion resistance of metallic materials include internal
factors which are all about the material itself such as microstructure, strain, surface
roughness and external factors such as influence of blood flow, body temperature and pH
value. Considering excellent mechanical properties and promising applications of
ultrafine-grained (UFG) alloys, the effect of grain refinement by various severe plastic
deformation (SPD) methods on the corrosion behaviour of metallic materials has caught
considerable attention in recent years.
Objective
• To study Laser surface melting of AZ31 alloy.
• To find corrosion resistance of AZ31 alloy for Biomedical purpose

Literature Review
S.no Remarks Paper
1 Prior to the laser melting these samples were prepared by polishing with dif-
ferent grades of abrasive polishing sheets (SiC) ranging from 100 to
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2000 grit size. After fine polishing in velvet cloth with diamond paste science/article/abs/pii/
(0.5 μm), all the samples are loaded to the machine glove box which is
purged with argon gas before laser surface melting (LSM) process. Laser S0169433219305094
beam from MR7, Optomec Inc. USA (LENS™ machine) was employed
for melting the surface of the Mg-Zn-Dy alloy. Ytterbium doped fiber
laser with a beam diameter of 500 μm was used for laser melting.
Different input laser powers (125, 175, 225 W) and velocities (10,
20 mm/s) were selected for laser melting. The equivalent energy den-
sities were calculated by E = P/ν.d, where E = energy density (J/
mm2
), P = laser power (w), ν = scan velocity (mm/s) d = laser beam
diameter (mm).
2 A single plate of 150 × 150 × 5 mm was cut from the ingot and its surface was
ground using SiC emery papers followed by ultrasonic cleaning in
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acetone prior to laser processing. Laser surface melting (LSM) was science/article/abs/pii/
carried out using Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS™) (MR7,
Optomec Inc. USA) fitted with continuous wave Ytterbium-doped fibre S0257897218304924
laser with 0.5 mm beam diameter. The process was carried out in a high
purity argon containing glove box using laser powers of 125 W, 175 W
and 225 W at scan speeds of 10 mm/s, 20 mm/s and 30 mm/s. An
overlap distance of 0.15 mm was used for all samples. Hereafter, the
samples were labelled as “power-scan speed” e.g. the samples processed
using 125 W laser power and scan speed 10 mm/s were labelled as
125–10.
EXPERIMENTAL WORK
The alloy sample was pre processed using 2000 silicon grit paper which was further cleaned using acetone
solution .The alloy sample was also dipped in 0.1M acetic acid solution (CH3COOH) to facilitate effective
cleaning of the surface.
Laser Surface Melting of the surface was done at different power with scan speed of 10 m/s and resultant
diameter of heat effected zone was found out.
A continuous diode Laser was used to melt the surface of the sample alloy. Defocus
was kept at 5mm.
This machine is used for Laser melting Process in which a high speed Laser beam is passed through the nozzle into the
workpiece . A shielding gas (argon) is used to provide a protective shield all around the workpiece to prevent it from oxidation.
OBSERVATION
After Pre Processing of the sample by rubbing
 Before Pre Processing of the sample
it with 2000 grit paper

Microscopic view of the sample after Laser melting
1) Laser Melting at 500W,10m/s
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2) Laser Melting at 300W,10mm/s

3) Laser Melting at 225W , 10mm/s

4) Laser Melting at 200W ,10mm/s

Since the surface of the alloy could not be cleaned thoroughly it is dipped in 0.1M solution of acetic acid
(CH3COOH).
Although aluminium has a good resistance to almost all the concentrations of acetic acid at room temperature, care must be
taken that the metal is free of other impurities such as iron, copper, tin and lead even in traces .
The purity of aluminium, its resistance to acetic acid solution increases, and 99.5% aluminium can be used for the majority of
engineering purposes, but components added to its alloy can increase the corrosion of aluminium in acetic acid solution.
• Measuring the diameter of the melt pool using a microscopic scale
Sl no Power (Watt) Scan Speed (m/s) Diameter of Melt Pool
(micron)
1 500 10 1200
2 300 10 880
3 225 10 750
4 200 10 700
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Implementation of Alloy AZ31 by additive manufacturing

• To study Laser surface melting of AZ31 alloy.

• To find corrosion resistance of AZ31 alloy for Biomedical purpose

S.no Remarks Paper

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