Development and Study of a Modular Block Housing Based on the RS-533 High-Strength Powder using the Additive Selective Laser Melting Technology

Abstract

The paper proposes to manufacture the modular block housings using the RS-533 high-strength powder and the SLM additive selective laser melting technology. It formulates relevance of the subject in this area and problems in selecting and introducing the suitable material in effective implementation of structures with varying complexity using the additive manufacturing processes. Goals and objectives are defined, and the necessary methods are applied to achieve them. During manufacture of the modular block housing, the experimental study results made it possible to establish that using the additive SLM technology with the appropriate parameters (feed rate and temperature) was leading to a decrease in the product mass index. Properties were established positively effecting the resulting prototype quality. It was revealed that optimization of the technological process parameters helped to improve the product morphological properties (porosity and roughness). It was shown that the RS-533 high-strength powder based on the Al--Mg--Sc alloy system was more resistant to general corrosion and strength than the similar RS-330 powder based on the AlSi10Mg alloy, as well as the AMg6 and D16 alloys used in the traditional technology. The obtained result is planned to be introduced in heterogeneous integration with the additive electronics devices

Please cite this article in English as:

Volkov S.V., Vertyanov D.V., Timoshenkov S.P. Development and study of a modular block housing based on the RS-533 high-strength powder using the additive selective laser melting technology. Herald of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Series Instrument Engineering, 2024, no. 2 (147), pp. 22--36 (in Russ.). EDN: HGAEBQ

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