• Metals and materials international
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.1346-1358
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• 2018

A novel additive manufacturing method with TIG-MIG hybrid heat source was applied for fabricating 5356 aluminum alloy component. In this paper the microstructure evolution, mechanical properties and fracture morphologies of both as-deposited and heat-treated component were investigated, and how these were affected by different heat-treated temperature. The as-deposited microstructure showed dominant equiaxed grains with second phase, and the size of them is coarse in the bottom region, medium in the middle region and fine in the top region owing to different thermal cycling conditions. Compared with as-deposited microstructure, the size of grain becomes large and second phases gradually dissolve in the matrix as heat-treated temperature increase. Different microstructures determine the mechanical properties of component. Results show that average ultimate tensile strength enhances from 226 to 270 MPa and average microhardness increases from 64.2 to 75.3 HV0.1 but ductility decreases from 33 to 6.5% with heat-treated temperature increasing. For all components, the tensile properties are almost the same in the vertical direction (Z) and horizontal direction (Y) due to equiaxed grains, which exhibits isotropy, and the mechanisms of these are analyzed in detailed. In general, the results demonstrate that hybrid arc heat source has the potential to fabricate aluminum alloy component.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.21-30
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• 2017

Of the marine engine components, the piston crown and exhaust valve are repaired most frequently. These works are conducted through conventional welding processes such as GTAW or SAW, domestically in marine engine repair factories. New high-efficiency welding or overlay processes such as tandem SAW, tandem MAG, hybrid TIG-MIG welding, pulsed-GMAW, CMT welding, and super TIG welding have been developed recently. Moreover, the plasma transfered arc (PTA) process is an efficient spray method for overlaying on the exhaust valve. In this review paper, the new high-efficiency repair welding methods are introduced for marine engine components. The problems due to repair welding for marine engine components are also presented.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.36-45
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• 2016

Recent developing tendency for technologies of high efficient brazing are studied by searching of NDSL, Science Direct, KIPRIS, PCT and so on. Active metal brazing, arc brazing, fluxless brazing, brazing with low melting point, reactive air brazing, laser brazing, laser droplet brazing are investigated. By optimal selecting of the above mentioned technologies, it needs to investigate an economical metallurgical design and the advanced brazing methods. To improve the embrittlement of intermetallic compound at brazing interface, it must be studied the inexpensive variant metals including nonmetals and the heat sources(MIG, TIG, Laser) by hybrid techniques.