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Effect of heat treatment and hot isostatic pressing on the structure and mechanical properties of Inconel 939 manufactured via casting and LPBF

SEDLÁK, J. ZOUHAR, J. POKORNÝ, Z. ROBL, J. KOLOMÝ, Š. PAGÁČ, M. KOUŘIL, K.

Original Title

Effect of heat treatment and hot isostatic pressing on the structure and mechanical properties of Inconel 939 manufactured via casting and LPBF

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The powder bed fusion method is one of the metal additive technologies, which can be used for the fabrication of difficult-to-process materials, such as cobalt and nickel superalloys. Inconel 939 is an example of a nickel superalloy widely used in constructions subjected to high temperatures such as industrial gas turbines. The current paper studies the effect of heat treatment and Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) on the structure and mechanical properties of additively manufactured (AM) Inconel 939. Mechanical properties i.e., tensile yield strength, ultimate tensile strength, and creep resistance were observed after the heat treatment (comprised of annealing and subsequent aging), HIP, and compared to the conventionally casted material. HIP post-process caused an increase of 5.73 % and 3.81 % in ultimate tensile strength at the room temperature as well as at the elevated temperature. A detailed analysis of the microstructure of AM and casting samples via light and electron microscopy was performed. The maximum grain sizes in AM samples were similar (122.9 μm and 127.2 μm in the axis and periphery, respectively), while the grain size in casting samples exhibited a mean equivalent circle diameter of 440 μm in the axial region and 398 μm in the vicinity of the peripheral region.

Keywords

Inconel 939, Powder bed fusion, Hot isostatic pressing, Creep resistance, Microstructure, Mechanical properties

Authors

SEDLÁK, J.; ZOUHAR, J.; POKORNÝ, Z.; ROBL, J.; KOLOMÝ, Š.; PAGÁČ, M.; KOUŘIL, K.

Released

30. 4. 2025

Publisher

Elsevier

ISBN

1526-6125

Periodical

Journal of Manufacturing Processes

Year of study

145

Number

1

State

United States of America

Pages from

556

Pages to

570

Pages count

15

URL

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BibTex

@article{BUT197922,
  author="Josef {Sedlák} and Jan {Zouhar} and Zdeněk {Pokorný} and Jan {Robl} and Štěpán {Kolomý} and Marek {Pagáč} and Karel {Kouřil}",
  title="Effect of heat treatment and hot isostatic pressing on the structure and mechanical properties of Inconel 939 manufactured via casting and LPBF",
  journal="Journal of Manufacturing Processes",
  year="2025",
  volume="145",
  number="1",
  pages="556--570",
  doi="10.1016/j.jmapro.2025.04.082",
  issn="1526-6125",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S152661252500502X"
}

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