Constellium C-TEC, Voreppe, France
Erembert Nizery
Biography
Conferences
Room |
Date |
Hour |
Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| Room 6 |
19-11-2025 |
11:45 am – 12:15 pm |
50 Effect of laser powder bed printing parameters and post-processing on fatigue performance of Aheadd® CP1 aluminium |
Conferences Details
50 Effect of laser powder bed printing parameters and post-processing on fatigue performance of Aheadd® CP1 aluminium
Laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) of aluminum is an opportunity to build lighter components with higher performance, especially for geometries that cannot be machined or are usually assembled. Although replacing assemblies through additive manufacturing is generally beneficial for fatigue performance of components, some concerns are still raised due to the inherent roughness and porosity of parts produced with the L-PBF technology. Constellium Aheadd® CP1 is an aluminum alloy designed specifically for L-PBF, now registered with the Aluminum Association as AA8A61.50. Its Al-Zr-Fe chemistry avoids printing drawbacks of alloys containing volatile element (such as Mg), while offering good structural performance and simple post-processing with a single heat treatment & stress relief with no quench. The alloy demonstrates robust fatigue performance, even on as-built surfaces, due to low residual stresses and high ΔK threshold. In this study, the quality of the material produced with various printing parameters is checked with non-destructive techniques including ultrasound. The associated fatigue results are analysed in the frame of a Murakami – El Haddad model using initiation site dimensions measured on SEM images. Additional fatigue results obtained with several surface finishing treatments, and on different L-PBF platforms are discussed. The results demonstrate that non-machined parts in Aheadd® CP1 can consistently reach higher fatigue performance than conventional AM aluminium alloys.