Additive manufacturing of a single crystal nickel-based superalloy using selective electron beam melting

• Main Authors: Chandra, Shubham, Tan, Xipeng, Wang, Chengcheng, Seet, Gerald, Tor, Shu Beng, Yip, Yi Hong
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Superalloys; DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Prototyping; Additive Manufacturing
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88727; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45882
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Single crystal (SX) nickel-based superalloy blade forms a key element of hightemperature gas turbines that are vital to aviation and power industries, owing to its excellent creep properties at elevated temperatures. Conventional manufacturing of SX Ni-based superalloy components is a tedious and...