Mahamood, RMAkinlabi, ETShukla, MPityana, Sisa L2015-11-162015-11-162014Mahamood, RM, Akinlabi, ET, Shukla, M and Pityana, S. 2014. Characterization of laser deposited Ti6Al4V/TiC composite powders on a Ti6Al4V substrate. Lasers in Engineering, vol. 29(3-4), pp 197-213.0898-1507http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8286Copyright: 2014 Old City Publishing.This paper reports the material characterization of Ti6Al4V/TiC composite produced by laser metal deposition. The Ti6Al4V/TiC composites were deposited with a composition ratio of 50 wt.% Ti64l4V and 50 wt.% TiC. The depositions were achieved by delivering the two powders from a powder feeder consisting of two different hoppers and each hopper contains each of the powders. A total of eight experiments were performed, the scanning speed was kept constant at 0.005 m/s and the laser power varied between 0.4 and 3.2 kW. The gas flow rate and the powder flow rates were also kept at constant settings of 1.44 g/min and 1 l/min respectively for each hopper. The deposits were laterally sectioned, metallographically prepared and characterized through microstructural evaluation, microhardness and wear resistance performance. The effects of varying the laser power on the resulting properties of the composites were studied extensively. The microstructure consists of un-melted carbide (UMC) in the matrix of alpha and prior beta grain structure of Ti6Al4V, and in varying degrees in all the samples. The results showed that the microhardness and the wear resistance performance were dependent on the laser power.enCoefficient of frictionLaser material depositionLMDMaterial characterizationNd:YAG laserTi6Al4VTi64/TiCArticleMahamood, R., Akinlabi, E., Shukla, M., & Pityana, S. L. (2014). Characterization of laser deposited Ti6Al4V/TiC composite powders on a Ti6Al4V substrate. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8286Mahamood, RM, ET Akinlabi, M Shukla, and Sisa L Pityana "Characterization of laser deposited Ti6Al4V/TiC composite powders on a Ti6Al4V substrate." (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8286Mahamood R, Akinlabi E, Shukla M, Pityana SL. Characterization of laser deposited Ti6Al4V/TiC composite powders on a Ti6Al4V substrate. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8286.TY - Article AU - Mahamood, RM AU - Akinlabi, ET AU - Shukla, M AU - Pityana, Sisa L AB - This paper reports the material characterization of Ti6Al4V/TiC composite produced by laser metal deposition. The Ti6Al4V/TiC composites were deposited with a composition ratio of 50 wt.% Ti64l4V and 50 wt.% TiC. The depositions were achieved by delivering the two powders from a powder feeder consisting of two different hoppers and each hopper contains each of the powders. A total of eight experiments were performed, the scanning speed was kept constant at 0.005 m/s and the laser power varied between 0.4 and 3.2 kW. The gas flow rate and the powder flow rates were also kept at constant settings of 1.44 g/min and 1 l/min respectively for each hopper. The deposits were laterally sectioned, metallographically prepared and characterized through microstructural evaluation, microhardness and wear resistance performance. The effects of varying the laser power on the resulting properties of the composites were studied extensively. The microstructure consists of un-melted carbide (UMC) in the matrix of alpha and prior beta grain structure of Ti6Al4V, and in varying degrees in all the samples. The results showed that the microhardness and the wear resistance performance were dependent on the laser power. DA - 2014 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Coefficient of friction KW - Laser material deposition KW - LMD KW - Material characterization KW - Nd:YAG laser KW - Ti6Al4V KW - Ti64/TiC LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2014 SM - 0898-1507 T1 - Characterization of laser deposited Ti6Al4V/TiC composite powders on a Ti6Al4V substrate TI - Characterization of laser deposited Ti6Al4V/TiC composite powders on a Ti6Al4V substrate UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8286 ER -