Tlotleng, MonnammePityana, Sisa L2017-12-132017-12-132017-11Tlotleng, M. and Pityana, S.L. 2017. In-situ alloyed LENS additively manufactured TiAl-Nb structure. 18th Annual International Rapid Product Development Association of South Africa (RAPDASA), Durban ICC, South Africa, 7-10 November 2017, p. 251-258978-0-620-77329-4http://www.rapdasa.org/conference/index.php/2017-conference/RAPDASA18/paper/view/70http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9855Paper presented at the 18th Annual International Rapid Product Development Association of South Africa (RAPDASA), Durban ICC, Durban, South Africa, 7-10 November 2017Titanium aluminides (TiAl) are interesting intermetallic materials to study due to their enhanced high temperature and light weight properties. They are necessary as structural materials, but brittle to form with conventional methods. Hence big corporates are interested in developments that will lead to cost effective manufacturing technologies that are able to produce homogenous, defect free TiAl structures. Additive manufacturing is one promising technology hence it was explored here in studying process development of producing TNB alloy using laser in-situ alloying approach. The produced alloy, -TNB, appeared to be homogeneous after heat-treatment and had hardness of 576HV.enTitanium aluminidesTiAlTiAl-Nb structureConference PresentationTlotleng, M., & Pityana, S. L. (2017). In-situ alloyed LENS additively manufactured TiAl-Nb structure. Rapid Product Development Association of South Africa (RAPDASA). http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9855Tlotleng, Monnamme, and Sisa L Pityana. "In-situ alloyed LENS additively manufactured TiAl-Nb structure." (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9855Tlotleng M, Pityana SL, In-situ alloyed LENS additively manufactured TiAl-Nb structure; Rapid Product Development Association of South Africa (RAPDASA); 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9855 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Tlotleng, Monnamme AU - Pityana, Sisa L AB - Titanium aluminides (TiAl) are interesting intermetallic materials to study due to their enhanced high temperature and light weight properties. They are necessary as structural materials, but brittle to form with conventional methods. Hence big corporates are interested in developments that will lead to cost effective manufacturing technologies that are able to produce homogenous, defect free TiAl structures. Additive manufacturing is one promising technology hence it was explored here in studying process development of producing TNB alloy using laser in-situ alloying approach. The produced alloy, -TNB, appeared to be homogeneous after heat-treatment and had hardness of 576HV. DA - 2017-11 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Titanium aluminides KW - TiAl KW - TiAl-Nb structure LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 978-0-620-77329-4 T1 - In-situ alloyed LENS additively manufactured TiAl-Nb structure TI - In-situ alloyed LENS additively manufactured TiAl-Nb structure UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9855 ER -