Metal 3D printing as a disruptive technology for superalloys

Chinnapat Panwisawas; Yuanbo T Tang; Roger C Reed

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16188-7

Metal 3D printing as a disruptive technology for superalloys

Nat Commun. 2020 May 11;11(1):2327. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16188-7.

Authors

Chinnapat Panwisawas^{1

2}, Yuanbo T Tang³, Roger C Reed³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK. chinnapat.panwisawas@leicester.ac.uk.
² NISCO UK Research Centre, School of Engineering, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK. chinnapat.panwisawas@leicester.ac.uk.
³ Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK.

Abstract

3D printing can allow for the efficient manufacturing of elaborate structures difficult to realise conventionally without waste, such as the hollow geometries of nickel-based superalloy aeronautic components. To fully exploit this method, we must move towards new alloys and processes.