Electro-polishing preparation of additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V samples

• Main Author: Díaz González, Gabriel
• Other Authors: Lamela Rey, María Jesús, Neikter, Magnus, Politécnica de Ingeniería de Gijón, Escuela
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Gabriel Díaz González 2017
• Subjects: electro-polishing; Ti-6Al-4V; electron backscattered diffraction; metallography and microstructures of titanium; Luleå
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10651/43227

Project realised in the engineering sciences and mathematics department of the Luleå University of Technology In this research, we have analysed two samples made by additive manufacturing, SLS (Selective laser sintering) and LMpD (Laser Metal Powder Deposition). It is important to note that the cooling rate in the SLS process is lower than in LMpD, this explains why the samples showed different microstructures. The aim of this project have been set the optimal polishing parameters for each sample in order to get the best EBSD (Electron backscatter diffraction ) results.