RT Journal Article T1 Wire arc additive manufacturing Ti6Al4V aeronautical parts using plasma arc welding: Analysis of heat-treatment processes in different atmospheres A1 Artaza, Teresa A1 Suárez, Alfredo A1 Veiga, Fernando A1 Braceras, Inigo A1 Tabernero, Iván A1 Larrañaga, Oihane A1 Lamikiz, Aitzol AB PAW (Plasma Arc Welding), a WAAM (Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing) technology with high deposition rates, can produce metallic components, layer by layer, of varied sizes, from different alloys, yielding high mechanical performance. Two Ti6Al4V walls are manufactured in an inert argon atmosphere using WAAM-PAW to analyze the deposition process in terms of growth in height per layer, deposition process temperature, and cooling times. The properties of the walls are compared with the values obtained from a thermomechanical simulation and both the microstructural and mechanical properties of the annealed WAAM-PAW wall are studied. Moreover, the effect of the media on the oxidation layer and on the mechanical properties are also analyzed throughout the heat treatment process, as well as the microstructure of Ti6Al4V. Stable deposition rates were achieved for a high deposition ratio of Ti6Al4V at 2 kg/h, restricting the oxygen levels to under 100 ppm. No significant differences were found in either the microstructural or the mechanical properties following heat treatments in a vacuum, in air or in argon. All the heat-treated samples met the AMS4928 standard for Yield Strength (YS) and Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS). SN 2238-7854 YR 2020 FD 2020 LK https://hdl.handle.net/11556/3201 UL https://hdl.handle.net/11556/3201 LA eng NO Artaza , T , Suárez , A , Veiga , F , Braceras , I , Tabernero , I , Larrañaga , O & Lamikiz , A 2020 , ' Wire arc additive manufacturing Ti6Al4V aeronautical parts using plasma arc welding : Analysis of heat-treatment processes in different atmospheres ' , Journal of Materials Research and Technology , vol. 9 , no. 6 , pp. 15454-15466 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2020.11.012 NO Publisher Copyright: © 2020 The Authors. NO The authors acknowledge funding from the Basque Government to HARITIVE project [ ZE-2017/00038 ], HARIPLUS project [ ZE-2019/00352 ], QUALYFAM project [ kk-2020/00042 ] and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for DEDALUS project [reference ID 20094 ]. DS TECNALIA Publications RD 30 jul 2024