Artaza, TeresaBhujangrao, TrunalSuárez, AlfredoVeiga, FernandoLamikiz, Aitzol2020-06Artaza , T , Bhujangrao , T , Suárez , A , Veiga , F & Lamikiz , A 2020 , ' Influence of Heat Input on the Formation of Laves Phases and Hot Cracking in Plasma Arc Welding (PAW) Additive Manufacturing of Inconel 718 ' , Metals , vol. 10 , no. 6 , 771 , pp. 1-17 . https://doi.org/10.3390/met100607712075-4701researchoutputwizard: 11556/936Publisher Copyright: © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.Nickel-based alloys have had extensive immersion in the manufacturing world in recent decades, especially in high added value sectors such as the aeronautical sector. Inconel 718 is the most widespread in terms of implantation. Therefore, the interest in adapting the manufacture of this material to additive manufacturing technologies is a significant objective within the scientific community. Among these technologies for the manufacture of parts by material deposition, plasma arc welding (PAW) has advantages derived from its simplicity for automation and integration on the work floor with high deposition ratios. These characteristics make it very economically appetizing. However, given the tendency of this material to form precipitates in its microstructure, its manufacturing by additive methods is very challenging. In this article, three deposition conditions are analyzed in which the energy and deposition ratio used are varied, and two cooling strategies are studied. The interpass cooling strategy (ICS) in which a fixed time is expected between passes and controlled overlay strategy (COS) in which the temperature at which the next welding pass starts is controlled. This COS strategy turns out to be advantageous from the point of view of the manufacturing time, but the deposition conditions must be correctly defined to avoid the formation of Laves phases and hot cracking in the final workpiece.171064932enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessjournal article10.3390/met10060771Additive manufacturingWAAMPAWHot crackingMicrostructureNickel-based alloysAdditive manufacturingWAAMPAWHot crackingMicrostructureNickel-based alloysGeneral Materials ScienceSDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and InfrastructureFunding InfoThe authors acknowledge the Basque Government ELKARTEK 2019 program (KK-2019/00004) and HARIPLUS project, HAZITEK 2019 program (ZL-2019/00352) and to the European commission through EiT Manufacturing programme in DEDALUS project (reference ID 20094).The authors acknowledge the Basque Government ELKARTEK 2019 program (KK-2019/00004) and HARIPLUS project, HAZITEK 2019 program (ZL-2019/00352) and to the European commission through EiT Manufacturing programme in DEDALUS project (reference ID 20094).http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086112884&partnerID=8YFLogxK