A laser shock peening method for an additive manufactured component of a double-phase titanium alloy is provided. First, a three-dimensional digital model of a complex component is obtained, and the model is divided into a plurality of slices; a forming direction of a formed part in an additive manufacturing process is determined according to a stress direction of the additive manufactured component in an engineering application; then, the component of the double-phase titanium alloy is formed and manufactured by selective laser melting, and orientations of a C-axis of an α phase is allowed to be consistent through adjustment and control; and finally, laser shock peening is performed on all outer surfaces of the high-performance additive manufactured component of the double-phase titanium alloy by inducing a high-intensity shock wave to act in an acting direction which forms an angle in a predetermined range with the C-axis of the α phase.

One exemplary embodiment of this disclosure relates to a gas turbine engine, including a component having a first portion formed using one of a casting and a forging process, and a second portion formed using an additive manufacturing process.

A system is disclosed for depositing material on a component. The system includes a deposition device operatively coupled to a fiber optic Nd:YAG laser. The deposition device includes a focusing prism that focuses the Nd:YAG laser at a focal area on a bladed disk, where the focal area on the bladed disk is between two blades of the disk. The system further includes an imaging means that views the focal area of the component. The imaging means and the fiber optic Nd:YAG laser each are positioned in a substantially similar optical relationship to the focal area on the bladed disk The system further includes an additive material delivery means that delivers additive material to the component at the focal area on the component.

The present invention provides a device and method for electromagnetic induction heating-assisted laser additive manufacturing of a titanium matrix composite and belongs to the technical field of laser additive manufacturing. The device includes a coaxial-powder feeding laser deposition system and an electromagnetic induction heating synchronous auxiliary system. The coaxial-powder feeding laser deposition system includes a substrate, a deposition sample, a laser head and an infrared thermometer. The electromagnetic induction heating synchronous auxiliary system includes an electromagnetic induction power supply auxiliary unit, a coil, a steering heightening mechanism, a driven shaft and a transverse sliding groove. The coil is connected to an output end of the electromagnetic induction power supply auxiliary unit. The coil and the laser head do synchronous movement to implement small-area real-time preheating and slow cooling on the deposition sample.

A laser shock peening method for an additive manufactured component of a double-phase titanium alloy is provided. First, a three-dimensional digital model of a complex component is obtained, and the model is divided into a plurality of slices; a forming direction of a formed part in an additive manufacturing process is determined according to a stress direction of the additive manufactured component in an engineering application; then, the component of the double-phase titanium alloy is formed and manufactured by selective laser melting, and orientations of a C-axis of an α phase is allowed to be consistent through adjustment and control; and finally, laser shock peening is performed on all outer surfaces of the high-performance additive manufactured component of the double-phase titanium alloy by inducing a high-intensity shock wave to act in an acting direction which forms an angle in a predetermined range with the C-axis of the as phase.

A method for preparing an oxygen-free passivated titanium or titanium-alloy powder product by means of gas-solid fluidization is provided. The new method includes placing the metal halide and the titanium powder which meet formula requirements into a gasifier and a fluidized bed reactor respectively; heating the gasifier to gasify the metal halide, and introducing dry argon and halide gas into the fluidized bed reactor; opening the fluidized bed, heating the fluidized bed, fluidizing the titanium powder after the introduction of the argon and the metal halide gas, and cooling the product to obtain the titanium powder subjected to oxygen-free passivation using metal chloride; molding the oxygen-free passivated titanium powder into a green body with powder metallurgy technology; and sintering the green body in vacuum or argon atmosphere according to the molding technology, and after temperature rise treatment, performing a densification sintering operation to obtain a high-performance titanium product component.

A powder treatment assembly and method for treating a feedstock powder of feedstock particles includes directing the feedstock powder into a plasma chamber within a reactor, exposing the feedstock powder to a plasma field generated by a plasma source to form a treated powder having treated particles with an increased average sphericity relative to the feedstock particles, and supplying a hot gas sheath flow downstream of the plasma chamber, the hot gas sheath flow substantially surrounding the treated powder.

A system includes a layered structure. The layered structure includes first and second coalesced layers and an intermediate layer disposed between the first and second coalesced layers. The first and second coalesced layers have a higher degree of coalescence than the intermediate layer.

A titanium alloy melt includes about 7.0 to about 9.0 percent by weight vanadium (V), about 3.0 to about 4.5 percent by weight aluminum (Al), about 0.8 to about 1.5 percent by weight iron (Fe), at most about 0.15 percent by weight oxygen (O), and titanium (Ti) and a titanium alloy powder, formed from the titanium alloy melt, includes about 7.0 to about 9.0 percent by weight vanadium (V), about 3.0 to about 4.5 percent by weight aluminum (Al), about 0.8 to about 1.5 percent by weight iron (Fe), at most about 0.18 percent by weight oxygen (O), and titanium (Ti).

A nickel-based alloy powder for additive manufacturing having in weight %:C:0.09 to 0.17, Ti:3.8 to 4.5, Zr:>0.06, W:1.8 to 2.6, and Al:3.0 to 3.8 is disclosed.