Towards use-as-manufactured titanium alloys for additive manufacturing

由于3D打印过程可能会产生不利的材料特性，澳大利亚3D打印钛产品制造商在经济实惠地生产可用且可靠的打印产品方面面临着巨大挑战。为了确保产品符合验收标准，制造商通常采用昂贵且耗时的后工序，如热处理。该项目旨在发现如何修改合金成分，从而直接从3D打印中产生更有利的材料特性，从而避免后处理的需要。澳大利亚制造商可能会受益于简化的制造流程，从而提高现有市场的盈利能力，并扩展到新的全球市场。

Australian manufacturers of 3D printed titanium products face grand challenges in affordably producing useable and reliable as-printed products because the 3D printing process may create unfavourable material characteristics. To ensure products meet acceptance criteria, manufacturers usually apply expensive and time-consuming post processes such as heat treatment. This project aims to discover how alloy composition can be modified to produce more favourable material characteristics directly from 3D printing, preventing the need for post processing. Australian manufacturers will likely benefit through a streamlined manufacturing process resulting in increased profitability in existing markets as well as expansion into new global markets.