Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM
Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM

Project TiAlCharger

Various demonstrators manufactured by Selective Electron Beam Melting, material TiAl
© Fraunhofer IFAM Dresden
Various demonstrators manufactured by Selective Electron Beam Melting, material TiAl
Feasibility demonstrator turbocharger wheel, material TiAl
© Fraunhofer IFAM Dresden
Feasibility demonstrator turbocharger wheel, material TiAl

Goal

Processing of the titanium aluminide alloy RNT650

Work Packages Fraunhofer IFAM

Powder specification development

Process window in EBM process for TiAl (RNT650)

Production of demonstrators (turbocharger wheels)

Further Results

Joining technology for turbocharger wheel and shaft

Screening and principle tests for post processing

Functional test of the assembly in test bench

Publications

S. Biamino, B. Klöden, B. Kieback, T. Weißgärber, U. Ackelid: Properties of a TiAl turbocharger wheel produced by electron beam melting, Proceedings DDMC 2014 Fraunhofer Direct Digital Manufacturing Conference, Berlin, 12.-13.03.2014, 129-132

S. Biamino, B. Klöden, T. Weißgärber, B. Kieback, U. Ackelid: Titanium aluminides for automotive applications processed by electron beam melting, Proceedings World PM 2014, Orlando/Florida, 18.-22.05.2014, CD-ROM, 03-96 – 03-103, ISBN 978-0-9853397-6-0

B. Klöden, A. Kirchner, T. Weißgärber, B. Kieback, S. Biamino, U. Ackelid: Processing Specifics in Electron Beam Melting of TiAl, Fraunhofer Direct Digital Manufacturing Conference DDMC 2016, Conference Proceedings, Hrsg.: Bernhard Müller, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8396-1001-5

G. Baudana, S. Biamino, B. Klöden, A. Kirchner, T. Weißgärber, B. Kieback, D. Ugues, P. Fino, C. Badini: Electron beam melting of Ti-48Al-2Nb-0.7Cr-0.3Si: feasibility investigation, Intermetallics, Vol. 73, 2016, 43-49

Duration, Funding Reference Number

02/13 – 05/15, FP7-SME-2012/315226