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    Characterization of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Direct Metal Laser Sintered 15–5 PH1 Stainless Steel Powders and Components
    (Springer, 2016) Zhang, Jing; Zhang, Yi; Guo, Xingye; Lee, Weng Hoh; Hu, Bin; Lu, Zhe; Jung, Yeon-Gil; Lee, Je-Hyun; Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
    15–5 PH1 stainless steel powder is one of the common materials used for the DMLS process. In this study, both the powder and parts fabricated via DMLS have been characterized. The microstructure and elemental composition have been examined. The microhardness and surface roughness have also been measured. The results show that most powder particle are in spherical with a particle size of 5 ~ 60 μm. Chemical compositions of the powder compare well with the literature data. The thickness of rough surface is about 1 μm. The measured Rockwell hardness is HRC 42.9±0.3, which is also in good agreement with literature.
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    Implementation of Conformal Cooling & Topology Optimization in 3D Printed Stainless Steel Porous Structure Injection Molds
    (2016) Jahan, Suchana A.; Wu, Tong; Zhang, Yi; El-Mounayri, Hazim; Tovar, Andres; Zhang, Jing; Acheson, Douglas; Nalim, M. Razi; Guo, Xingye; Lee, Weng Hoh
    This work presents implementation of numerical analysis and topology optimization techniques for redesigning traditional injection molding tools. Traditional injection molding tools have straight cooling channels, drilled into a solid body of the core and cavity. The cooling time constitutes a large portion of the total production cycle that needs to be reduced as much as possible in order to bring in a significant improvement in the overall business of injection molding industry. Incorporating conformal cooling channels in the traditional dies is a highly competent solution to lower the cooling time as well as improve the plastic part quality. In this paper, the thermal and mechanical behavior of cavity and core with conformal cooling channels are analyzed to find an optimum design for molding tools. The proposed design with conformal cooling channels provides a better alternative than traditional die designs with straight channels. This design is further optimized using thermo-mechanical topology optimization based on a multiscale approach for generating sound porous structures. The implemented topology optimization results in a light-weight yet highly effective die cavity and core. The reduction in weight achieved through the design of dies with porous structures is meant to facilitate the adoption of additive manufacturing for die making by the tooling industry.