Experiments on the Ultrasonic Bonding Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Glass and Crystalline Metal Composite

Guiwei Li; Ji Zhao; Jerry Ying Hsi Fuh; Wenzheng Wu; Jili Jiang; Tianqi Wang; Shuai Chang

doi:10.3390/ma12182975

Experiments on the Ultrasonic Bonding Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Glass and Crystalline Metal Composite

Materials (Basel). 2019 Sep 14;12(18):2975. doi: 10.3390/ma12182975.

Authors

Guiwei Li^{1

2}, Ji Zhao^{3

4}, Jerry Ying Hsi Fuh⁵, Wenzheng Wu⁶, Jili Jiang⁷, Tianqi Wang⁸, Shuai Chang⁹

Affiliations

¹ School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China. ligw15@mails.jlu.edu.cn.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576, Singapore. ligw15@mails.jlu.edu.cn.
³ School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China. jzhao@jlu.edu.cn.
⁴ School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, China. jzhao@jlu.edu.cn.
⁵ Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576, Singapore. jerry.fuh@nus.edu.sg.
⁶ School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China. wzwu@jlu.edu.cn.
⁷ School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China. jiangjl16@mails.jlu.edu.cn.
⁸ School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China. wangtq18@mails.jlu.edu.cn.
⁹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576, Singapore. msecs@nus.edu.sg.

Abstract

Ultrasonic vibrations were applied to weld Ni-based metallic glass ribbons with Al and Cu ribbons to manufacture high-performance metallic glass and crystalline metal composites with accumulating formation characteristics. The effects of ultrasonic vibration energy on the interfaces of the composite samples were studied. The ultrasonic vibrations enabled solid-state bonding of metallic glass and crystalline metals. No intermetallic compound formed at the interfaces, and the metallic glass did not crystallize. The hardness and modulus of the composites were between the respective values of the metallic glass and the crystalline metals. The ultrasonic bonding additive manufacturing can combine the properties of metallic glass and crystalline metals and broaden the application fields of metallic materials.

Keywords: 3D printing; additive manufacturing; composite materials; interfaces; metallic glasses; ultrasonic bonding.

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