FROM METALLURGY OF GRANULES TO ADDITIVE TECHNOLOGIES

OJSC «Kompozit» traces its history back to the Central Research Institute of Materials Science (CRIMS) and successfully acts as a leading material science institute in the rocket and space industry up to the present day. The enterprise uses and improves state-of-theart technologies, and creates a variety of new metal, non-metallic, composite and ceramic materials. This article provides an overview of powder sector development from the metallurgy of granules to additive technologies and shows the participation of MISIS graduates. The experience of OJSC «Kompozit» in the manufacturing of parts by selective electron beam melting (SEBM) of home-made VT6S titanium alloy powders. Initial powders are obtained by plasma centrifugal spraying of the bar stock. It is shown that the powders feature an ideal spherical shape, low defect rate, high processability and fully meet the process requirements. The microstructure and properties of samples and parts obtained by the SEBM are studied.

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