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OPTICS AND LASERS IN ENGINEERING
Volume 127, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2019.105941
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Nickel alloys; Laser methods; Surface phenomena; Characterisation; Grains and interfaces; Micromechanics
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CMSX-4 nickel superalloy specimens, in single crystal form, were prepared for in-situ machining trials using ferntosecond pulse laser processing in a focussed ion beam scanning electron microscope. Preliminary laser ablation trials were carried out to establish the optimum focus distance. Various pillars were then prepared using the femtosecond laser, varying rectangular hatch pattern, scan speed, laser line separation and frequency. Polishing trials used helical laser hatch patterns to refine pillar shape and produce circular pillars with high aspect ratio. Example pillars were characterised by FIB-SEM cross-sectional examination to assess microstructural changes and re-deposition of vaporised material. The final selected laser parameters were able to produce a stable high-aspect ratio pillar in 4501 s, 1600 mu m high with tip diameter 138 mu m. An area 655 x 656 mu m was cleared around the pillar with over 0.65mm(3) of metal removed.
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