All Outputs (12)

Effect of post processing on the creep performance of laser powder bed fused Inconel 718 (2018)
Journal Article
Xu, Z., Murray, J., Hyde, C., & Clare, A. (2018). Effect of post processing on the creep performance of laser powder bed fused Inconel 718. Additive Manufacturing, 24, 486-497. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2018.10.027

In this study, the creep performance of laser powder bed fusion manufactured Inconel 718 specimens is studied in detail and compared with conventional hot-rolled specimens alongside as-built then heat-treated and as-built then hot-isostatic pressed s... Read More about Effect of post processing on the creep performance of laser powder bed fused Inconel 718.

Precision enhanced electrochemical jet processing (2018)
Journal Article
Clare, A. T., Speidel, A., Bisterov, I., Jackson-Crisp, A., & Mitchell-Smith, J. (2018). Precision enhanced electrochemical jet processing. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 67(1), 205-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2018.04.086

Through electro-physical modification of the electrode gap in electrochemical jet techniques, precision has been shown to be greatly increased. Repeatable kerf widths approaching the diameter of the nozzle are demonstrated and the individual contribu... Read More about Precision enhanced electrochemical jet processing.

Electrolyte multiplexing in electrochemical jet processing (2018)
Journal Article
Mitchell-Smith, J., Speidel, A., Bisterov, I., & Clare, A. T. (2018). Electrolyte multiplexing in electrochemical jet processing. Procedia CIRP, 68, (483-487). doi:10.1016/j.procir.2017.12.088. ISSN 2212-8271

Electrolyte design for electrochemical jet processing (EJP) techniques can directly affect form and finish of machined structures. A newly developed, industrially focused, EJP machining centre was designed to incorporate complete control of all rele... Read More about Electrolyte multiplexing in electrochemical jet processing.

Wear performance of TiC/Fe cermet electrical discharge coatings (2018)
Journal Article
Algodi, S. J., Murray, J. W., Brown, P. D., & Clare, A. T. (2018). Wear performance of TiC/Fe cermet electrical discharge coatings. Wear, 402-403, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2018.02.007

The tribological behaviours of TiC-based cermet coatings, prepared by electrical discharge coating (EDC) using a semi-sintered TiC tool electrode, have been investigated. The as-deposited coatings exhibited complex microstructures, comprising TiC gra... Read More about Wear performance of TiC/Fe cermet electrical discharge coatings.

Creep behaviour of inconel 718 processed by laser powder bed fusion (2018)
Journal Article
Xu, Z., Hyde, C., Tuck, C., & Clare, A. (2018). Creep behaviour of inconel 718 processed by laser powder bed fusion. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 256, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2018.01.040

Additive manufacturing lends itself well to the manufacture of aerospace parts due to the high complexity and small volume of many components found in modern aero engines. By exploiting additive manufacturing design freedoms, enhanced part functional... Read More about Creep behaviour of inconel 718 processed by laser powder bed fusion.

On the machinability of directed energy deposited Ti6Al4V (2017)
Journal Article
Oyelola, O., Crawforth, P., M’Saoubi, R., & Clare, A. T. (2018). On the machinability of directed energy deposited Ti6Al4V. Additive Manufacturing, 19, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2017.11.005

Current class Directed Energy Deposition (DED) techniques used for component manufacture and repair have inherently poor geometrical tolerance. Hence, there remains a requirement to apply conventional machining strategies post build in order to achie... Read More about On the machinability of directed energy deposited Ti6Al4V.

Modelling of single spark interactions during electrical discharge coating (2017)
Journal Article
Algodi, S. J., Clare, A. T., & Brown, P. D. (2018). Modelling of single spark interactions during electrical discharge coating. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 252, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2017.10.029

Electrical discharge coating (EDC) methods may be used to enhance the surface functionality of electrical discharge machined components. However, industrial uptake of EDC has been restricted due to limited understanding of the fundamental interaction... Read More about Modelling of single spark interactions during electrical discharge coating.

Staged thermomechanical testing of nickel superalloys produced by selective laser melting (2017)
Journal Article
Xu, Z., Hyde, C. J., Thompson, A., Leach, R. K., Maskery, I., Tuck, C., & Clare, A. T. (2017). Staged thermomechanical testing of nickel superalloys produced by selective laser melting. Materials and Design, 133, 520-527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2017.08.009

The creep performance of additively manufactured components remains an issue before additive manufacturing can be put fully implemented. In this study, Inconel 718 two-bar specimens are produced by selective laser melting and subjected to a ‘staged’... Read More about Staged thermomechanical testing of nickel superalloys produced by selective laser melting.

Energy distribution modulation by mechanical design for electrochemical jet processing techniques (2017)
Journal Article
Mitchell-Smith, J., Speidel, A., Gaskell, J., & Clare, A. T. (2017). Energy distribution modulation by mechanical design for electrochemical jet processing techniques. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 122, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2017.05.005

The increasing demand for optimised component surfaces with enhanced chemical and geometric complexity is a key driver in the manufacturing technology required for advanced surface production. Current methodologies cannot create complex surfaces in a... Read More about Energy distribution modulation by mechanical design for electrochemical jet processing techniques.

Machining of additively manufactured parts: implications for surface integrity (2016)
Journal Article
Oyelola, O., Crawforth, P., M'Saoubi, R., & Clare, A. T. (in press). Machining of additively manufactured parts: implications for surface integrity. Procedia CIRP, 45, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2016.02.066

Additive manufacturing methods continue to move towards production ready technologies with the widely extolled virtues of rapid transition from design to part and enhanced design freedoms. However, due to fundamental limitations of laser based proces... Read More about Machining of additively manufactured parts: implications for surface integrity.

Spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy for selective laser melting (2016)
Journal Article
Smith, R. J., Hirsch, M., Patel, R., Li, W., Clare, A. T., & Sharples, S. D. (2016). Spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy for selective laser melting. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 236, 93-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2016.05.005

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a manufacturing technique that typically builds parts layer by layer, for example, in the case of selective laser melted (SLM) material by fusing layers of metal powder. This allows the construction of complex geometry... Read More about Spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy for selective laser melting.

Electrolyte jet machining for surface texturing of Inconel 718 (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Mitchell-Smith, J., Murray, J., Kunieda, M., & Clare, A. (2014). Electrolyte jet machining for surface texturing of Inconel 718.

Electrolyte jet machining is an emerging non-conventional machining process which is capable of selectively applying multi-scale surface textures. Surfaces processed in this way do not suffer from thermal damage and hence this technique is highly sui... Read More about Electrolyte jet machining for surface texturing of Inconel 718.