Effects of Additive Manufacturing on the Mechanical and Corrosion Properties of Austenic Stainless Steel

Abstract

Additive manufacturing (AM) offers the possibility to produce complex parts without the design constraints of traditional manufacturing routes. Our aim was to determine different mechanical and corrosion properties of direct metal laser sintered austenitic stainless steel (X2CrNiMo17-12-2) material with tensile test, Charpy impact test, scanning electron microscopy and corrosion test. The measured values were evaluated, and our results compared with literary values, furthermore, we also examined how the printing direction affects the properties.