Abstract:
Ti-6Al-4V alloy is widely used in Aerospace and Medical industries. Because of its high Hardness laser cutting method can help reduce productions costs but this process can cause an overheating, melting at a cutting area and the reactive character of Titanium will occur of a severe reaction with oxygen in the air including nitrogen which is an assist gas used in cutting process so we need to study about the effect of the main cutting parameter that is 1.power of laser 2.pressure of assist gas 3.cutting speed to microstructure transformation and the properties of cutting area to know the limitation of usage and to fabricate a high-quality part with lower cost. In this research will examine in cutting Ti-6Al-4V titanium metal sheet with 2mm thick by using fiber laser and nitrogen assist gas then inspect the depth and the character of the layer that having a change in their microstructure by the heat including evolution. The character of microstructure and the distribution of the elements around the cut. The test result shows that increase a cutting speed will decrease the thickness of the Heat-affected zone. An Appropriate gas pressure gives us an equality of Heat-affected zone (HAZ) and the better quality cut. In part of a laser power, when it too low due to a low temperature of a liquid metal that has a much high viscosity, therefore, it is stuck on a cut area and cause of unequal HAZ layer. However, increasing a gas pressure can reduce this effect. Meanwhile, we found out that there is only a little bit diffusion of oxygen into a surface microstructure, and there is a high nitrogen phase inside the recast layer that is hard and brittle. Finally, we have to remove those layers, for a completely perfect workpiece.