Structural Optimization and Flow Field Characteristics of Large Format SLM Forming Bin

doi:10.12141/j.issn.1000-565X.220832

Abstract

Abstract:

To study the distribution of soot particles and the efficiency of fume extraction inside the SLM (selective laser melting) forming bin, this research analyzed the flow law of shielding gas and soot particles in the forming bin with Fluent discrete phase model (DPM) based on the established model of the large-format porous wind wall forming bin. Then multi-objective genetic algorithm (MOGA) was used to optimize the structure of the porous wind wall forming bin. The length of air inlet P₁, the radius of wind wall hole P₂, the length of conical protection plate P₃ and the shaft length of wind wall hole P₄ were taken as optimization variables, and the average flow velocity of shielding gas in the middle section of the forming bin, the concentration difference of smoke particles at the inlet and outlet of the forming bin and the maximum concentration of smoke particles in the entire forming bin were taken as optimization objectives. The response surfaces and sensitivity analysis results of each optimization variable and optimization target were obtained, and the optimization target before and after optimization was compared. The results show that for the four optimized variables, the order of influence on the flow velocity of the shielding gas in the middle section of the forming bin is P₂>P₄>P₃>P₁; the order of influence on the concentration difference of inlet and outlet particles is P₂>P₄>P₁>P₃; the order of influence on the maximum particle concentration in the porous air wall forming bin is P₂>P₁>P₃>P₄; the pore size of the porous wind wall plays a key role in the flow of dust particles in the forming bin. Through multi-objective genetic algorithm, the optimized length of gas inlet is 358 mm, the radius of wind wall hole is 20 mm, the length of conical protection plate is 589 mm, and the shaft length of wind wall hole is 6 mm. Compared with that before the optimization of the structure of the forming bin, the flow velocity of the shielding gas in the middle section of the forming bin after the optimization increases by 11.3%; the concentration difference between the inlet and outlet particles decreases by 16.8%; the maximum particle concentration in space decreases by 23.9%; the trend of outward diffusion of soot particles decreases, and the flow velocity of the shielding gas passing 30 mm above the forming table increases by 21%, indicating that the shielding gas can carry the soot particles out of the forming bin more efficiently.

Key words: CFD, structural design, soot, selective laser melting, multi-objective optimization

CLC Number:

TG665

LIU Guoyong, ZHANG Wenpeng, ZHANG Tongxin, et al. Structural Optimization and Flow Field Characteristics of Large Format SLM Forming Bin[J]. Journal of South China University of Technology(Natural Science Edition), 2023, 51(12): 53-63.

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参数	速度/（m∙s^-1）	质量流量/（kg∙s^-1）	压力/Pa	温度/K	湍流强度/%	水力直径/mm
速度入口	3		0	300	2.62	132
压力出口			0	300	5.00	120
壁面				300
质量流量进口		3×10^-15	0	300	5.00	500

网格样本	网格最小尺寸/mm	网格数	平均流量/（kg·s^-1）
1	2.5	865 837	0.075 6
2	1.5	1 467 309	0.088 9
3	1.0	2 426 338	0.091 2

设计参数（变量）	P₁	P₂	P₃	P₄
初始值	350	15	580	5
最大值	360	20	590	10
最小值	350	10	570	5

序号	P₁/mm	P₂/mm	P₃/mm	P₄/mm	G₁/（mm∙s^-1）	G₂/（10^-19 kg∙mm^-3）	G₃/（10^-18 kg∙mm^-3）
1	5.0	19.0	1.2	2.9	265.8	0.9	3.6
2	9.4	18.6	8.4	2.3	255.1	0.9	2.0
3	4.6	11.4	17.2	3.7	173.5	2.0	4.0
4	5.4	19.8	12.4	3.5	280.2	0.9	5.4
5	1.4	14.2	6.8	0.5	227.0	1.1	2.1
6	5.8	15.0	0.4	0.9	221.2	1.2	2.8
7	7.4	18.2	18.8	1.5	242.0	1.2	6.0
8	9.0	12.6	11.6	4.1	175.3	2.3	4.6
9	9.8	13.4	6.0	1.3	209.4	1.4	3.7
10	3.4	15.8	19.6	2.5	215.7	1.4	3.8
11	1.8	14.6	3.6	4.7	192.9	1.7	6.9
12	7.0	17.4	9.2	0.1	249.9	1.3	1.3
13	6.6	12.2	2.8	3.3	181.8	2.0	6.1
14	8.6	13.0	18.0	1.7	190.0	1.9	5.3
15	3.0	19.4	10.8	0.7	272.5	1.0	2.5
16	0.2	17.8	14.0	3.1	245.5	1.1	3.5
17	7.8	16.2	4.4	4.5	211.6	1.6	8.6
18	8.2	16.6	16.4	4.3	220.5	1.5	5.2
19	2.2	10.6	7.6	3.9	176.5	2.0	5.1
20	1.0	17.0	5.2	2.7	231.6	1.3	3.0
21	0.6	11.8	14.8	2.1	189.5	2.1	4.0
22	3.8	15.4	13.2	4.9	203.9	1.6	3.1
23	4.2	13.8	15.6	0.3	226.5	1.5	4.7
24	2.6	11.0	2.0	1.9	186.9	1.7	2.8
25	6.2	10.2	10.0	1.1	169.2	1.9	2.5

序号	P₁/mm	P₂/mm	P₃/mm	P₄/mm	G₁/（mm∙s^-1）	G₂/（10^-20 kg∙mm^-3）	G₃/（10^-18 kg∙mm^-3）
Ⅰ	357.5	20.0	589.3	6.1	286.8	8.51	2.38
Ⅱ	357.6	19.8	589.8	6.2	285.4	8.63	2.27
Ⅲ	357.6	19.9	589.6	5.6	283.7	8.68	2.39