IP Library Granted Patent US 12,377,466
Granted Patent B2
US 12,377,466 · App. 17/434,423 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Ni-based corrosion resistant alloy powder for additive manufacturing and manufacturing method of additive manufacturing product using said powder

Inventors: Yuzo Daigo (Tokyo, JP); Katsuo Sugahara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
B22F10/28B22F1/00B22F1/052B33Y10/00B33Y70/00C22C19/055C22C19/056B22F2301/15B22F2304/10
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Patent No.
US 12,377,466
App. No.
17/434,423
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a Ni-based corrosion resistant alloy powder suitable for additive manufacturing and a manufacturing method using this powder for manufacturing an additive manufacturing product that has excellent corrosion resistance and few defects. This Ni-based corrosion resistant alloy powder for additive manufacturing has a component composition which contains, in mass %, Cr: 14.5-24.5%, Mo: 12.0-23.0%, Fe: 0.01-7.00%, Co: 0.001-2.500%, Mg: 0.010% or less, N: 0.040% or less, Mn: 0.001-0.50%, Si: 0.001-0.200%, Al: greater than 0-0.50%, Ti: 0.001-0.500%, Cu: 0.250% or less, V: 0.001-0.300%, B: 0.0001-0.0050%, Zr: 0.0001-0.0200% and O: 0.0010-0.0300%, the remainder being Ni and unavoidable impurities; the C, S and P contained as the aforementioned unavoidable impurities include less than 0.05% of C, less than 0.01% of S and less than 0.01% of P, wherein the powder has a particle distribution in which d10 is 15-100 μm, d50 is 30-250 μm and d90 is 50-480 μm.

Claims (35)

1. A Ni-based corrosion resistant alloy powder for additive manufacturing, composed of a powder of a Ni-based alloy having a component composition including, in mass %,

Cr: 14.5 to 24.5%,

Mo: 12.0 to 23.0%,

Fe: 0.01 to 7.00%,

Co: 0.001 to 2.500%,

Ta: 1.0 to 2.5%,

Mg: 0.010% or less,

N: 0.040% or less,

Mn: 0.001 to 0.50%,

Si: 0.001 to 0.200%,

Al: more than 0 and 0.50% or less,

Ti: 0.001 to 0.500%,

Cu: 0.250% or less,

V: 0.001 to 0.300%,

B: 0.0001 to 0.0050%,

Zr: 0.0001 to 0.0200%, and

O: 0.0010 to 0.0300%,

with the remainder being Ni and unavoidable impurities,

wherein C, S and P are contained as the unavoidable impurities (C: less than 0.05%, S: less than 0.01% and P: less than 0.01%),

wherein, in a cumulative distribution curve showing the relationship between a particle size and a volume cumulative from a small particle size side obtained by a laser diffraction method,

a particle size d10 corresponding to a cumulative frequency of 10 volume % of the powder is 15 μm or more and 100 μm or less,

a particle size d50 corresponding to a cumulative frequency of 50 volume % of the powder is 30 μm or more and 250 μm or less, and

a particle size d90 corresponding to a cumulative frequency of 90 volume % of the powder is 50 μm or more and 480 μm or less.

2. The Ni-based corrosion resistant alloy powder for additive manufacturing according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the cumulative distribution curve, the uniformity represented by (d90−d10)/d50 is 1.5 or less.

3. The Ni-based corrosion resistant alloy powder for additive manufacturing according to claim 1 ,

wherein the component composition of the Ni-based alloy further includes W: 5.0% or less.

4. The Ni-based corrosion resistant alloy powder for additive manufacturing according to claim 1 ,

wherein the particle size d50 corresponding to a cumulative frequency of 50 volume % of the powder is 60 μm or more and 250 μm or less.

5. A method of manufacturing an additive manufacturing product, comprising

performing additive manufacturing using the Ni-based corrosion resistant alloy powder for additive manufacturing according to claim 1 as a raw material powder.

6. The method of manufacturing an additive manufacturing product according to claim 5 ,

wherein the additive manufacturing product is a member for semiconductor manufacturing device.

7. The method of manufacturing an additive manufacturing product according to claim 5 ,

wherein the additive manufacturing is a powder bed fusion method using an electron beam or a directed energy deposition method using an electron beam.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 3, 2023
From: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
To: PROTERIAL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063526/0046 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2021
From: DAIGO, YUZO; SUGAHARA, KATSUO
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057320/0664 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-038162 · Mar 4, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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