A B S T R A C T
Emerging oversized components in various high-end equipments require manufacturing revolution. To meet this
demand, microstructure and property evolution of an explosively-welded CuNiSiCr alloy composite is investi
gated by cold rolling and recrystallizing towards building new additive-manufacturing approach. After rolling,
macroscopic defects like solidifying pores in the interface are removed without forming new cracks, showing
good treatment-bearing capability. During recrystallization, the rolled composite has the microstructure fully
transformed and becomes a monomer extended plate, but the recrystallization is abnormally delayed in the inter
facial molten zones. Analysis into the cold-rolled composite recrystallized at 900 °C for 1 h relates the sluggish
recrystallization to pinning from the Cr-stabilized Ni31Si12 phase with an average size of 34 nm evolved during
welding and recrystallizing. Moreover, this recrystallized composite shows a yield strength of 223 MPa, twice of
that of the initial parent material (105 MPa) quantitatively due to the enhanced strengthening from mostly the
residual high-density dislocations and partly the refined grains, and is still suitable for next welding and can be
softened using the increased recrystallizing temperature and time. A macroscopic additive manufacturing is pro
posed accordingly and takes shape of alternatively explosive welding, cold deforming and recrystallizing of small
sheets to make the oversized components.
致谢
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Founda
tion of China (Grant Nos. 52101149, 92166102 and 92366301), the In
novation Capability Support Program of Shaanxi (Program No.
2024CX-GXPT-20), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant
No. 2023M742763 and 2024T170716) and the Postdoctoral Research
Project of Shaanxi Province. Thanks were also due to Zhengzhou
Yuguang Clad Metal Materials Co., Ltd for helping conduct the explo
sive welding experiments. Yake Wu wanted to appreciate support from
Instrument Analysis Center of XJTU with respect to the SEM tests.