High-performance metal alloy for additive manufacturing of machine components

A high-performance metal alloy having a nominal composition consisting of:

• O
• up to 0.1 wt %
• N
• up to 0.03 wt %
• S
• less than 0.004 wt %
• C
• up to 0.20 wt %
• Mn
• 0.6-1.4 wt %
• Si
• 0.76-2.0 wt %
• P
• less than 0.05 wt%
• Cr
• 25-35 wt %
• Ni
• 10.6-15.6 wt %
• W
• 2-10 wt %
• Fe
• 0.3-0.9 wt %
• Ta
• less than 0.04 wt %
• B
• less than 0.008 wt %
• Cu
• less than 0.02 wt %
• Zr
• less than 0.003 wt %
• Co
• balance, based on
• the alloy weight.