由于存在大的温度梯度，激光熔化沉积过程会沿沉积方向形成具有择优取向的粗大柱状晶，导致材料产生显著的各向异性。拟通过在钛合金中添加Cu以实现改变初生β晶粒形态、细化组织并弱化织构的目的。系统研究了不同含量的Cu添加对激光熔化沉积TC4钛合金组织及织构的影响，结果表明，Cu元素能够显著细化柱状初生β晶粒，并使晶粒尺寸分布更加均匀，Cu元素添加量为4%（质量分数，下同）时能够实现完全的柱状晶向等轴晶转变，平均晶粒尺寸由未添加时的1490 μm降低到385 μm。添加Cu试样的晶粒内部仍为网篮组织，主要由α-Ti、β-Ti和少量Ti₂Cu相组成，其中Ti₂Cu呈短棒状分布在α-Ti板条的边界处，其在组织中的占比随Cu添加量的增大而增加。当添加8% Cu时，α-Ti的平均宽度为0.44 μm，与未添加Cu试样的1.18 μm相比降低了约63%。Cu添加能够显著降低激光熔化沉积钛合金的织构强度，当添加4% Cu时，α-Ti极图均匀分布倍数（multiples of uniform distribution，MUD）的最大值相比TC4降低了约71%。

Due to the large temperature gradient in the laser melting deposition process， the coarse primary β columnar grains with preferred orientation are formed along the deposition direction， resulting in significant anisotropy of materials. This study aims to change the morphology of the primary β grains， refine the microstructure and weaken the texture of titanium alloy by adding Cu element in the materials during the process of laser melting deposition. The effects of Cu content on the microstructure and texture of TC4 titanium alloy manufactured by laser melting deposition are studied systematically. The results show that Cu element addition can refine the columnar primary β grains significantly and make the grain size distribution more uniform. The columnar grains are transformed to fully equiaxed grains when 4% Cu （mass fraction， the same as below） is added into the material， and the average size of primary β grains decreases to 385 μm from 1490 μm of TC4 titanium alloy. Basket-weave microstructure composed of α-Ti， β-Ti， and a small amount of Ti₂Cu is obtained inside primary β grains of the samples with Cu addition. The short rod-like Ti₂Cu distributes at the boundary of the α-Ti lath， and its proportion in the microstructure increases with the increase of Cu addition. The average width of α-Ti is 0.44 μm when 8% Cu is added， which is reduced by about 63% compared with 1.18 μm of the sample without Cu addition. When 4% Cu is added， the maximum multiples of uniform distribution（MUD） value of α-Ti pole figure is reduced by about 71% compared with TC4 titanium alloy，which demonstrates that the addition of Cu can significantly reduce the texture strength of titanium alloy manufactured by laser melting deposition.