A modular path planning solution for Wire + Arc Additive Manufacturing

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorMichel, Florent
dc.contributor.authorLockett, Helen L.
dc.contributor.authorDing, Jialuo
dc.contributor.authorMartina, Filomeno
dc.contributor.authorMarinelli, Gianrocco
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Stewart W.
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-28T15:28:08Z
dc.date.available2019-05-28T15:28:08Z
dc.date.issued2019-05-11
dc.description.abstractWire + Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) has proven its capability to build medium to large metallic parts thanks to its high-rate deposition and its potentially unlimited build volume. Moreover, the low-cost equipment and the ability to deposit various metals make WAAM a strong candidate to become a standard industrial process. However, like all Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies, the key to manufacturing suitable parts lies in the generation of an optimised path that guarantees a uniform defect-free deposition. Most AM technologies have been able to use traditional path strategies derived from CNC machining, but the specificities inherent to the arc deposition make the use of those solutions unreliable across a variety of topologies. Nevertheless, studies have shown that superior results can be achieved by using a feature-based design approach, but developing a path strategy for each new geometry would be a very time-consuming task. Therefore, this paper introduces the Modular Path Planning (MPP) solution that aims to incorporate the modularity of feature-based design into the traditional layer-by-layer strategy. By dividing each layer into individual deposition sections, this method allows users to adapt the path planning to the targeted geometry allowing the construction of a wide variety of complex geometries. This paper also proposes a software implementation that limits user interventions and reduces user inputs to basic CAD modelling operations. Moreover, the MPP has been compared to a traditional path planning solution and used to build a complex part for industry.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationFlorent Michel, Helen Lockett, Jialuo Ding, et al., A modular path planning solution for Wire + Arc Additive Manufacturing. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Volume 60, December 2019, Pages 1-11en_UK
dc.identifier.cris23495056
dc.identifier.issn0736-5845
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2019.05.009
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14207
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.subjectWAAMen_UK
dc.subjectWire and Arc Additive Manufacturingen_UK
dc.subjectPath planningen_UK
dc.subjectToolpath generationen_UK
dc.titleA modular path planning solution for Wire + Arc Additive Manufacturingen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
modular_path_planning_solution-2019.pdf
Size:
2.5 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.63 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

Staff publications (SATM)