Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing is based on a welding torch usually attached to a robotic arm with multiple degrees of freedom. Robot-based additive manufacturing allows non-planar and non-uniform thickness layers to be deposited where the slices have non-constant thickness. Thus, in addition to the motion settings, fine regulations of the welding parameters become necessary to obtain variable bead heights in the same slice. This paper aims to evaluate the user-accessible welding parameters’ influence on the deposited material’s dimensions during continuous Cold Metal Transfer (CMT) and its variant named CMT Cycle Step. In particular, the height and width of beads are investigated by varying the travel speed and the wire-feed rate (continuous CMT), as well as the size of the droplets by varying the number of CMT cycles and the wire-feed rate (CMT Cycle Step). In particular, the characterization of the material deposited during the CMT Cycle Step is not deeply studied in the literature. The experimental specimens are measured and the obtained values are numerically processed to yield empirical formulas that link the dimensions of the deposited material with the selected process parameters. The results show that CMT Cycle Step is more stable than continuous CMT, which confirms its higher suitability for accurate manufacturing.

Lettori, J., Raffaeli, R., Bilancia, P., Borsato, M., Peruzzini, M., Pellicciari, M. (2024). Empirical Characterization of Track Dimensions for CMT-Based WAAM Processes. N.A. : Springer Nature AG [10.1007/978-3-031-38241-3_47].

Empirical Characterization of Track Dimensions for CMT-Based WAAM Processes

Peruzzini, Margherita;
2024

Abstract

Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing is based on a welding torch usually attached to a robotic arm with multiple degrees of freedom. Robot-based additive manufacturing allows non-planar and non-uniform thickness layers to be deposited where the slices have non-constant thickness. Thus, in addition to the motion settings, fine regulations of the welding parameters become necessary to obtain variable bead heights in the same slice. This paper aims to evaluate the user-accessible welding parameters’ influence on the deposited material’s dimensions during continuous Cold Metal Transfer (CMT) and its variant named CMT Cycle Step. In particular, the height and width of beads are investigated by varying the travel speed and the wire-feed rate (continuous CMT), as well as the size of the droplets by varying the number of CMT cycles and the wire-feed rate (CMT Cycle Step). In particular, the characterization of the material deposited during the CMT Cycle Step is not deeply studied in the literature. The experimental specimens are measured and the obtained values are numerically processed to yield empirical formulas that link the dimensions of the deposited material with the selected process parameters. The results show that CMT Cycle Step is more stable than continuous CMT, which confirms its higher suitability for accurate manufacturing.
2024
32nd International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM 2023
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Lettori, J., Raffaeli, R., Bilancia, P., Borsato, M., Peruzzini, M., Pellicciari, M. (2024). Empirical Characterization of Track Dimensions for CMT-Based WAAM Processes. N.A. : Springer Nature AG [10.1007/978-3-031-38241-3_47].
Lettori, Jacopo; Raffaeli, Roberto; Bilancia, Pietro; Borsato, Milton; Peruzzini, Margherita; Pellicciari, Marcello
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