Print Email Facebook Twitter A layers-overlapping strategy for robotic wire and arc additive manufacturing of multi-layer multi-bead components with homogeneous layers Title A layers-overlapping strategy for robotic wire and arc additive manufacturing of multi-layer multi-bead components with homogeneous layers Author Li, Y. (TU Delft Cyber-Physical Systems; Harbin Institute of Technology) Han, Qinglin (Harbin Institute of Technology) Zhang, Guangjun (Harbin Institute of Technology) Horvath, I. (TU Delft Cyber-Physical Systems) Date 2018 Abstract Robotic wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) systems are required to provide predictable and efficient operations to fabricate solid metallic parts with high morphological fidelity and geometric accuracy. Since the metallic parts are fabricated based on a layer-by-layer principle, the interactions between the neighboring beads and layers strongly influence the geometric accuracy of the fabricated part. The layers-overlapping process has been studied and a traditional layers-overlapping model (T-LOM) has been published in the literature. This paper proposes a layers-overlapping strategy (LOS), based on which a revised layers-overlapping model (R-LOM) was proposed for the fabrication of multi-layer multi-bead (MLMB) components with homogeneous layers. A mathematical model for layers-overlapping is presented, which considers the material shortage areas at the edges of the layers. This is important since the material shortage areas result in a situation that the component width is smaller than the expected value. In addition, they will be accumulated when multiple layers are overlapped through normal unidirectional parallel (NUP) paths. The proposed LOS addresses two aspects: (i) the deposition amount of the first bead and the last bead in the lap layers should be increased and (ii) the deposition position of the first bead and the last bead in the lap layers should be moved towards the edges with a given offset distance. Validation experiments were designed and conducted to test the proposed concepts and models. The experimental results indicated that (i) the R-LOM enables the MLMB components to achieve the expected width and (ii) for components deposited with NUP paths, the R-LOM eliminates the effect of accumulation of material shortage areas on the first bead and increases the surface flatness. Subject Additive manufacturingGas metal arc weldingLayers-overlapping modelMulti-layer multi-bead components To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:80618caf-93e0-41eb-8dc0-8a2ae6e464f0 DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-018-1786-3 Embargo date 2019-06-30 ISSN 0268-3768 Source International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 96, 3331-3344 Bibliographical note Accepted author manuscript Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2018 Y. Li, Qinglin Han, Guangjun Zhang, I. Horvath Files PDF Submitted_version.pdf 2.64 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:80618caf-93e0-41eb-8dc0-8a2ae6e464f0/datastream/OBJ/view