Year
2015
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
School of Mechanical, Materials and Mechatronics Engineering
Recommended Citation
Ding, Donghong, Process planning for robotic wire ARC additive manufacturing, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, School of Mechanical, Materials and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Wollongong, 2015. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4613
Abstract
Robotic Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) refers to a class of additive manufacturing processes that builds parts from 3D CAD models by joining materials layerupon- layer, as opposed to conventional subtractive manufacturing technologies. Over the past half century, a significant amount of work has been done to develop the capability to produce parts from weld deposits through the additive approach. However, a fully automated CAD-topart additive manufacturing (AM) system that incorporates an arc welding process has yet to be developed. The missing link is an automated process planning methodology that can generate robotic welding paths directly from CAD models based on various process models. The development of such a highly integrated process planning method for WAAM is the focus of this thesis.
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.