Process planning for robotic wire and arc additive manufacturing

Authors

Donghong Ding, University of WollongongFollow
Zengxi Pan, University of WollongongFollow
Dominic Cuiuri, University of WollongongFollow
Huijun Li, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

106197

Publication Details

Ding, D., Pan, Z., Cuiuri, D. & Li, H. (2015). Process planning for robotic wire and arc additive manufacturing. Proceedings of the 2015 10th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2015 (pp. 2000-2003). United States: IEEE.

Abstract

This study presents a process planning system, which directly generates manufacturing code from CAD models for robotic wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM). A variety of modules are developed for this system with special considerations on slicing and path planning. Multi-direction slicing methodology is developed to allow the WAAM system to deposit material along multiple directions and eliminate the need for supporting structure. MAT-based path planning method is proposed for void-free deposition of layers with any complex geometry. The proposed automatic process planning system is an important tool for the development of mature WAAM technology.