| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
TMS Specialty Congress 2024
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| Symposium
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Symposium on Digital & Robotic Forming 2024
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| Presentation Title |
Incremental Robotic Forging: An Initial Cyber-physical System |
| Author(s) |
Michael Groeber, Stephen Niezgoda, Adam Buynak, Brian Thurston, Ben Turner, Jared Glover |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Michael Groeber |
| Abstract Scope |
Many entities tasked with sustaining systems face persistent challenges with rapidly sourcing replacement components. Many such components are custom to particular platforms or required in small numbers and supply chains are ill-equipped to deliver quickly. A collaborative team from academia, government, and industry is developing a disruptive and novel manufacturing technology to produce a part incrementally as opposed to all at once, similar to an artisan blacksmith. This kind of manufacturing can produce parts on demand with an on-site robotic work cell to yield parts of superior quality, with less material waste, and in record time. The first prototype system developed by the team consists of an industrial robot, small-scale forge press, induction furnace, and vision system, all easily obtainable off-the-shelf components and is driven by novel decision-making algorithms that mimic the choices of a human blacksmith. This talk will describe the system and its initial successes and challenges. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Other |