About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2021 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2021)
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Symposium
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Special Session
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Presentation Title |
New Robotic Work-cell for Hybrid Large-scale Metals Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing |
Author(s) |
Joshua Penney, William Hamel, Tony Schmitz, Bradley Jared, Aaron Cornelius, Leah Jacobs, Michael Buckley, Jake Dvorak, Ethan Vals, Greg Corson, Eduardo Miramontes |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Joshua Penney |
Abstract Scope |
As large-scale metal additive manufacturing processes continue to improve in resolution, part material properties, and overall geometric tolerance, more industries desire to use these processes in a full production role, rather than a purely prototyping role. Since large-scale additive manufacturing, particularly using robotic Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) processes, produce near-net shape parts, it is necessary to perform finishing machining processes to meet production level tolerances. It is possible to fully print a part, remove it from the robotic WAAM system, transport it to a traditional machining center, and machine away the excess material, but this introduces issues with locating the part in the coordinate frame of the machining center and knowing how much material to remove. In this paper, a new hybrid work cell is proposed that integrates robotic WAAM, traditional machining, as well as geometric analysis of the printed part. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |