About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2024 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2024)
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Symposium
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2024 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2024)
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Presentation Title |
Multi-Nozzle Cooperation for Micro-Cold Spray |
Author(s) |
Ronnie Stone , Michael Gammage, Junmin Wang, Michael Cullinan, Desiderio Kovar, Zhenghui Sha |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Ronnie Stone |
Abstract Scope |
While the multi-robot systems (MRS) paradigm has been successfully applied in fused deposition modeling (FDM) processes for cooperative 3D printing, one of its core goals is the development of a framework that is adaptable to different types of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. Processes that benefit from multi-material and multi-resolution capabilities and are notoriously difficult to scale up both in size and speed are of particular interest. Micro-cold spray (MCS) has been historically limited to systems with single-nozzle configurations, which restrict the range of viable printing applications due to the invariability of particle density and thermal conductivity during the process. A multi-nozzle, MRS-inspired configuration would allow independent control of deposition parameters and feature sizes, widening the horizon of MCS applications. In this paper, we develop a computational MRS framework as the first step in enabling multi-nozzle cooperation for MCS. Specifically, we focus on rules for slicing, motion planning, and process scheduling. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |