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- Title
Wire-feed additive manufacturing of metal components: technologies, developments and future interests.
- Authors
Ding, Donghong; Pan, Zengxi; Cuiuri, Dominic; Li, Huijun
- Abstract
Wire-feed additive manufacturing (AM) is a promising alternative to traditional subtractive manufacturing for fabricating large expensive metal components with complex geometry. The current research focus on wire-feed AM is trying to produce complex-shaped functional metal components with good geometry accuracy, surface finish and material property to meet the demanding requirements from aerospace, automotive and rapid tooling industry. Wire-feed AM processes generally involve high residual stresses and distortions due to the excessive heat input and high deposition rate. The influences of process conditions, such as energy input, wire-feed rate, welding speed, deposition pattern and deposition sequences, etc., on thermal history and resultant residual stresses of AM-processed components needs to be further understood. In addition, poor accuracy and surface finish of the process limit the applications of wire-feed AM technology. In this paper, after an introduction of various wire-feed AM technologies and its characteristics, an in depth review of various process aspects of wire-feed AM, including quality and accuracy of wire-feed AM processed components, will be presented. The overall objective is to identify the current challenges for wire-feed AM as well as point out the future research direction.
- Subjects
MANUFACTURING processes; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; THREE-dimensional printing; STRAINS &; stresses (Mechanics); WELDING
- Publication
International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2015, Vol 81, Issue 1-4, p465
- ISSN
0268-3768
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00170-015-7077-3