Analytical process model for wire plus arc additive manufacturing

作者：Rios Sergio^*; Colegrove Paul A; Martina Filomeno; Williams Stewart W

来源：Additive Manufacturing, 2018, 21: 651-657.

DOI：10.1016/j.addma.2018.04.003

• Wire plus arc additive manufacture
• Welding capillarity
• Point source conduction

An analytical process model for predicting the layer height and wall width from the process parameters was developed for wire + arc additive manufacture of Ti-6Al-4V, which includes inter-pass temperature and material properties. Capillarity theory predicted that cylindrical deposits were produced where the wall width was less than 12 mm (radius < 6 mm) due to the large value of the surface tension. Power was predicted with an accuracy of +/- 20% for a wide range of conditions for pulsed TIG and plasma deposition. Interesting differences in the power requirements were observed where a surface depression was produced with the plasma process due to differences in melting efficiency and/or convection effects. Finally, it was estimated the impact of controlling the workpiece temperature on the accuracy of the deposit geometry.

• 出版日期2018-5