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Cold Metal Transfer (CMT) Based Wire and Arc Additive Manufacture (WAAM) System

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The forming system of wire and arc additive manufacture (WAAM) based on cold metal transfer (CMT) is a high build rate system for production of near-net shape components layer by layer, which is composed of industrial robot operation system and 3D path simulation software. In the 3D path simulation software, the working layout of the off-line virtual robot is carried for the imported three-dimensional model to screen the model wall thickness, correct process library, set process parameters, slice, layer, plan deposition path, form simulation and upload program to execution system. Among the whole system, the 3D path simulation software provides essential database for process control and an innovative planning path to coordinate industrial robot platform to build parts layer by layer. Furthermore, the experiment is also performed to study the stability of aluminum alloy forming using the WAAM-CMT system by establishing different experimental models and changing process parameters and process modes of industrial robot and Fronius digital welding machine embedded on robot operation platform.

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  1. College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China

    Xizhang Chen, Chuanchu Su & Yangfan Wang

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, JamiaMilliaIslamia (A Central University), New Delhi, 110025, India

    Arshad Noor Siddiquee

  3. Institute of Rocket and Space Technology, Samara National Research University, 443086, Samara, Russia

    Xizhang Chen & Konovalov Sergey

  4. Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT), 641049, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

    S. Jayalakshmi

  5. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT), 641049, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

    R. Arvind Singh

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Xizhang Chen, Su, C., Wang, Y. et al. Cold Metal Transfer (CMT) Based Wire and Arc Additive Manufacture (WAAM) System. J. Surf. Investig. 12, 1278–1284 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S102745101901004X

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