Acquisition of Advanced Cold Metal Transfer GMAW Robotic Additive Manufacturing System
Abstract
Under the DURIP Grant FA9550-17-1-0444, Acquisition of a precision Fronius Cold Metal Transfer-Advanced, CMT-Advanced, Gas Metal Arc wire (GMAW) welding system, PSU acquired and installed the system with integration of a Fronius CMT-Advanced unit with a Yaskawa Motoman 6-axis robot and a 2 axis coordinated positioner. The final report contains the system installation, performance, and further project plans with the system. The high deposition rate CMT-advanced system will contribute in the area of wire arc additive manufacturing with robotic control, and Cold Metal Transfer (CMT) additive manufacturing (AM). The sync-up with the existing Electrospark (ESD) (micro deposition rate)technology has been tested and the initial results posed mechanically and chemically stable multi-layered structures with localized property variation, which can be applied to multi-scale additive manufacturing applications.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 24, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1096372
Entities
People
- Robert Turpin
- Tae-kyu Lee
- William Wood
Organizations
- Portland State University