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 |
Design Strategies for a Wire Arc Additive Manufactured Hip Impeller Using a Multi-robot WAAM System |
Author(s) |
Christopher Josol Masuo, Andrzej Nycz, Joshua Vaughan, Michael Sebok, William Carter, Alex Walters, Nathan Lambert, Riley Wallace, Canhai Lai |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Christopher Josol Masuo |
Abstract Scope |
Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) can be used to fabricate a large-scale impeller with the benefits of reducing material waste and production time. Additionally, the impeller design can be modified for a hot isostatic pressing (HIP) process to improve the mechanical properties and reduce the tooling cost. For large-scale impellers, such as a hydropower impeller, a multi-robot WAAM system can be used to further improve the overall production time. However, this introduces challenges in allocating evenly distributed deposition tasks for the individual robots as well as avoiding robot-to-robot collisions. In this work, varying design strategies were evaluated to alleviate these challenges. Initial tests were conducted using simulation. The best design strategies were then chosen to manufacture the large-scale HIP impeller using MedUSA, a multi-robot additive manufacturing system. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |