Integration of 3rd Party Offline Software with Kuka Robot for the Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Technique
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Bishal Silwal
Location
Poster 240
Session Format
Poster Presentation
Academic Unit
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Background
Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) is a manufacturing technique in which the heat of an electrical arc is used to melt metal wire in a layer-by-layer process. An example of this is a Metal Inert Gas (MIG) welder affixed to a robot arm. This process can produce complex, near net shape parts quickly with minimal post-processing. This method is useful for rapid prototyping or when alternatives would be costly, lengthy, and labor intensive. While the code for the robotic toolpath can be handwritten, it is much simpler to convert automatically sliced g-code into a language the controller can understand using 3rd party software.
Keywords
Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing Student Research Symposium, Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing, WAAM, Metal Inert Gas, MIG, Tool Center Point, TCP
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Presentation Type and Release Option
Presentation (File Not Available for Download)
Start Date
2022 12:00 AM
January 2022
Integration of 3rd Party Offline Software with Kuka Robot for the Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Technique
Poster 240
