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

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2022 12:00 AM

January 2022

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Integration of 3rd Party Offline Software with Kuka Robot for the Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Technique

Poster 240