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Online Control of Deposited Geometry of Multi-layer Multi-bead Structure for Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing

  • Qinglin Han
  • , Yongzhe Li
  • , Guangjun Zhang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

A robotic wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) system with active vision sensing capability was implemented to improve the geometry accuracy of multi-layer multi-bead structures. Width and height of the deposited bead were online detected and the accuracies of the designed sensing approaches are 0.25 mm and 0.1 mm, respectively. A double-input-double-output controller with two subsystems was designed to ensure the uniformity of bead width and bead height. The bead width was adjusted by a single neuron self-learning PI controller, while the bead height was controlled based on a rule-based engine. The experimental results indicated that (i) accuracy of the deposited bead width is controlled in 0.5 mm, (ii) accumulation effect of the bead height deviations has disappeared when multiple layers are overlapped, and (iii) the surface finish of each layer was controlled to be flat as well.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTransactions on Intelligent Welding Manufacturing
PublisherSpringer
Pages85-93
Number of pages9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

Publication series

NameTransactions on Intelligent Welding Manufacturing
ISSN (Print)2520-8519
ISSN (Electronic)2520-8527

Keywords

  • Active vision sensing
  • Bead geometry control
  • Multi-layer multi-bead structure
  • Wire and arc additive manufacturing

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