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Alternate peening strategies

What other ways are there to perform peening, besides laser? Can pneumatic hammering be used as well?
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High deposition rate laser based AM

Can laser be used in combination with the electric arc to increase WAAM's deposition rate even further?
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Laser peening for AM

Can laser shock peening be performed without ablative layer?
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Plasma gas control system

Looking at more precise control of the molten pool by acting on the plasma gas
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Oscillated wall study

Investigating the geometrical differences related to changes in the oscillation parameters
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Integrated deposition and machining

Using our unique flexible cell, we are looking at the challenges of integrating WAAM with machining
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Laser peening fundamentals

To obtain fundamental understanding of the process to make it more efficient and cost effective to enable use in various applications.
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Oscillated wall features

Determining the geometrical characteristics of oscillated walls
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Compensation strategies

How do we control the changes in geometry associated to the changes in thermal conditions?
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Pipe structure building methods

How can we build structures with elbows and changes in section?
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Mixed material pipe structure

How can we build structures with more than one material? Can WAAM replace complex cladding operations?
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Machining of WAAM parts

Investigating the datum requirements for WAAM parts and how to define the CNC toolpath for the post-machining.
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Multi-dimensional rolling

Developing a multi-dimensional deposition and rolling system
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Shielding device study (part 2)

A local (trailing) shielding device for WAAM will be tested for the deposition of aerospace parts
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Active cooling for WAAM (part 2)

Cryogenic cooling (using argon) of WAAM parts will be tested to avoid the build-up of heat, improving productivity and properties.
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Laser smoothing of WAAM surfaces

A laser source is used to remelt the surface of WAAM parts and smoothen it by the controlled melt flow.
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Aluminium interface studies

What happens at the interface between WAAM aluminium and wrought plates?
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Deposition of tantalum

Tackling the challenging deposition of refractory metals
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Design for WAAM

Developing design rules for WAAM
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Medial transformation study

Using the medial transformation to improve tool path generation
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CAD to toolpath generation

Developing our software to generate the tool path from an existing CAD file
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Feature recognition

Developing of our own software to go recognise features in existing parts from a WAAM point of view
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Feature based design tool

Developing of our own software to design parts based on a library of standard features