READ MORE Alternative cold work methods - Bending Start date: Jan 01, 2015 3.5 years Can bending be used to reduce residual stress alternatively to high-pressure rolling?
READ MORE Alternative cold work methods - Pinch rollers Start date: Jan 01, 2015 3.5 years Can bending be used to reduce residual stress and introduce cold work alternatively to high-pressure rolling?
READ MORE Alternative cold work methods - Side rolling Start date: Jan 01, 2015 3.5 years Can GMT be used to reduce residual stress and introduce cold work alternatively to high-pressure rolling?
READ MORE Alternate peening strategies Start date: Oct 01, 2014 2.5 years What other ways are there to perform peening, besides laser? Can pneumatic hammering be used as well?
READ MORE High deposition rate laser based AM Start date: Oct 01, 2014 2.5 years Can laser be used in combination with the electric arc to increase WAAM's deposition rate even further?
READ MORE Laser peening for AM Start date: Oct 01, 2014 2.5 years Can laser shock peening be performed without ablative layer?
READ MORE Plasma gas control system Start date: Mar 01, 2015 3 years Looking at more precise control of the molten pool by acting on the plasma gas
READ MORE Oscillated wall study Start date: Jul 01, 2013 3 years Investigating the geometrical differences related to changes in the oscillation parameters
READ MORE Integrated deposition and machining Start date: Oct 01, 2014 2.5 years Using our unique flexible cell, we are looking at the challenges of integrating WAAM with machining
READ MORE Plasma hardware development Start date: Oct 01, 2014 3 years Development of WAAM-specific hardware
READ MORE Laser peening fundamentals Start date: Oct 01, 2014 2.5 years To obtain fundamental understanding of the process to make it more efficient and cost effective to enable use in various applications.
READ MORE Oscillated wall features Start date: Jul 01, 2014 3 years Determining the geometrical characteristics of oscillated walls
READ MORE Compensation strategies Start date: Jul 01, 2014 3 years How do we control the changes in geometry associated to the changes in thermal conditions?
READ MORE Alternative cold work methods - Global Mechanical Tensioning Start date: Jan 01, 2015 3.5 years Can GMT be used to reduce residual stress alternatively to high-pressure rolling?
READ MORE Pipe structure building methods Start date: Jan 01, 2016 3 years How can we build structures with elbows and changes in section?
READ MORE Mixed material pipe structure Start date: Jan 01, 2016 3 years How can we build structures with more than one material? Can WAAM replace complex cladding operations?
READ MORE Study of fundamental laser material interaction parameters in powder melting Start date: Apr 01, 2014 3 years This project will implement the model on the interaction between laser and powder for AM applications, following Cranfield's fundamental work on the Power Factor in laser welding.
READ MORE Machining of WAAM parts Start date: Oct 01, 2015 1 year Investigating the datum requirements for WAAM parts and how to define the CNC toolpath for the post-machining.
READ MORE WAAM process development for multi-axis deposition Start date: Jan 01, 2016 1 year Developing 8-axis motion to increase parts' complexity
READ MORE Mixed material demo parts Start date: Jan 01, 2017 1 year Building graded parts in one shot.
READ MORE Multi-dimensional rolling Start date: Jan 01, 2014 3 years Developing a multi-dimensional deposition and rolling system
READ MORE Process monitoring temperature and shape (RAWFEED) Start date: Jan 01, 2014 3 years Enabling the HiVE machine to perform monitoring of temperature and shape
READ MORE Shielding device study (part 2) Start date: Oct 01, 2014 2 years A local (trailing) shielding device for WAAM will be tested for the deposition of aerospace parts
READ MORE CAM software development for WAAM Start date: Jan 01, 2014 3 years Developing WAAM-specific CAM software
READ MORE CAM software development for rolling Start date: Jan 01, 2014 3 years Developing a WAAM specific CAM software for the generation of the roller's tool path
READ MORE Testing of innovative plasma torch design Start date: Oct 01, 2014 1 year Testing of an innovative plasma torch developed by PWP Industrial
READ MORE Active cooling for WAAM (part 2) Start date: Oct 01, 2014 2 years Cryogenic cooling (using argon) of WAAM parts will be tested to avoid the build-up of heat, improving productivity and properties.
READ MORE Out of position deposition of titanium Start date: Oct 01, 2014 1 year Can titanium be deposited out-of-position without the need for support structures?
READ MORE Laser smoothing of WAAM surfaces Start date: Oct 01, 2014 1 year A laser source is used to remelt the surface of WAAM parts and smoothen it by the controlled melt flow.
READ MORE wPOS - A 6 degree of freedom workpiece position and orientation sensor Start date: Oct 01, 2014 3.5 years Using lasers to measure position
READ MORE In-situ manufacture / repair of armoured vehicle Start date: Oct 01, 2014 1 year Can we manufacture or repair large aluminium structures in situ?
READ MORE Non-contact optical fibre interferometer for layer height and width measurement Start date: Oct 01, 2014 3.5 years Using lasers to measure shape
READ MORE Non-contact in-plane position and velocity measurement using laser speckle Start date: Oct 01, 2014 3.5 years Using lasers to measure position
READ MORE Manufacture of large aluminium parts Start date: Apr 01, 2016 1 year Larger and larger components
READ MORE Process monitoring, temperature and shape Start date: Sep 01, 2014 3 years Developing techniques to monitor temperature and shape
READ MORE Aluminium interface studies Start date: Feb 01, 2015 3 years What happens at the interface between WAAM aluminium and wrought plates?
READ MORE Aluminium - process optimisation Start date: Oct 01, 2014 3 years Optimising the WAAM of aluminium to improve process control
READ MORE Deposition of tantalum Start date: Jan 01, 2016 3.5 years Tackling the challenging deposition of refractory metals
READ MORE Aluminium development – baseline wires Start date: Nov 01, 2013 3 years Looking at the variability of aluminium wires
READ MORE Aluminium development (part 2) including demo parts Start date: Sep 01, 2015 2 years Developing WAAM of aluminium further
READ MORE Aluminium development – Rolling and HT Start date: May 01, 2014 3 years Looking at the effect of rolling and heat treatment on aluminium deposited by WAAM
READ MORE Aluminium development for armour applications Start date: Mar 01, 2015 2 years Improving WAAM of aluminium to increase its mechanical properties
READ MORE Aluminum Metal matrix composites Start date: Apr 01, 2016 3 years How do we create aluminium MMCs?
READ MORE Medial transformation study Start date: Jun 01, 2015 3 years Using the medial transformation to improve tool path generation
READ MORE Topological optimisation for WAAM Start date: Dec 01, 2014 3 years Can topological optimisation be applied to WAAM parts?
READ MORE Process and properties for high strength steel Start date: Oct 01, 2015 2 years Developing WAAM of ER80 and ER90
READ MORE Effect of ambient oxygen on Ti properties Start date: May 01, 2015 3 years Investigating the effect of different oxygen concentrations in the deposition atmosphere
READ MORE Investigation of Molybdenum and steel Start date: Jul 01, 2015 2 years Developing WAAM of molybdenum and steel
READ MORE Mixed high strength steel and inconel structures Start date: Mar 01, 2016 2 years Developing WAAM of graded HSS / superalloys structures
READ MORE CAD to toolpath generation Start date: Aug 01, 2015 3 years Developing our software to generate the tool path from an existing CAD file
READ MORE Mechanical properties of Titanium: oscillated vs linear walls Start date: Nov 01, 2015 1 year How do the properties change based upon different deposition strategies?
READ MORE Process and properties for Inconel 625 and 718 Start date: Oct 01, 2015 2 year Developing WAAM of superalloys
READ MORE Cost analysis tool for WAAM including machining Start date: Jan 01, 2015 3 years Our cost estimation framework to calculate the cost of a part made by WAAM or machined from solid
READ MORE Multi-axis toolpath generation Start date: Aug 01, 2016 3 years Developing of our own software to exploit 16 axes
READ MORE Feature recognition Start date: Aug 01, 2017 3 years Developing of our own software to go recognise features in existing parts from a WAAM point of view
READ MORE Feature based design tool Start date: Nov 01, 2015 3 years Developing of our own software to design parts based on a library of standard features
READ MORE Deposition of tungsten and molybdenum Start date: Nov 01, 2014 3.5 years Tackling the challenging deposition of refractory metals
READ MORE Process control for laser-hybrid additive manufacture of metals Start date: Dec 01, 2015 2 years Improving the process control during laser-arc hybrid AM processing
READ MORE MODELLING APPLICATIONS OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING IN DEFENCE SUPPORT SERVICES Start date: Jun 14, 2014 3 years To develop a framework to assess costs and benefits of Additive Manufacturing applications in Defence Support Services for Royal Navy
READ MORE Effect of dopants on arc wander during MIG deposition of titanium Start date: Apr 01, 2016 1 year Can the composition of the shielding gas be changed to avoid arc wandering?