Abstract
Although wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) has proven its capability of fulfilling demands of production of medium-to-large-scale components for automotive and allied sectors made up of aluminium, at present, WAAM cannot be applied as a fully fledged manufacturing process because of practical challenges such as under-matched mechanical properties, the presence of large residual stresses and mandatory post-deposition operation for the formed component. This paper is a review of WAAM technology including a brief of WAAM history, status, advantages and constraints of the WAAM field. A focus is provided including the efforts directed towards the reduction of porosity, tensile properties, microstructural investigations and other valuable advancements in the field of WAAM of aluminium.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 895-916 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Materials Science and Technology |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| Early online date | 8 Apr 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Bibliographical note
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Materials Science and Technology on 08/04/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02670836.2018.1455012Copyright © and Moral Rights are retained by the author(s) and/ or other copyright owners. A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge. This item cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the copyright holder(s). The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.
Keywords
- Aluminium;
- CMT;
- history;
- interlayer-rolling;
- microstructure;
- porosity;
- WAAM