Robotized laser metal-wire deposition is a fairly new technique being developed at
University West in cooperation with Swedish industry for solid freeform fabrication of fully …

Additive Manufacture (AM) is a technique whereby freeform structures are produced by
building up material in a layer by layer fashion. Among the different AM processes, Wire and …

Abstract Additive Layer Manufacture (ALM) is a technique whereby freeform structures are
produced by building up material in layers. RUAM (Ready-to-Use Additive Layer …

The thesis gives a number of solutions towards full automation of the promising
manufacturing technology Robotized Laser Metal-wire Deposition (RLMwD). RLMwD offers …

Wire plus arc-based shaped metal deposition is a metal rapid manufacturing technique
whereby 3D complex parts are produced by building up metallic parts in layer by layer. In …

In this paper a novel approach towards automation of robotized laser metal-wire deposition
(RLMwD) is described. The RLMwD technique is being developed at University West in …

Metal wire deposition by means of robotized laser welding offers great saving potentials, ie
reduced costs and reduced lead times, in many different applications, such as fabrication of …

Shaped metal deposition (SMD) method is a relatively new net-shaped or near-net-shaped
part production technique compared to the other additive manufacturing techniques. SMD …

For integration of additive manufacturing into industrial production, there is a need for
capable yet robust automation solutions. Such solutions are to ensure consistent process …

This paper presents a system for full automation of free-form-fabrication of fully dense metal
structures using robotized laser melting of wire. The structure is built of beads of melted wire …