WAAM3D has launched its largest machine to this point – the RoboWAAM XP – at Formnext.
The UK-based additive manufacturing firm says the system has been in improvement since 2018, and ‘expands the scale and mass capabilities’ of its household of built-in superior manufacturing techniques. The XP is constructed on Cranfield College’s patented Chilly-Wire Gasoline Metallic Arc (CWGMA) course of that permits deposition charges of as much as 15 kilograms per hour, and works natively with iron, aluminium, nickel and copper alloys.
Stewart Williams, one of many firm’s founders, Technical Director at WAAM3D and a Professor at Cranfield College stated: “The important thing innovation with CWGMA is the addition of a non-energised chilly wire to a standard GMA course of. By this novel association, excessive efficiencies could be obtained by practically doubling the quantity of fabric deposited for a similar vitality enter. The addition of a non-energised wire significantly stabilises the method, making it appropriate for a really broad vary of supplies. With the distinctive degree of management provided by CWGMA, there are additionally alternatives to adapt the microstructure to achieve the specified properties.”
The machine incorporates a most construct envelope of two x 2 x 2 metres, and a most payload of two.1 tonnes. It makes use of a 6-axis robotic arm and a 2-axis half rotator with robotic repeatability of +-0.05mm. It ships with MIG, MAG, and CMT capabilities offered by Fronius, and likewise adopts the identical workflow as earlier WAAM3D techniques with software program assist from WAAMPlanner and WAAMCtrl.
Dr Jialuo Ding, CTO of WAAM3D described the launch of the RoboWAAM XP as “a pivotal second within the trade” as a result of its providing of upper productiveness and adherence to stringent high quality requirements. The machine has undergone testing for the final two years with customers within the vitality, area, marine, and mining, industries that may sometimes require large-scale elements.
Again in June, WAAM3D launched a smaller model of its flagship RoboWAAM product within the type of the MiniWAAM, which was unveiled at TCT 3Sixty.
