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Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing (abbreviated: WAAM) is a method to produce metal parts by adding and depositing material layer by layer. This technique uses a (standard) welding robot with a welding wire (electrode wire). These welding robots can deposit several kilos of material per hour, which enables the production of larger parts (up to approximately 2 x 2 m) in a more cost efficient manner and faster than with other additive manufacturing techniques (usually based on powder).
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The overall aim of the ACODEPT project is enabling companies to produce faster and more efficiently by implementing electromagnetic forming, welding, and cutting processes. As a prerequisite for this, the companies shall be provided with design strategies for durable, robust and flexible tool coils for specific applications.
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A new research project will be started up to demonstrate the feasibility of acoustic emission quality control using systems for inline, real time defect detection during welding.
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Additive Manufacturing (AM) has brought a lot of progress in the recent decades for a wide range of applications within the industry, biomedical sector and consumer market. The main advantages of this technology are the great freedom of form with minimal use of material.
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BWI and VIVES have started a research project on the weldability of additively manufactured and conventional components.
The following themes will be investigated:
- Which processes can be used to connect metal-printed parts to conventionally manufactured pieces?
- Guidelines for the optimal combination of conventional techniques and AM techniques.
- What are the consequences of the applied welding process for the (mechanical) properties of the parts and for the connection itself?
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The aim of this project, which is also known as the “ALUWELD”-project, is to build up base knowledge about two innovative and promising welding processes: Friction Stir Welding (FSW) and Hybrid Laser Welding (HLW).
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The goal of ARCLASER is to provide information about HLW, applied to various metals used in production of the companies involved, both on qualitative level (welding quality, weld characterisation) and quantitative level (productivity, production costs), through the development of demonstration workpieces.
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You would like to (partially) automate/robotise your welding department but you have doubts...
Your welding department has already been automated but you want to further optimise this (for smaller series, etc.)...
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The project CASSTIR, funded by the Belgian Science Policy, is a collaboration between BWI, UCL, CEWAC and UGent. The project aimed at stimulating and introducing the innovative friction stir welding technique applied to aluminium alloys in Belgium, as well as obtaining a profound knowledge in this welding process by studying the friction stir joint characteristics into great detail.
