A review of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) of Aluminium Composite, Process, Classification, Advantages, Challenges, and Application

Abstract

Wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) is a common metal 3D printing technique that offers several benefits, including the high rate of deposition, cheap price, and efficacy for complex parts. Even though (WAAM) has demonstrated its ability to meet the demands of manufacture components on medium-to-large size made of (Al) for the automotive and other related industries, WAAM cannot currently use as a complete production procedure due to practical issues such as mechanical properties that aren’t matched and the presence of significant residual stresses. the AM technologies offer promising new benefits with the MMCs as a solution for some challenges. This article reviews the MMCs Mixing technique and their critical issues, AM classification, WAAM process with advantages and challenges. also reviews WAAM of some AMCs with different reinforcements and power sources. The results of the study of the influence of reinforcement particles on the structure showed that they were changed grains structure from the columnar dendrite to equiaxial dendrites after the solidification and improves hardness.

Effect of welding mode on selected properties of additively manufactured AA5087 aluminium alloy parts

“…The production of large parts with WAAM technology has offered many advantages compared to subtractive conventional manufacturing methods. These benefits include increased material efficiency, reduced production and lead times, the ability to repair components, and the utilization of numerous materials [2][3][4][5][6][7]. Moreover, cost efficiency is often considered an advantage, but this is not always true.…”

Effect of Heat Treatment on the Material Property and Cell Viability of Wire Arc Additively Manufactured Ti6Al4 V

“…7−10 On the other hand, wire and arc-based additive manufacturing (WAAM) offers an affordable and sustainable solution. 11 WAAM exhibits superior properties (at optimum process parameters) such as reduced porosity and improved density, making it a promising technique for biomedical applications like lower-limb orthopedic implants that experience higher loads. 15 This is achieved through WAAM's larger melt zone, allowing for improved fusion between layers and minimizing the occurrence of voids or pores.…”

A Brief Review on The Common Defects in Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing

“…Additive manufacturing (AM) is one of the manufacturing processes and known as three-dimensional (3D) printing process, which allows assembly of structures by continually printing layer over layer guided by numerical 3D model [1][2][3]. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) has defined "AM as a process of joining materials to make objects from 3D model data, usually layer upon layer" [4][5][6]. So, AM is a tool resource that allows engineers to generate custom or complicated models in a single step with no regular manufacturing limitations such as waste of material and energy, struggle to manufacture complicated structures, and specific and pricey tooling [1,7].…”

“…So, AM is a tool resource that allows engineers to generate custom or complicated models in a single step with no regular manufacturing limitations such as waste of material and energy, struggle to manufacture complicated structures, and specific and pricey tooling [1,7]. In addition, AM would produce parts on demand, which enhances response time, reduces supply chain, lessen storage needs, eradicates delivery costs, and diminish lead-time for critical spare parts [4,5,8]. Therefore, AM is a groundbreaking manufacturing technique for producing near net shape of various materials (metallic and non-metallic materials), which is likely will reform the future of industries manufacturing system [1,5,9].…”

“…In addition, AM would produce parts on demand, which enhances response time, reduces supply chain, lessen storage needs, eradicates delivery costs, and diminish lead-time for critical spare parts [4,5,8]. Therefore, AM is a groundbreaking manufacturing technique for producing near net shape of various materials (metallic and non-metallic materials), which is likely will reform the future of industries manufacturing system [1,5,9]. In metal AM, parts would be produced using layer upon layer with feedstock materials in the form of (powder, wire, or sheet) [10][11][12][13][14].…”