Real-Time WAAM Process Monitoring and Defect Detection

Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) promises fast, large-scale metal 3D printing, but ensuring consistent quality remains a major challenge. By combining Dewesoft's synchronized data acquisition with advanced wavelet coherence analysis, researchers at the University of Naples Federico II and Universitas Mercatorum developed a real-time monitoring method that detects process instability before defects form.

The result is a smarter, more reliable, and more cost-effective approach to industrial metal additive manufacturing.What is wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM)?Imagine having to 3D-print a multi-meter-long metal component destined for a commercial airliner or a power-generation turbine. Standard metal powder printers won't work: they are too small, slow, and expensive. This is where Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) comes into play.In practice, WAAM technology is a perfect marriage between industrial robotics and electric arc welding.

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