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Abstract

Solid freeform fabrication and shape deposition are rapid manufacturing processes which build parts by incremental material deposition and fusion of cross-sectional layers. In this paper, several thermal deposition processes are described for directly fabricating prototype metal shapes using robotically manipulated material deposition systems. A robotic palletizing/part transfer system is also described which integrates multiple deposition and shaping processes into a single facility for rapidly manufacturing functional shapes.

Notes

Associated Lab(s) / Group(s): Shape Deposition Lab

Text Reference

K. Hartman, R. Krishman, R. Merz, Eugene Neplotnik, Fritz B. Prinz, Lawrence Schultz, M. Terk, and Lee Weiss, "Robot-Assisted Shape Deposition Manufacturing," Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '94), May, 1994, pp. 2890 - 2895.

BibTeX Reference

@inproceedings{Neplotnik_1994_2261,
   author = "K. Hartman and R. Krishman and R. Merz and Eugene Neplotnik and Fritz B Prinz and Lawrence Schultz and M. Terk and Lee Weiss",
   title = "Robot-Assisted Shape Deposition Manufacturing",
   booktitle = "Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '94)",
   pages = "2890 - 2895",
   month = "May",
   year = "1994",
   volume = "4",
}

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