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Influence of Manufacturing Parameters on the Improvement of Surface Quality of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing of Aluminium Alloys: An Overview

  • Babatunde Olamide Omiyale
  • , Ikeoluwa Ireoluwa Ogedengbe
  • , Temitope Olumide Olugbade
  • , Amos Babatunde Osasona
  • , Peter Kayode Farayibi

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    Abstract

    Most products fabricated from wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) have been shown to have the undesirable characteristic of poor surface finish, which has effectively hampered their utilisation for industrial applications. There are some metal additive manufacturing defects (some of which are porosity, cracking, poor surface quality, delamination, oxidation, humping effect, and others) in WAAM techniques that have brought shortcomings to the applicability of the products produced from the WAAM system. In this chapter, the significant influence of WAAM manufacturing parameters on the improvement of aluminium (Al) alloy parts and its impact in mitigating the effect of defects arising during the printing of metallic parts have been critically reported and properly documented. This chapter has presented the benefit of optimising WAAM manufacturing parameters and the corresponding surface post-treatment to facilitate a better surface quality of the Al alloy parts produced via this process for practical applications in industries. It also provides a key research background for future directions.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationWire Arc Additive Manufacturing
    Subtitle of host publicationFundamental Sciences and Advances
    EditorsSandeep Rathee, Manu Srivastava
    Place of PublicationBoca Raton
    PublisherCRC Press
    Chapter9
    Pages176-193
    Number of pages18
    Edition1
    ISBN (Electronic)9781003829942
    ISBN (Print)9781032419145
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2024

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Engineering
    • General Materials Science

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