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Richard Rosenberg Distinguished Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Joint Faculty, Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Director, SEAMTN | Director, Machine Tool Research Center

Let's talk about hybrid manufacturing. The combined use of additive manufacturing (AM), metrology, and machining in integrated workflows, or hybrid manufacturing, offers benefits not available when using individual processes, including: 1) increased part complexity coupled with dimensional accuracy and surface finish; and 2) the timely and cost-effective manufacture of components for which low volume production is needed. We are studying additive friction stir deposition (AFSD) as the solid-state AM process. Our process sequence is metal preform fabrication by AFSD, structured light scanning to identify the preform geometry and set the coordinate system, and computer numerical control (CNC) machining, where the structured light scan serves as the stock model (with associated coordinate system) for the computer aided manufacturing (CAM) software and tool path generation. https://lnkd.in/ePrsGAJy

Elias Gilbert

Level 2 Manufacturing Equipment Engineer at Wolfspeed, Durham NC

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What type of material is this? I assume a plastic of some sort?

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Wan Shou

Assistant Professor | Youth Editorial board: Advanced Fiber Materials (Springer), The International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing (IOP) | Associate editor: iScience

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Cool video! I am curious: How frequently do you need to change the tool head? Also, what is the smallest feature (resolution) you can achieve with AFSD? There might be an interesting paper to write

Ralph Schultz

Technical Specialist at Gulfstream Aerospace

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Tony, great post, and I enjoyed your talk at TMS MS&T this week on this very same topic. 😁

Thank you for sharing

Tiago Fraga Silva

R&D Engineer, PhD | Project Manager | Advanced Manufacturing Processes

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Prime Lyst

Concept Developer | High Detail CAD & Visualization for Funding Success 🚀

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Very cool!

Halston José Mozetic

Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering | UniRitter

5mo

Interessante!

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