Title: Additive manufacturing with friction welding and friction deposition processes

Authors: J.J.S. Dilip; G.D. Janaki Ram; B.E. Stucker

Addresses: Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India. ' Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India. ' Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA

Abstract: Most of the commercially available additive manufacturing processes that are meant for fabrication of fully dense metallic parts involve melting and solidification. Consequently, these processes suffer from a variety of metallurgical problems. Processes that can facilitate material addition in solid-state are therefore ideally suited for additive manufacturing. In this work, we explore two new solid-state processes, viz. friction welding and friction deposition, for additive manufacturing. Stainless steel samples produced using these processes showed excellent layer bonding and Z-direction tensile properties. The authors believe that these processes are uniquely capable and can offer significant benefits over existing commercial additive manufacturing processes.

Keywords: additive manufacturing; rapid manufacturing; solid freeform fabrication; SFF; friction welding; friction deposition; stainless steel; layer bonding; tensile properties.

DOI: 10.1504/IJRAPIDM.2012.046574

International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing, 2012 Vol.3 No.1, pp.56 - 69

Published online: 20 Dec 2014 *

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