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Laser Metal Deposition (LMD), an additive manufacturing technique, is described here as an alternate for conventional manufacturing process to build aerospace components. Traditional milling of thin-walled, ribbed-, lightweight, high-valued Titanium structures generate machining wastes as high as 95%. This paper presents an LMD system setup along with an adapted manufacturing process chain for fabrication of near-net shaped Ti–6Al–4V components. Demonstrator parts built using the system setup are then shown.
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Commercial software like Siemens NX is available for hybrid LMD process; however, it does not support a robotic LMD system.
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Jothi Prakash, V., Möller, M., Weber, J., Emmelmann, C. (2019). Laser Metal Deposition of Titanium Parts with Increased Productivity. In: Kumar, L., Pandey, P., Wimpenny, D. (eds) 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0305-0_25
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