Energy Consumption of Welding-Based Additively Manufactured Materials

Nandhini Raju, G. Balaganesan, Gurunathan Saravana Kumar

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Abstract

The objective of this study is to determine a detailed energy model for Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Manual Metal Arc Welding (MMAW) processes and comparing energy consumptions of both techniques for additively manufactured rectangular blocks. Energy consumption as function of time and power calculated for Mild steel- MS-ER70, MS-E6013, stainless steel SS-ER347, SS-E308L-16, AlSi-3 ER4043 rectangular solids manufactured by welding-based additive manufacturing. Qualitatively it is known that GMAW takes less energy comparing MMAW process. However, tools and dataset to quantitatively determine energy consumption of each step of GMAW, MMAW additively manufactured materials has been missing. Energy consumption is divided for pre-processing, WAAM process, post-processing. Even each of this process demanded energy input also traced. Comparisons of both energy values with carbon foot print and considerable parameters are discussed in detail.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages137-148
Number of pages12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameLecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering
VolumePart F164
ISSN (Print)2522-5022
ISSN (Electronic)2522-5030

Funding

Author would like to thank Senior Technician Mr. Muthurajan and his team, Mr. Rajesh for their timely support during experiments at Central workshop, Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

Keywords

  • Additive manufacturing
  • Energy consumption
  • Welding
  • Wire arc additive manufacturing

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