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    Ríos, Sergio; Colegrove, Paul A.; Martina, Filomeno; Williams, Stewart W.

    Additive manufacturing, 20/May , Volume: 21
    Journal Article

    An analytical process model for predicting the layer height and wall width from the process parameters was developed for wire + arc additive manufacture of Ti-6Al-4V, which includes inter-pass temperature and material properties. Capillarity theory predicted that cylindrical deposits were produced where the wall width was less than 12 mm (radius <6 mm) due to the large value of the surface tension. Power was predicted with an accuracy of ±20% for a wide range of conditions for pulsed TIG and plasma deposition. Interesting differences in the power requirements were observed where a surface depression was produced with the plasma process due to differences in melting efficiency and/or convection effects. Finally, it was estimated the impact of controlling the workpiece temperature on the accuracy of the deposit geometry.