Grant: Alliance Grants
University of Alberta
$109,850.00
Multi-material robotic hybrid additive wire arc manufacturing for the energy industry
FY 2024-25
Summary
The overlying objective of the proposal is to "Develop a fully integrated, experimentally validated, sensor fusion enabled additive-subtractive digital toolchain that integrates design for additive manufacturing (AM) strategies while incorporating material characteristics processed through wire arc AM process and its manufacturing constraints." Through this proposal, an alliance will be developed between the applicants at the university and Syncrude Canada Ltd to investigate and advance the application of AM technologies for improving Syncrude's operations in the oil sands industry in Alberta by improving the process, equipment, and/or component reliability. This project partnership will advance research and development in the following areas:
1- Development of a platform-agnostic digital toolchain for multi-axis support free advanced directed energy deposition systems for oil and gas with a focus on pulse-based cold metal transfer wire arc robotic AM technology
2- Understanding of solidification-microstructure-geometry interaction for robotic wire arc AM (RWAAM) of material systems specific to the needs of the mining and energy industry, including carbon and low alloy steels, and stainless steels, Stellite's, and WC-Ni MMC's.
3- Develop and implement a design for AM strategy for redesign, assembly consolidation, and printing of large-scale parts using RWAAM manufactured lattice structure-based composites.
4- Using sensor fusion for in-situ and inline geometric and material deposition quality assessment with integrated intralayer an interlayer hybrid manufacturing strategy.
Program
Alliance Grants
Recipient
Location
Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
577080-2022
Name nom
Qureshi, Ahmed Jawad AJ
Department département
Mechanical Engineering
Organization id
9
Institution établissement
University of Alberta
Province en
Alberta
Province fr
Alberta
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2024
Competition year année de concours
2022
Award amount
109850
Program id
ALLRP
Program name en
Alliance Grants
Program name fr
Subventions Alliance
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
500
Area of application group en
Manufacturing processes and products
Area of application group fr
Procédés et produits industriels
Area of application en
Manufacturing processes and products
Area of application fr
Procédés et produits industriels
Research subject code
1702
Research subject group en
Design and manufacturing
Research subject group fr
Conception et fabrication
Research subject en
Advanced manufacturing
Research subject fr
Méthodes de fabrication avancées
Field of research list names en
Not available
Field of research list names fr
Non disponible
Socioeconomic objective list names en
Not available
Socioeconomic objective list names fr
Non disponible
Application title
Multi-material robotic hybrid additive wire arc manufacturing for the energy industry
Keywords
additive manufacturing; hybrid manufacturing; multi material 3d printing; robotic 3d printing; wire arc additive manufacturing
Application summary
The overlying objective of the proposal is to "Develop a fully integrated, experimentally validated, sensor fusion enabled additive-subtractive digital toolchain that integrates design for additive manufacturing (AM) strategies while incorporating material characteristics processed through wire arc AM process and its manufacturing constraints." Through this proposal, an alliance will be developed between the applicants at the university and Syncrude Canada Ltd to investigate and advance the application of AM technologies for improving Syncrude's operations in the oil sands industry in Alberta by improving the process, equipment, and/or component reliability. This project partnership will advance research and development in the following areas:
1- Development of a platform-agnostic digital toolchain for multi-axis support free advanced directed energy deposition systems for oil and gas with a focus on pulse-based cold metal transfer wire arc robotic AM technology
2- Understanding of solidification-microstructure-geometry interaction for robotic wire arc AM (RWAAM) of material systems specific to the needs of the mining and energy industry, including carbon and low alloy steels, and stainless steels, Stellite's, and WC-Ni MMC's.
3- Develop and implement a design for AM strategy for redesign, assembly consolidation, and printing of large-scale parts using RWAAM manufactured lattice structure-based composites.
4- Using sensor fusion for in-situ and inline geometric and material deposition quality assessment with integrated intralayer an interlayer hybrid manufacturing strategy.
