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The Thermal Manufacturing Processes Laboratory’s mission is to establish a strong link between theory and practice in the field of thermal material processing, particularly in fusion bonding processes, metal additive manufacturing, casting, and heat treatments. Focused on educational excellence, it aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of these processes and to foster scientific innovation through the study and development of advanced manufacturing processes, such as metal additive manufacturing. It nurtures the development and testing of innovative and customized process variants aimed at improving these processes.
EQUIPMENTS AVAILABLE IN OUR LABORATORY INCLUDE:
High speed camera – FASTCAM MINI WX
Industrial Robotic Arm – KUKA
Welding power supplys – Oerlikon CITOTIG 315, Spitfire TIG DC 1700 HF, KEMPY PRO MIG 3200 and Citowave III 520
USB multi-function data aquisition- DIGILENT Analog Discovery 2
Btherm oven
Fiber Laser 3kW IPG Photonics YLR-3000 2020
Induction heating Machine – UIHM Ongoing projects includes:
Smart WAAM: Microstructural Engineering and Integrated Non-Destructive Testing
SLMXL – Additive manufacturing systems for large metal parts
OUR FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR PhD STUDENTS TO SUPPORT THEIR RESEARCH PLAN. EXAMPLES OF PhD THESIS ARE:
Enhancement of funtionally graded material created by multi-feed wire and arc additive manufacturing using full-field identification method
Development of the WAAM process and monitoring and inspection system with NDT: application to Iron-based shape memory alloys
Development and evaluation of technological variants of the WAAM process applied to high-strength ferrous alloys
Towards sustainable WAAM through Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment
Investigation on the weldability of high entropy alloys in similar and dissimilar combinations
Inspeção In-line e Off-line com Ensaios Não Destrutivos para Componentes Metálicos Produzidos por Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing
Ni-based superalloys 625and 718 fabricated via arc plasma directed energy deposition – grain size refinement and heat treatment development
Development of a Gas Metal Arc Based Prototype for Direct Energy Deposition with Micrometric Wire
THIS LABORATORY ALSO SUPPORTS WORKS DONE BY MASTER’S AND BACHELOR’S STUDENTS. EXAMPLES ARE:
Creation of metallic structural elements with Functionally Graded Materials (FGM) using Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM)
In-situ hot forging wire and arc additive manufacturing of copper
Production of parts by WAAM for the automotive industry
EXAMPLES OF PROTOTYPES AVAILABLE IN THE NOVA NDT LAB ARE:
Functional prototype of Hot-forging WAAM torch
Functional prototype of Multi Wire WAAM torch for production of FGMs Large Costumized Metal 3D printer (3x2x2 m)