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Low-Cost Open-Source Gmaw-Based Metal 3-D Printing: Monitoring, Slicer, Optimization, And Applications, Yuenyong Nilsiam
Low-Cost Open-Source Gmaw-Based Metal 3-D Printing: Monitoring, Slicer, Optimization, And Applications, Yuenyong Nilsiam
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Low-cost and open-source gas metal arc welding (GMAW)-based 3-D printing has been demonstrated yet the electrical design and software was not developed enough to enable wide-spread adoption. This thesis provides three novel technical improvements based on the application of mechatronic and software theory that when combined demonstrate the ability for distributed digital manufacturing at the small and medium enterprise scale of steel and aluminum parts. First, low cost metal inert gas welders contain no power monitoring needed to tune GMAW 3-D printers. To obtain this data about power and energy usage during the printing, an integrated monitoring system was developed …