Investigation into potential use of artificial intelligence techniques in piloting additive Manufacturing Systems for Metallic materials

Victor Calatoru (1) , Marek Balazinski (1) , Mickaël Rivette (2)

1 EPM - École Polytechnique de Montréal
2 LAMPA - Laboratoire Angevin de Mécanique, Procédés et InnovAtion

Known from the beginning of the eighties, additive manufacturing (AM) was seen as an alternative to the more traditional manufacturing technologies because of its advantages, such as absence of tools and fixtures, the possibility to produce complex, even hollow forms and a short delay between design and obtaining the part. Limited until recently mostly to low fusion point materials and to rapid building form prototypes or mock-ups, its potential use was extended to building solid parts, from high fusion point materials, such as stainless steels, refractory and Titanium alloys, due to recent developments in the field of high power, high efficiency fiber or diode lasers the density of energy available in the work area increased, allowing now higher productivity.

Mots clés: additive manufacturing; direct laser deposition; cladding; materials; process control; artificial intelligence techniques; rapid prototyping

Domaines: Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]

Victor Calatoru, Marek Balazinski, Mickaël Rivette. Investigation into potential use of artificial intelligence techniques in piloting additive Manufacturing Systems for Metallic materials. Buletinul- Institutului Politehnic Din Iasi Sectia 3 Electrotehnica Energetica Electronica, 2014, Tom. LX (LXIV) (Fasc. 1), pp.1-22. ⟨hal-02486117⟩