Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) continues to achieve traction as a viable various to standard manufacturing, significantly in demanding sectors akin to protection. In a latest collaboration between Nurol Makina, an industrial producer primarily based in Ankara, Türkiye, and MetalWorm, a WAAM know-how developer, a important connector element for armored automobiles was efficiently produced utilizing WAAM and subjected to a complete battery of exams.
The half, weighing roughly 8.5kg, was produced utilizing metal wire feedstock and WAAM know-how. After AM, it was machined to last specs utilizing typical subtractive strategies. The purpose of this challenge was to evaluate WAAM’s suitability for producing high-performance, safety-critical parts in real-world protection purposes.
Testing was carried out each in laboratory settings and beneath operational subject circumstances. Over eight months, the element was put in on an armored car and evaluated by harmful and non-destructive exams. The half confirmed no indicators of failure and met all required mechanical and metallurgical efficiency standards.
The findings from Nurol Makina and MetalWorm had been introduced on the AMC Additive Manufacturing Convention Türkiye, highlighting WAAM’s reliability and efficiency beneath excessive use circumstances. The profitable consequence reinforces WAAM’s potential to be used in prototype growth, low-volume manufacturing, and time-sensitive manufacturing within the protection business.
