A review of multi-axis additive manufacturing: Potential, opportunity and challenge

P Tang, X Zhao, H Shi, B Hu, J Ding, B Yang… - Additive Manufacturing, 2024 - Elsevier
The manufacturing of complex parts can be easily achieved by additive manufacturing (AM),
which has attracted a significant attention from both academia and industry. Regardless of …

Smart additive manufacturing: Current artificial intelligence-enabled methods and future perspectives

YB Wang, P Zheng, T Peng, HY Yang, J Zou - Science China …, 2020 - Springer
Additive manufacturing (AM) has been increasingly used in production. Because of its rapid
growth, the efficiency and robustness of AM-based product development processes should …

Reinforced FDM: Multi-axis filament alignment with controlled anisotropic strength

G Fang, T Zhang, S Zhong, X Chen, Z Zhong… - ACM Transactions on …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
The anisotropy of mechanical strength on a 3D printed model can be controlled in a multi-
axis 3D printing system as materials can be accumulated along dynamically varied …

[HTML][HTML] Exceptional mechanical performance by spatial printing with continuous fiber: Curved slicing, toolpath generation and physical verification

G Fang, T Zhang, Y Huang, Z Zhang, K Masania… - Additive …, 2024 - Elsevier
This work explores a spatial printing method to fabricate continuous fiber-reinforced
thermoplastic composites (CFRTPCs), which can achieve exceptional mechanical …

A comparative review of multi-axis 3D printing

Y Yao, L Cheng, Z Li - Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 2024 - Elsevier
Multi-axis 3D printing has emerged as a key solution to the challenges associated with the
strength, anisotropy, and fabrication of large-scale structures in material-deposition-based …

Topology optimisation of self-supporting structures based on the multi-directional additive manufacturing technique

J Ye, Q Guo, H Lu, P Kyvelou, Y Zhao… - Virtual and Physical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Although additive manufacturing (AM) continues to gain widespread adoption, the overhang
problem remains a critical issue affecting printing quality. The design of self-supporting …

Robot-assisted conformal additive manufacturing for continuous fibre-reinforced grid-stiffened shell structures

G Zhang, Y Wang, Z Chen, X Xu, K Dong… - Virtual and Physical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The advents in continuous fibre-reinforced polymer additive manufacturing (CFRP-AM)
present unprecedented opportunities for the rapid development of next-generation high …

Vector field-based curved layer slicing and path planning for multi-axis printing

Y Li, D He, S Yuan, K Tang, J Zhu - Robotics and Computer-Integrated …, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergence of multi-axis printing systems provides a new solution to print complex parts.
However, the current process planning methods fail to balance the support-free requirement …

Wire arc additive manufacturing from the perspective of remanufacturing: A review of data processing

X Du, Y Shen, W Zhao, J Chen, R Liu, Y Wei - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) is highly suitable for low-cost and high-efficiency
repair of large damaged components as a low energy consumption and sustainable …

Path smoothing and feed rate planning for robotic curved layer additive manufacturing

F **e, L Chen, Z Li, K Tang - Robotics and Computer-Integrated …, 2020 - Elsevier
Robotic curved layer additive manufacturing (aka multi-axis 3D printing) has been gaining
attention recently owing to its simplicity and unique ability of printing complex shapes …