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Jialuo Ding - Team Spotlight

It's time to introduce you to another of our great team here at WAAM3D. In fact, without this person, WAAM3D would not be the company it is today...

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2/3/2023

Shakirudeen Lasisi - Team Spotlight

We have a great team here at WAAM3D, so, over the coming year we will be introducing you to a few of them. First off, we shine the spotlight on the amazing Shakir, our Senior Development Engineer.

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13/1/2023

Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing enables waste, footprint and cost reduction

Because of the material savings achieved using WAAM, a manufacturer’s environmental performance can be improved when it comes to component creation and repair. WAAM has long been used to repair structures, extending the life of components, and delivering significant energy and CO2 emission savings.

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15/12/2022

WAAMCtrl and what it does

Key to the success of any component is that it meets set parameters and is safe. Wire-arc additive manufacturing can deliver many benefits to manufacturers, yet in the past the qualification and production aspects of the process were more difficult to monitor. Now, thanks to the introduction of WAAMCtrl®, a digital quality control tool with the support of robust Statistical Process Control (SPC) is now possible.

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2/11/2022

Reducing component part costs using WAAM

The WAAM process delivers many benefits, one of which is its potential to reduce parts costs for manufacturers. How does WAAM do this?

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20/10/2022

Reducing repair costs using WAAM

WAAM is unique in its ability to repair parts that would otherwise be scrapped, in a way that retains or enhances the original mechanical characteristics of the part in a resource-efficient manner.

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14/9/2022

WAAM offers design flexibility

WAAM3D is helping take prototype production and design adaptations to the next level, thanks to advancements in large format 3D metal additive printing.

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14/9/2022

The RoboWAAM system as the tool of choice for R&D

WAAM3D’s RoboWAAM is a 3D metal additive manufacturing machine engineered and built for WAAM in the UK. Powered by the operating system WAAMCtrl, it has novel sensors, specialised end-effectors and advanced health and safety solutions.

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19/8/2022

How Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Cuts Time to Market for Marine Applications

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23/6/2022

How Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Cuts Time to Market for Aerospace

In today’s operating landscape, it is cradle-to-gate costs that make the difference for aerospace contract profitability. As more and more companies look to increase the manufacturing efficiency of their medium-to-large scale engineering components, Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM®) can help cut time to market.

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17/5/2022

How Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Benefits Oil and Gas Operators

In a sector used to highs and lows, the oil and gas industry has seen more changes than most since the pandemic rocked the world. Environmental decisions have been accelerated for operators, and future strategies are now being decided around government commitments to clean energy, as well as shifting end user consumption patterns and consolidation in low-priced environments.

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17/5/2022

WAAM or subtractive manufacturing?

Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) offers the ultimate potential for minimising waste.

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18/3/2022

Wire or powder-based additive manufacturing?

If a Wire versus Powder comparison is carried out, it is easy to see where WAAM stands out -testing

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4/3/2022

WAAM or forging?

A new manufacturing method in the engineer's toolbox

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18/2/2022

A different approach to the repair of large industrial structures

‘Make do and mend’ might be a phrase we are more familiar with from the 1940s, however, the ethos behind it - ‘repair don’t replace’ - is gathering momentum in industrial applications.

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4/2/2022

Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing – the future of large-scale 3D printing

An overview of where WAAM comes from!

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28/1/2022