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12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering
Cranfield University
Control of weld composition when arc welding high strength aluminium alloys using multiple filler wires
This research has now enabled corrosion resistant aluminium alloys to be considered for future armoured vehicle manufacture and other defence applications (contact Mathew Lunt, DSTL – mjlunt@dstl.gov.uk). The technique is now being applied to the development of high strength aluminium in a research programme on wire plus arc additive manufacture for large scale engineering structure. The aluminium development in this programme is principally supported Lockheed Martin (steve.t.burnage@lmco.com) and Bomardier Aerospace (gary.moore@aero.bombardier.com) and an EU project (Contract 313781, total €18.8M, CU €250k).