Robot-Based Hybrid Production Concept

The increased use of high-performance materials and ever-more com-plex component structures are challenges for manufacturing companies in need to find resource saving processes. Development potential can be found in the re-duction of production time, media reduction, suitable tools and the design of the processing machine itself. The avoidance of transport routes offers potential as well. Focussing on those potentials, the combination of additive and subtractive processes being based on an industrial robot in a hybrid production concept rep-resents an innovative approach. Using wire-based laser cladding, cold metal transfer welding as well as metal friction-surfacing enhances near net shape man-ufacturing saving additional resources. With the assist of qualified CAM tools and interposed laser line scanning, this process chain improves the production of lightweight components especially for the aerospace industry. In this publication robot-based hybrid manufacturing techniques and a method for increasing the machining quality by implementing a compliance compensation are introduced