A Hybrid Deep Learning Model for Layer-Wise Melt Pool Temperature Forecasting in Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing Process

Melt pool temperature contains abundant information on metallurgical and mechanical aspects of products produced by additive manufacturing. Forecasting melt pool temperature profile during a process can help in reducing microstructural porosity and residual stresses. Although analytical and numerical models were reported, the performance of these are questionable when applied in real-time. Hence, we developed data-driven models to address this challenge, for continuous forecasting layer-wise melt pool temperature using a hybrid deep learning technique. The melt pool temperature forecasting by the proposed CNN-LSTM model is found to be better than other benchmark models in terms of accuracy and efficiency. The model results have shown that combining CNN and LSTM networks can extract the spatial and temporal information from the melt pool temperature data. Further, the proposed model results are compared with existing statistical and machine learning models. The performance measures of the proposed CNN-LSTM model indicate a greater potential for in-situ monitoring of additive manufacturing process