Precise additive fabrication of wall structure on thin plate end with interlayer temperature monitoring

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Turbine blades need to be repaired to extend their product life, because they are used in highly heated centrifugal fields and often suffer damage such as cracks, chippings, and oxidation thinning. The objective of this study is to perform additive fabrication onto the thin end of a plate using wire and arc-based additive manufacturing and the conduct finish cutting to repair turbine blades made of Inconel 718. It was successfully demonstrated to fabricate a wall structure onto the thin end of a plate with a thickness of 1 to 5 mm with the aimed deposition width while maintaining a constant interlayer temperature. In addition, a finish cutting was conducted on the additionally fabricated wall structure to achieve the same thickness as the thin base plate. It was also shown that there was almost no uncut part on the additive wall surface.