Diao, ChengleiEimer, EloiseMancini, SimoneKrishnaswamy, SuryaSchwarz, FlorianPagone, EmanueleDing, JialuoWilliams, StewartPinter, ZsoltMartina, Filomeno2023-03-312023-03-312022-11-28Diao C, Eimer E, Mancini S,et al., (2022) Manufacture of large-scale space exploration components using wire + arc additive manufacturing. In: ICAS 2022: 33rd Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 4-9 September 2022, Stockholm, Sweden2958-4647https://www.icas.org/ICAS_ARCHIVE/ICAS2022/data/papers/ICAS2022_0176_paper.pdfhttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/19388https://icas2022.com/Cranfield University, Thales Alenia Space and WAAM3D together, combining their expertise knowledge and technologies on Wire + arc additive manufacture (WAAM), created a route for manufacturing large-scale space exploration Components using WAAM which could be used in future large scale-space exploration component manufacturing. In this project, several different sections of the development of WAAM technology are applied to manufacture a large-scale space exploration component including FEA simulation, inter-layer machining and cold work, intelligent toolpath planning and sustainability calculations. WAAM proved to be a very promising technique in future large-scale component manufacturing.enAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Wire + Arc Additive Manufacturinginter-layer machining and cold workintelligent tool path planningFEA distortion predictionsustainability and environment protectionConference paper