Promobot company, together with XWeld and Perm Polytechnic University, is developing a domestic robotic complex for laser metal deposition in a vacuum. According to the press service of the regional government, its basis is the Russian robotic manipulator Promobot M13. The project is planned to be completed by the end of the year.
The complex is designed for layer-by-layer growth of metal products of complex geometry from wire. Unlike traditional metal 3D printing, the process takes place in a vacuum chamber. This solves the main problem of additive technologies - oxidation. Without oxygen access, titanium, aluminum and their alloys do not form brittle oxide films, which ensures structural homogeneity and high quality of parts from the first attempt.
To achieve this, the developers had to create specialized software that synchronizes the robot's movement with laser parameters in real time. As Dmitry Trushnikov, director of XWeld, explained, the new platform allows adapting Promobot M13 for additive manufacturing tasks and high-complexity robotic welding, where reproducibility of properties is important.
The scope of application of the complex is aircraft engine building, energy, and precision engineering. In fact, the Perm development creates a new niche - precision additive manufacturing in a controlled environment, which opens the way to mass production of particularly critical parts without dependence on foreign equipment.
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