A methodological approach to radical technological changes and improvements in Electron Beam technology

Predicting of the optimal machining conditions for experimental results and dimensional accuracy plays an important role in process planning. In addition, whenever there is a new unknown process, great importance has to be placed on the estimation of all operative conditions with rational and logical planning methodologies. The aim of this work is to obtain feasible conditions for Electron Beam (EB) technology, using a welding machine1, which is then converted for additive manufacturing processes. At the beginning of the research there was a state of uncertainty about the influencing parameters and the use of EB for rapid manufacturing process; a multi-disciplinary and integrated methodology was then performed in order to carry out the work. The proposed methodology is composed of several techniques, including a method to support multi-decision making problems and a statistical approach.