varad ghatage

Cranfield University, United Kingdom                                                                                                                                        May 2022 – Sept 2022

Research Engineer                                                                                                                                     

Project: Sustainability analysis of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing for aerospace and automotive application using aluminium, zinc and magnesium components. 

• Conducted comprehensive life cycle assessment to evaluate the environmental impact of WAAM compared to conventional manufacturing methods.
• Developed mathematical equations to quantify energy consumption and CO2 emissions at each manufacturing Stage. To conduct detailed analysis of WAAM's environmental footprint compared to conventional methods.
• Performed a sensitivity analysis to assess the environmental impact of WAAM, identified key parameters, developed strategies resulted a potential 73% reduction in energy consumption and CO2 emissions.

WAAM3D Limited, United Kingdom                                                                                                                             Feb 2022 – April 2022

Project Engineer                                                                                                                          

Leading research company in sustainable additive manufacturing technologies.

Project: Study on high deposition rate process for Nickel Aluminium Bronze wire + Arc Additive manufacturing (WAAM).                                                                                                                           

• Designed and conducted experiment to achieve high deposition rate for NAB alloy through additive manufacturing.
• Achieved high deposition rates of 11.4Kg/h in bead plate trials and 8.3Kg/h for short walls and parallel pass walls.
• Established that NAB alloy can be deposited through skin and core strategy with CW-GMA technology.
• Built NAB walls for the different WAAM process parameters and analysed its microstructure and macrostructure.

Cranfield University, UK                                                                                                                                                     Sept 2021 – Nov 2022

MSc: Manufacturing Technology and Management