CIRP Annals 2025: Comparison of three hybrid metal additive-subtractive manufacturing processes

This data set contains the Supplemental Material for the CIRP Annals Manufacturing Technology (Vol. 74, Issue 1) paper titled "Comparison of three hybrid metal additive-subtractive manufacturing processes." This journal is published by Elsevier: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/cirp-annals. This data set contains a detailed descriptions of the operating procedures, raw data collected, and processed data. It is organized based on the figure or table the data appears in the manuscript. Start with the text file titled "READ ME FIRST.txt"

Manuscript Abstract: The objective of this work is to compare three different hybrid metal additive-subtractive manufacturing processes to enable decision-making and future research. This was achieved by producing the same artifact out of 316L stainless steel with - Friction Surfacing, Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing, and Laser Powder Directed Energy Deposition. Key process outcomes including cycle time, resource consumption, distortion, energy consumption, microstructure, hardness, and tensile strength were analyzed. It was observed that: Friction Surfacing demonstrates higher hardness due to its solid-state nature; Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing offers lower cycle times and resource consumption; and Directed Energy Deposition provides near net shape geometries.