The invention discloses a
laser ranging device and a measuring and controlling method for
plasma arc additive manufacturing of wires. The device comprises a working platform, a substrate, a
plasma welding gun, a
laser displacement sensor and a clamp thereof, a computer and a
robot control cabinet. The measuring and controlling method of the
laser ranging device comprises the following steps: measuring the distance from the device to an overlaying layer by means of a non-
contact laser displacement sensor; calculating the height of the overlaying layer by means of the computer; and communicatingto the
robot control cabinet to adjust the height of the
welding gun at the moment of arcing of a next overlaying layer. According to the
laser ranging device and the measuring and controlling methodfor
plasma arc additive manufacturing of wires disclosed by the invention, the heights of the
overlay layers for plasma arc additive manufacturing of
carbon steel, stainless steel and
titanium alloywires can be detected, the height of from a
nozzle to a member is controlled in the overlaying process, the height of the
nozzle is automatically adjusted in the plasma arc additive manufacturing process, and problems that pressed wires and burned
nozzle as the nozzle is too low and splattering and overlaying defects as the nozzle is too high in the overlaying process and the like are solved, so that the molding process is more precise and automatic, and the
dimensional precision and the molding quality of molded parts are improved effectively.