Simonds, B.
, Rogers, K.
and Williams, P.
(2023),
Laser Power Accuracy of Additive Manufacturing Systems - A Round Robin Study, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on New Developments and Applications in Optical Radiometry (NEWRAD 2023), Teddington, GB, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=936455
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Laser Power Accuracy of Additive Manufacturing Systems - A Round Robin Study
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High power lasers are at the core of metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems and the accurate delivery of laser energy is critical to part performance. We have performed a round robin style survey of U.S. AM equipment across industry, academia, and government facilities. Using a low uncertainty (1.3 %, k=2) thermal power meter, we assessed the accuracy to which these systems delivered laser power and how accurate the process engineer was able to measure this with their power meter. We have found that although on average instruments accurately deliver laser power, there is a large spread in values (5.6% – 14.1%), which poses a heretofore unknown challenge for process development.Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on New Developments and Applications in Optical Radiometry (NEWRAD 2023)
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September 11-15, 2023
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Teddington, GB
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15th International Conference on New Developments and Applications in Optical Radiometry (NEWRAD 2023)
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