Optical design and initial Results from NIST’s AMMT/TEMPS Facility

Published

May 9, 2016

Author(s)

Steven E. Grantham, Brandon M. Lane, Jorge E. Neira, Sergey Mekhontsev, Leonard M. Hanssen, Mihaela Vlasea

Abstract

NIST’s Physical Measurement and Engineering Laboratories are jointly developing the Additive Manufacturing Measurement Testbed (AMMT)/ Temperature and Emittance of Melts, Powders and Solids (TEMPS) facilities. These facilities will be co-located on an open architecture laser-based powder bed fusion system allowing users full access to the system’s operation parameters. This will provide users with access to machine-independent monitoring and control of the powder bed fusion process. In this paper there will be emphasis the AMMT which incorporates in-line visible light collection optics for monitoring and feedback control of the powder bed fusion process. We shall present an overview of the AMMT/TEMPs program and it goals. The optical and mechanical design of the open architecture powder-bed fusion system and the AMMT will be also be described. In addition, preliminary measurement results from the system along with the current system status of and future plans the will be discussed.

Citation

Proceedings of SPIE

Volume

9738

Pub Type

Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2214246

Keywords

Powder bed fusion, Additive manufacturing, selective laser melting, 3D printing, Radiometry

Citation

Grantham, S. , Lane, B. , Neira, J. , Mekhontsev, S. , Hanssen, L. and Vlasea, M. (2016), Optical design and initial Results from NIST’s AMMT/TEMPS Facility, Proceedings of SPIE, [online], https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2214246 (Accessed October 9, 2025)