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Jake T. Benzing, Li-Anne Liew, Nikolas W. Hrabe, Frank W. DelRio
The commercialization of additive manufacturing (AM) is underway in the aerospace and biomedical device industries [1, 2]. However, most metal parts produced by AM are limited to non-critical applications, since the various processes produce internal
Jarred C. Heigel, Brandon M. Lane, Lyle Levine, Thien Q. Phan, Justin G. Whiting
This document provides details on the files available for download in the data set "In situ thermography of the metal bridge structures fabricated for the 2018 Additive Manufacturing Benchmark Test Series (AM-Bench 2018)." The experiments were performed to
Tremendous effort has been dedicated to computational models and simulations of Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes to better understand process complexities and better realize high-quality parts. However, understanding whether a model is an acceptable
Ivan Zhirnov, Sergey Mekhontsev, Brandon Lane, Steven Grantham
Thermography and high-speed imaging are useful tools for researching the additive manufacturing laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) process by providing transient, spatial, and thermal information in and around the melt pool. However, it is not directly
Brian Simonds, Edward Garboczi, Todd A. Palmer, Paul Williams
The increased deployment and development of additive manufacturing (AM) has made it imperative to understand the interaction between a focused laser beam and a metal powder bed. The AM process is inherently dynamic meaning that the interaction must be
Hyunseop Park, Hyunwoong Ko, Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Hyunbo Cho, Paul W. Witherell
Many industries, including manufacturing, are adopting data analytics (DA) in making decisions to improve quality, cost, and on-time delivery. In recent years, more research and development efforts have applied DA to additive manufacturing (AM) decision
Felix Kim, Adam L. Pintar, Shawn P. Moylan, Edward Garboczi
X-ray computed tomography (XCT) is a promising non-destructive evaluation technique for additively manufactured (AM) parts with complex shapes. Industrial XCT scanning is a relatively new development, and XCT has several acquisition parameters a user can
The particle size and shape distributions ofmetal powders used in additive manufacturing powder bed fusion processes are of technological importance for the final built product. Current three- dimensional (3D) measurements of these distributions always
Measuring the size distribution of the particles in a powder is a common activity in science and industry. Measuring the shape distribution of the particles is much less common. However, the shape and size of powder particles are not independent quantities
This document provides details on the files available in the dataset "20180708-HY-3D Scan Strategies" pertaining to a 3D additive manufacturing build performed on the Additive Manufacturing Metrology Testbed (AMMT)by Ho Yeung on July 8, 2018. The files
Increasingly, a wide range of in-situ sensors are being instrumented on additive manufacturing (AM) machines. Researchers and manufacturers use these sensors to collect a variety of data to monitor process performance and part quality. The amount and speed
Darren Pagan, Thien Q. Phan, Jordan Weaver, Austin Benson, Armand Beaudoin
The unsupervised learning technique, locally linear embedding (LLE), is applied to the analysis of X-ray diffraction data measured in-situ during uniaxial plastic deformation of an additively manufactured nickel-based superalloy. With the aid of a physics
Richard E. Ricker, Jarred C. Heigel, Brandon M. Lane, Ivan Zhirnov, Lyle E. Levine
Additive manufacturing (AM) combines all of the complexities of materials processing and manufacturing into a single process. The digital revolution made this combination possible, but the commercial viability of these technologies for critical parts may
Jake T. Benzing, Nikolas W. Hrabe, Timothy P. Quinn, Ryan M. White, Ross A. Rentz, Magnus Ahlfors
Hot isostatic pressing (HIP) treatments are used to seal internal porosity because defects exist in as-built Ti-6Al-4V parts produced by electron beam melting powder bed fusion. Standard HIP treatment of Ti-6Al-4V parts reduces internal porosity but
Consistent melt pool geometry is an indicator of a stable laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) additive manufacturing process. Melt pool size and shape reflect the impact of process parameters and scanning path on the interaction between the laser and the
Hyunwoong Ko, Yan Lu, Paul W. Witherell, Ndeye Y. Ndiaye
Additive manufacturing (AM) assisted by a digital twin is expected to revolutionize the realization of high-value and high-complexity functional parts on a global scale. With machine learning (ML) introduced in the AM digital twin, AM data are transformed
As parts built through additive manufacturing (AM) increase in complexity, the development and understanding of appropriate methods to characterize the as-built surface will be required. In laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) AM, parts are built through a
Shanshan Zhang, Brandon Lane, Justin G. Whiting, Kevin Chou
Powder thermal properties play a critical role in laser powder-bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing, specifically, the reduced effective thermal conductivity compared to that of the solid significantly affects heat conduction, which can influence the
This document provides details on the files available for download in the dataset "Variation of Surface Texture in Laser Powder Bed Fusion of Nickel Super Alloy 625." The following sections provide details on the experiments, methods, and data files. The
Muhammad Adnan, Yan Lu, Albert T. Jones, Fan Tien Cheng
Monitoring and controlling Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes play a critical role in enabling the production of quality parts. Different from the traditional manufacturing processes, AM processes generate large volumes of structured and unstructured in
Ivan Zhirnov, Igor Yadroitsev, Brandon Lane, Sergey Mekhontsev, Steven Grantham, Ina Yadroitsava
Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies are increasingly being studied and introduced into the modern industry, but for wide applications there exists some "lack of confidence" about the quality of the parts produced by AM. This distrust has an objective
Saadia A. Razvi, Shaw C. Feng, Anantha Narayanan Narayanan, Yung-Tsun Lee, Paul Witherell
Variability in product quality continues to pose a major barrier to the widespread application of additive manufacturing (AM) processes in production environment. Towards addressing this barrier, the monitoring of AM processes and the measuring of AM
Erich D. Bain, Edward Garboczi, Jonathan Seppala, Thomas C. Parker, Kalman D. Migler
Laser sintering (LS) of polyamide 12 (PA12) is increasingly being adopted for industrial production of end-use parts, yet the complexity of this process coupled with the lack of organized, rigorous, publicly available process-structure-physical property
Lynne Graves, Joshua Lubell, Mark Yampolskiy, Wayne King
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is expected to become an established manufacturing technology in the near future. The growing penetration of AM at manufacturers across the world and the dependence of this technology on computerization have already raised
Thien Q. Phan, Maria Strantza, Michael R. Hill, Thomas H. Gnaupel-Herold, Jarred C. Heigel, Christopher D'Elia, DeWald Adrian, Bjorn Clausen, Darren C. Pagan, J. Y. Peter Ko, Donald W. Brown, Lyle E. Levine
One of the primary barriers for acceptance of additive manufacturing (AM) has been the uncertainty in the performance of AM parts due to residual stresses/strains. The rapid heating and cooling rates, along with the thermal history of the laser melting