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Ho Yeung, Brandon Lane, Alkan Donmez, Jason Fox, Jorge Neira
Laser path, scan speed, and laser power are critical machine parameters determining the quality of the output of laser-based powder bed fusion (LPBF) processes. A jerk-limited control strategy is implemented for laser path planning on a LPBF additive
Fan Zhang, Lyle E. Levine, Andrew J. Allen, Mark R. Stoudt, Greta Lindwall, Eric Lass, Maureen E. Williams, Yaakov S. Idell, Carelyn E. Campbell
Elemental segregation is a ubiquitous phenomenon in additive-manufactured (AM) parts due to solute rejection and redistribution during the rapid solidification process. Using electron microscopy, in situ synchrotron X-ray scattering and diffraction, and
Scott Z. Jones, Richard Buswell, Wilson Leal de Silva, Justin Dirrenberger
Large-scale additive manufacturing processes for construction utilise computer controlled placement of extruded cement-based mortar to create physical objects layer-by-layer. Demonstrated applications include component manufacture and placement of in-situ
Jan Ilavsky, Fan Zhang, Ross N. Andrews, Ivan Kuzmenko, Pete R. Jemian, Lyle E. Levine, Andrew J. Allen
Following many years of evolutionary development, first at the National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and then at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory, the APS ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering (USAXS)
In laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) processes the powder size characteristics, like particle shape, particle size (PS), and particle size distribution (PSD), and the resulting powder bed density (PBD) are key influencing factors of the built material
The knowledge of material phases in chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni) stainless steel alloys is sometimes important during parts and structures fabrication processed with additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. Laser-based powder bed fusion (LPBF) is one of
Supriyo Ghosh, Li Ma, Lyle E. Levine, Richard E. Ricker, Mark R. Stoudt, Jarred C. Heigel, Jonathan E. Guyer
We use single track laser melting experiments and simulations on Inconel 625 to estimate the dimensions and microstructures of the resulting melt pools. Our work is based on a design-of- experiments approach which uses multiple laser power and scan speed
Daniel S. Hussey, Hong Yao, Adam J. Brooks, Ali Haghshenas, Jumao Yuan, Caroline G. Lowery, Jacob M. LaManna, David L. Jacobson, Nikolay Kardjilov, Shengmin Guo, Michael M. Khonsari, Leslie G. Butler
Fatigue in selective laser melted (SLM) and conventional SS316 dogbones was studied with neutron imaging methods for attenuation, scattering, and diffraction. To detect the microcrack evolution in fatigued samples,two methods of grating-based neutron
Christopher L. Soles, Richard A. Vaia, Ronald Pindak
The round-table participants concluded that facilities at NSLS-II provide immediate opportunities to address some of the critical processing and measurement challenges that are blocking the path towards a sustainable US-centric Flexible Hybrid Electronic
Brian A. Fisher, Brandon Lane, Ho Yeung, Jack L. Beuth
The current industry trend in metal additive manufacturing is toward greater real time process monitoring capabilities during builds to ensure high quality parts. While the hardware implementations that allow for real time monitoring of the melt pool have
Michael Gomez, Andrew Honeycutt, Jarred C. Heigel, Tony Schmitz
Powder bed fusion (PBF) enables metal components with complex geometries to be made via additive manufacturing (AM). Disadvantages of AM are rougher surface finish and lower achievable dimensional tolerances compared to computer numerically-controlled (CNC
Jason Fox, Felix Kim, Zachary Reese, Christopher Evans
The development of additive manufacturing (AM) has allowed for increased complexity of designs over traditional manufacturing; however, increased design complexity leads to greater difficulties in post process finishing of the part surfaces. Additionally
Alkan Donmez, Tugrul Ozel, Ayca Altay, Richard Leach
Laser powder bed fusion as an additive manufacturing process produces complex surface topography at multiple scales through rapid heating, melting, directional cooling and solidification that are often governed by laser path and layer-to-layer scanning
Peter O. Denno, Yan Lu, Paul Witherell, Sundar Krishnamurty, Ian Grosse, Douglas Eddy
Recent studies have shown advantages to utilizing metamodeling techniques to mimic, analyze, and optimize system input-output relationships in Additive Manufacturing (AM). This paper addresses a key challenge in applying such metamodeling methods, namely
Jonathan E. Seppala, Seung Hoon Han, Kaitlyn E. Hillgartner, Chelsea S. Davis, Kalman D. Migler
Material extrusion (ME) is a layer-by-layer additive manufacturing process that is now used in personal and commercial production where prototyping and customization are required. However, parts produced from ME frequently exhibit poor mechanical
As additive manufacturing (AM) continues to mature as a production technology, the limiting factors that have hindered its adoption in the past still exist, for example, process repeatability and material availability issues. Overcoming many of these
High-speed thermal cameras enable in situ measurement of the temperatures in and around melt pools generated during powder bed fusion processes. These measurements can be used to validate models, to monitor the process, and to better understand material
Justin G. Whiting, Brandon M. Lane, Kevin Chou, Bo Cheng
Thermal properties of additive manufacturing (AM) solids and precursor materials are important factors for build process and part performance. However, measured thermal properties are not well documented, despite being used extensively in AM modeling and
Peter O. Denno, Yan Lu, Paul Witherell, Sundar Krishnamurty, Ian Grosse, Douglas Eddy
This paper develops a grey-box modeling approach that combines manufacturing knowledge-based (white-box) models with statistical (black-box) metamodels to improve model reusability and predictability. A white-box model can utilize different types of
Brandon Lane, Steven Grantham, Ho Yeung, Clarence Zarobila, Jason Fox
Researchers and equipment manufacturers are developing in-situ process monitoring techniques with the goal of qualifying additive manufacturing (AM) parts during a build, thereby accelerating the certification process. Co-axial melt pool monitoring (MPM)
Additive manufacturing (AM) has enabled fine grain con-trol over heterogeneous materials in ways that were not previously possible. This paper presents a novel method for representing and communicating heterogeneous ma-terials based structures that include
Nikolas W. Hrabe, Thomas H. Gnaeupel-Herold, Timothy P. Quinn
A deeper understanding of microstructural influences on the fatigue properties of Ti-6Al-4V made using electron beam melting (EBM) is necessary before this material can be safely implemented in medical devices and aerospace components. Investigation of two
Currently, additive manufactured products represent less than one percent of all manufactured products in the US; however, as the costs of additive manufacturing systems decrease, this technology may become widely adopted and change the supplier