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Additive manufacturing (AM) faces several challenges in achieving efficient and defect-free printing. Although traditional machine learning (ML) has proven effective in mitigating these challenges, it requires specialized models for solving specific
Ridwan Olabiyi, Jordan Weaver, Ashif Sikandar Iquebal
Rapid characterization of the mechanical properties and material structure of additively manufactured components via nondestructive techniques is becoming the sine-qua-non for their wider adoption. In this research, we primarily focus on estimating the ela
Thomas Kolibaba, Callie Higgins, Benjamin Caplins, Elisabeth Mansfield, Caleb Chandler, Jason Killgore
Polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs), ionically bound assemblies of oppositely charged polymers, have wide ranging applications spanning medicine, fire safety, and electronic materials. For years, PECs presented processing challenges owing to their ionic bonds
Orion Kafka, Alexander Landauer, Jake Benzing, Newell Moser, Elisabeth Mansfield, Edward Garboczi
Purpose: Establish a technique for simultaneous interrupted volumetric imaging of internal structure and time-resolved full-field surface strain measurements during in-situ X-ray micro-computed tomography (XCT) experiments. This enables in-situ testing of
John Billingham, Ho Yeung, Dragos Axinte, Zhirong Liao, Jason Fox
Powder bed fusion (PBF) uses an energy beam to scan a powder bed surface, heat it locally and consolidate the material to form a part. The choice of energy beam paths is typically based on user experience. Simple beam path strategies (e.g., raster or
Jordan Weaver, David Deisenroth, Sergey Mekhontsev, Brandon Lane, Lyle E. Levine, Ho Yeung
AM Bench is a NIST-led organization that provides a continuing series of additive manufacturing (AM) benchmark measurements, challenge problems, and conferences with the primary goal of enabling modelers to test their simulations against rigorous, highly
Arash Samaei, Joseph Leonor, zhengtao gan, Zhongsheng Sang, Xiaoyu Xie, Brian Simonds, Wing Kam Liu, Gregory Wagner
Metal 3D printing involves a multitude of operational and material parameters that exhibit intricate interdependencies, which pose challenges to real-time process optimization, monitoring, and controlling. The dynamic behavior of the laser-induced melt
Thomas P. Forbes, J Greg Gillen, William Feeney, Johnny Ho
Distributed and point-of-care (POC) manufacturing facilities enable an agile pharmaceutical production paradigm that can respond to localized needs, providing personalized and precision medicine. These capabilities are critical for narrow therapeutic index
Nowrin Akter Surovi, Paul Witherell, Kumara Sundar, Vinay Saji Mathew
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is becoming increasingly popular in academia and industry due to its cost-effectiveness and time-saving benefits. However, AM faces several challenges that must be addressed to enhance its efficiency. While Machine Learning (ML)
The solidification behavior and crystallographic texture of 316L austenitic stainless steel builds fabricated via laser-wire directed energy deposition additive manufacturing (AM) were investigated. Shielding gas set-up and build type (single-track vs
Nicholas O'Brien, Syed Uddin, Jordan Weaver, Jake Jones, Satbir Singh, Jack Beuth
This work focuses on how spatter particles are transported within a laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) machine. The machine's gas flow rate and salient flow features are studied with a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model and are validated with
Stian Romberg, Paul Roberts, Chad R. Snyder, Anthony Kotula
Simultaneous rheology and conversion measurements of neat and composite epoxy resins reveal that conventional models neither accurately nor fully describe the relationship between rheology and conversion. We find that models predicting thermoset conversion
Jake Read, Jonathan Seppala, Filippos Tourlomousis, James Warren, Nicole Bakker, Neil Gershenfeld
Abstract To describe a new method for the automatic generation of process parameters for fused filament fabrication (FFF) across varying machines and materials. We use an instrumented extruder to fit a function that maps nozzle pressures across varying
Thomas Kolibaba, Jason Killgore, Benjamin Caplins, Callie Higgins, Uwe Arp, C Cameron Miller, Yuqin Zong, Dianne L. Poster
The working curve informs resin properties and print parameters for stereolithography, digital light processing, and other photopolymer additive manufacturing (PAM) technologies. First demonstrated in 1992, the working curve measurement of cure depth vs
Zhuo Yang, Jaehyuk Kim, Yan Lu, Albert T. Jones, Paul Witherell, Ho Yeung, Hyunwoong Yang
Metal powder bed fusion-based additive manufacturing (AM) processes have gained widespread adoption for producing complex parts with high performance. However, a multitude of factors still affect the build process, which leads to great challenges in
Metal Additive Manufacturing (MAM) is a transformative technology with the potential to revolutionize manufacturing through the production of complex, high-value components with unprecedented design freedom. However, the adoption of MAM is challenging due
Connor V. Headley, Roberto J. Herrera del Valle, Ji Ma, Prasanna Balachandran, Vijayabarathi Ponnambalam, Saniya LeBlanc, Dylan Kirsch, Joshua B. Martin
Through the integration of machine learning (ML) techniques alongside additive manufacturing (AM) experimentation, we demonstrate an iterative process to rapidly predict laser-material interactions and melt pool geometries throughout the build parameter
Eric Whitenton, Alkan Donmez, Aniruddha Das, Vipin Tondare, Justin Whiting
Additive manufacturing is a rapidly growing and increasingly important set of manufacturing techniques. One of those techniques, powder bed fusion, is often used when making metal parts. The part is built up by spreading a thin layer of metal powder
Fan Zhang, Aaron Johnston-Peck, Lyle E. Levine, Michael Katz, Kil-Won Moon, Maureen E. Williams, Sandra W. Young, Andrew J. Allen, Olaf Borkiewicz, Jan Ilavsky
Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies offer unprecedented design flexibility but are limited by a lack of understanding of the material microstructure formed under their extreme and transient processing conditions and its subsequent transformation
Brian Simonds, Jack Tanner, Alexandra Artusio-Glimpse, Niranjan Parab, Cang Zhao, Tao Sun, Paul A. Williams
The 2022 Asynchronous AM-Bench challenge was designed to test the ability of simulations to accurately predict laser power absorption as well as various melt pool behaviors (width, depth, and solidification) during laser melting of solid metal during
Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, is quickly becoming a widespread manufacturing method offering timely and cost-effective build times for unique part geometries with an increasing range of material offerings. One unique use for additive
Newell Moser, Jake Benzing, Orion Kafka, Jordan Weaver, Nicholas Derimow, Ross Rentz, Nik Hrabe
The additive manufacturing benchmarking challenge described in this work was aimed at the prediction of average stress–strain properties for tensile specimens that were excised from blocks of non-heat-treated IN625 manufactured by laser powder bed fusion
Runbo Jiang, John Smith, Yu-Tsen Yi, Tao Sun, Brian Simonds, Anthony D. Rollett
The quantification of the amount of absorbed light is essential for understanding laser-material interactions and melt pool dynamics in order to minimize defects in additive manufactured metal components. The geometry of a vapor depression, also known as a