METHOD FOR MELT POOL MONITORING USING FRACTAL DIMENSIONS

A method of controlling an additive manufacturing process in which a directed energy source (24) is used to selectively melt material to form a workpiece, forming a melt pool (52) in the process of melting, the method comprising: using an imaging apparatus to generate an image (72) of the melt pool...

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1. Verfasser:	Spears, Thomas Graham
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING CASTING MAKING METALLIC POWDER MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER PERFORMING OPERATIONS POWDER METALLURGY SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS TRANSPORTING WORKING METALLIC POWDER WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	A method of controlling an additive manufacturing process in which a directed energy source (24) is used to selectively melt material to form a workpiece, forming a melt pool (52) in the process of melting, the method comprising: using an imaging apparatus to generate an image (72) of the melt pool (52) comprising an array of individual image elements (74), the image (72) including a measurement of at least one physical property for each of the individual image elements (74); from the measurements, mapping a melt pool boundary (76) of the melt pool (52); computing a fractal dimension of the melt pool (52); and controlling at least one aspect of the additive manufacturing process with reference to the fractal dimension.