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Mikrotron Cameras Help Researchers Create Alternative Method to Monitoring Additive Manufacturing
May 25, 2021
Mikrotron Cameras Help Researchers Create Alternative Method to Monitoring Additive Manufacturing
May 25, 2021 - Metal parts manufactured using Laser Powder Bed Fusion or "L-PBF" are frequently installed in highly demanding and precise machinery, such as aircraft and medical instruments. L-PBF allows for the production of very complex geometries directly from a CAD model. Yet due to the nature of the layer-based process, defects such as porosity can manifest themselves throughout the entire volume of the produced component. To meet stringent safety and certification requirements, researchers at Flanders Make, a manufacturing science center in Lommel, Belgium, deployed the Mikrotron EoSens 3CL three-megapixel camera to gain a better understanding of melt-pool behavior and stability during processing.