In situ quality control of the selective laser melting process using a high-speed, real-time melt pool monitoring system

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 75, Issue 5-8, 2014, Pages 1089-1101

  Clijsters, S ^a   Craeghs, T ^b   Buls, S ^a   Kempen, K ^a   Kruth, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MATERIALISE NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

FPGA; High speed; Process monitoring; Real time; Selective laser melting

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); IMAGE QUALITY; LAKES; MELTING; OPTICAL SENSORS; PROCESS MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING;

DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; HIGH SPEED; HIGH-QUALITY MEASUREMENTS; IN- SITU MONITORING; MACHINE CONTROL UNITS; REAL TIME; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING (SLM);

MONITORING;

EID: 84911007864     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-014-6214-8     Document Type: Article

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