A survey of sensing and control systems for machine and process monitoring of directedenergy, metal-based additive manufacturing

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 159-167

  Reutzel, Edward W ^a   Nassar, Abdalla R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control systems; Feedback control; Lasers; Layered manufacturing; Material properties; Metals

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; ADDITIVES; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DEPOSITION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FLOW PATTERNS; LASERS; LAYERED MANUFACTURING; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; METALS; POWDER METALS; PROCESS MONITORING; REAL TIME CONTROL; SURVEYS;

CRITICAL APPLICATIONS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; EXTERNAL DISTURBANCES; METAL COMPONENTS; PROCESS VARIABLES; QUALITY MONITORING; SENSING AND CONTROL SYSTEM;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84925341934     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/RPJ-12-2014-0177     Document Type: Review

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