Open AccessOptical In‐Process Monitoring of Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS)
Author(s) -
Grünberger Thomas,
Domröse Robert
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
laser technik journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1863-9119
pISSN - 1613-7728
DOI - 10.1002/latj.201400026
Subject(s) - direct metal laser sintering , aerospace , process (computing) , rapid prototyping , automotive industry , documentation , manufacturing engineering , quality (philosophy) , computer science , systems engineering , laser , engineering , mechanical engineering , aerospace engineering , philosophy , physics , epistemology , optics , programming language , operating system
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a revolutionary technology enabling the users to design and manufacture products in a completely new way. As the AM technology is proceeding from rapid prototyping to rapid manufacturing, industries ranging from aerospace and medical (Fig. 1) to energy and automotive require detailed documentation of the process. The market demands automated in‐process quality inspection. The goal is to get a better understanding of the process and assure repetitive high‐end part quality. Plasmo, a worldwide leading engineering partner for quality inspection systems in the field of laser and joining technologies cooperates with EOS, the technology and market leader for the DMLS technology, and with selected industrial partners to develop a diode based in‐process monitoring system.