Systems for quality monitoring of additive manufacturing
AssigneeDelavan Inc.
InventorsPatrick L. Clavette, Michael A. Klecka, Aaron T. Nardi, Greg C. Ojard
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Abstract
A system for quality monitoring of additive manufacturing includes an acoustic emission (AE) sensor configured to be attached to an additive manufacturing substrate and to output a sensor signal indicative of acoustic vibrations received at the AE sensor and an AE module. The AE module is configured to receive the sensor signal from the AE sensor and process the sensor signal to determine at least one characteristic of an additive manufacturing process and/or an additively manufactured article.
Claims11
A system for quality monitoring of cold spray additive manufacturing, comprising:
- a cold spray acoustic emission (AE) sensor configured to be attached to an additive manufacturing substrate and to output a sensor signal indicative of acoustic vibrations received at the AE sensor;
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- a cold spray AE module configured to:
- receive the sensor signal from the AE sensor;
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- process the sensor signal to determine at least one characteristic of an additive manufacturing process and/or an additively manufactured article.
A method for monitoring a quality of cold spray additive manufacturing, comprising:
- receiving a sensor signal from a cold spray acoustic emissions (AE) sensor disposed on an additive manufacturing substrate;
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- processing the sensor signal to determine at least one characteristic of a cold spray additive manufacturing process or a cold spray additively manufactured article, or any combination thereof.
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