Methods and Systems for Detection of Impurities in Additive Manufacturing Material

A system for detection of impurities in additive manufacturing material, the system comprising:

• a light source for illuminating a sample of additive manufacturing material with light;
• a camera for acquiring image data of the sample while illuminating the sample of the additive manufacturing material with light;
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• a computing device having one or more processors configured to execute instructions stored in memory for processing the image data to determine an amount of impurities in the sample of the additive manufacturing material.

An additive manufacturing system for detection of impurities in additive manufacturing material, the system comprising:

• an additive manufacturing machine for manufacturing a part using a supply of additive manufacturing material;
• a collector bin for storing remaining additive manufacturing material from the supply of additive manufacturing material following manufacturing of the part;
• a light source for illuminating a sample of the remaining additive manufacturing material with light;
• a camera for acquiring image data of the sample while illuminating the sample of the remaining additive manufacturing material with light;
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• a computing device having one or more processors configured to execute instructions stored in memory for processing the image data to determine an amount of impurities in the sample of the remaining additive manufacturing material.