TY - GEN A1 - Wargulski, Dan A1 - Nowak, Torsten A1 - Thiele, Magnus A1 - Dobbelstein, Henrick A1 - Schacht, Ralph A1 - Abo Ras, Mohamad T1 - Quality management of laser cladding processes for additive manufacturing by new methods of visualization and evaluation of thermographic data T2 - Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Journal N2 - Additive manufacturing by laser cladding is a promising tool for rapid prototyping, buildup of bionic structures and replacement part production. To ensure a constant quality of manufactured components and to shorten the development process between CAD model and suitable produced components a quality management system is inevitable. Therefore, a system has been developed to evaluate the cladding process by means of thermographic measurements. Melt pool temperature measurements by a thermal imaging camera has been processed to 2- and 3-dimensional temperature maps of the manufactured component, like a tomographic image, to easily reveal weak spots in the process and the component itself. The quality management system was tested and evaluated on several laser-cladding processes with various failures. KW - additive manufacturing KW - laser cladding KW - laser metal deposition KW - thermography KW - quality assessment Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/17686733.2019.1592392 SN - 2116-7176 VL - 17 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 12 ER -