TY - JOUR A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Oster, Simon A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Bruno, Giovanni ED - Czujko, T. ED - Benedetti, M. T1 - Can Potential Defects in LPBF Be Healed from the Laser Exposure of Subsequent Layers? A Quantitative Study N2 - Additive manufacturing (AM) of metals and in particular laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) enables a degree of freedom in design unparalleled by conventional subtractive methods. To ensure that the designed precision is matched by the produced LPBF parts, a full understanding of the interaction between the laser and the feedstock powder is needed. It has been shown that the laser also melts subjacent layers of material underneath. This effect plays a key role when designing small cavities or overhanging structures, because, in these cases, the material underneath is feed-stock powder. In this study, we quantify the extension of the melt pool during laser illumination of powder layers and the defect spatial distribution in a cylindrical specimen. During the LPBF process, several layers were intentionally not exposed to the laser beam at various locations, while the build process was monitored by thermography and optical tomography. The cylinder was finally scanned by X-ray computed tomography (XCT). To correlate the positions of the unmolten layers in the part, a staircase was manufactured around the cylinder for easier registration. The results show that healing among layers occurs if a scan strategy is applied, where the orientation of the hatches is changed for each subsequent layer. They also show that small pores and surface roughness of solidified material below a thick layer of unmolten material (>200 µm) serve as seeding points for larger voids. The orientation of the first two layers fully exposed after a thick layer of unmolten powder shapes the orientation of these voids, created by a lack of fusion. KW - Computed tomography KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - In situ monitoring KW - infrared Thermography KW - Optical Tomography KW - Additive manufacturing KW - AISI 316L PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-528778 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/met11071012 VL - 11 IS - 7 SP - 1012 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-52877 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Oster, Simon A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Altenburg, Simon T1 - On the Registration of Thermographic In Situ Monitoring Data and Computed Tomography Reference Data in the Scope of Defect Prediction in Laser Powder Bed Fusion N2 - The detection of internal irregularities is crucial for quality assessment in metal-based additive manufacturing (AM) technologies such as laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF). The utilization of in-process thermography as an in situ monitoring tool in combination with post-process X-ray micro computed tomography (XCT) as a reference technique has shown great potential for this aim. Due to the small irregularity dimensions, a precise registration of the datasets is necessary as a requirement for correlation. In this study, the registration of thermography and XCT reference datasets of a cylindric specimen containing keyhole pores is carried out for the development of a porosity prediction model. The considered datasets show variations in shape, data type and dimensionality, especially due to shrinkage and material elevation effects present in the manufactured part. Since the resulting deformations are challenging for registration, a novel preprocessing methodology is introduced that involves an adaptive volume adjustment algorithm which is based on the porosity distribution in the specimen. Thus, the implementation of a simple three-dimensional image-to-image registration is enabled. The results demonstrate the influence of the part deformation on the resulting porosity location and the importance of registration in terms of irregularity prediction. KW - Selective laser melting (SLM) KW - Laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) KW - Additive manufacturing (AM) KW - Process monitoring KW - Infrared thermography KW - X-ray computed tomography (XCT) KW - Defect detection KW - Image registration PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-549412 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/met12060947 VL - 12 IS - 6 SP - 1 EP - 21 PB - MDPI AN - OPUS4-54941 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chand, Keerthana A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Oster, Simon A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Review on image registration methods for the quality control in additive manufacturing N2 - A critical challenge in Additive Manufacturing is to ensure the safety and dimensional accuracy of produced parts. Since quality control is made by means of different online and offline imaging techniques (e.g. Thermography, X-ray and Optical Computer Tomography), image registration plays an important role in addressing these challenges. This paper introduces the main motivation, challenges, and research gaps of image registration in Additive Manufacturing. Furthermore, it introduces the main transformations, registration methods, similarity matrices and accuracy measurement. The main aim of the paper is to present a comprehensive review on the available methods for image registration in Additive Manufacturing based on the measurement techniques. Various registration methods, including landmark-based, point cloud-based, image intensity-based, and shape-based techniques, are examined in their applications for quality control, defect detection, and distortion quantification. KW - Image processing KW - Image fusion KW - Computed tomography KW - Computer-aided design KW - Additive manufacturing PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-624495 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40964-024-00932-2 SN - 2363-9520 SP - 1 EP - 27 PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC AN - OPUS4-62449 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chand, Keerthana A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Oster, Simon A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Poka, Konstantin A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - A Comparative Study of Rigid Three-Dimensional Image Registration Methods for Powder Bed Fusion with Laser Beam of Metals Using a Gold Standard Approach N2 - In Additive Manufacturing (AM), precise rigid three-dimensional (3D) image registration between X-ray Computed Tomography (XCT) scans and Computer-Aided Design (CAD) models is an important step for the quantification of distortions in produced parts. Given the absence of standardized benchmarks for image registration in AM, we introduce a gold standard for 3D image registration, using a reference base plate beneath the build structure. This gold standard is used to quantify the accuracy of rigid registration, with a proof of concept demonstrated in PBF-LB/M. In this study, we conduct a comparative analysis of various rigid 3D registration methods useful for quality assurance of PBF-LB/M parts including feature-based, intensity-based, and point cloud-based approaches. The performance of each registration method is evaluated using measures of alignment accuracy based on the gold standard and computational efficiency. Our results indicate significant differences in the efficacy of these methods, with point cloud based Coherent Point Drift (CPD) showing superior performance in both alignment and computational efficiency. The rigidly registered 3D volumes are used to estimate the deformation field of the printed parts relative to the nominal CAD design using Digital Volume Correlation (DVC). The quality of the estimated deformation field is assessed using the Dice score metric. This study provides insights into methods for enhancing the precision and reliability of AM process. KW - Digital volume correlation KW - 3D image registration KW - 3D image processing KW - X-ray computed tomography KW - Computer-aided design KW - Displacement field estimation PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-627043 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-025-01174-0 SN - 1573-4862 VL - 44 IS - 30 SP - 1 EP - 20 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-62704 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -