TY - JOUR A1 - Pauzon, C. A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Evsevleev, Sergei A1 - Dubiez-Le Goff, S. A1 - Murugesan, S. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Hryha, E. T1 - Residual stresses and porosity in Ti-6Al-4V produced by laser powder bed fusion as a function of process atmosphere and component design N2 - The influence of the process gas, laser scan speed, and sample thickness on the build-up of residual stresses and porosity in Ti-6Al-4V produced by laser powder bed fusion was studied. Pure argon and helium, as well as a mixture of those (30% helium), were employed to establish process atmospheres with a low residual Oxygen content of 100 ppm O2. The results highlight that the subsurface residual stresses measured by X-ray diffraction were significantly lower in the thin samples (220 MPa) than in the cuboid samples (645 MPa). This difference was attributed to the shorter laser vector length, resulting in heat accumulation and thus in-situ stress relief. The addition of helium to the process gas did not introduce additional subsurface residual stresses in the simple geometries, even for the increased scanning speed. Finally, larger deflection was found in the cantilever built under helium (after removal from the baseplate), than in those produced under argon and an argon-helium mixture. This result demonstrates that complex designs involving large scanned areas could be subjected to higher residual stress when manufactured under helium due to the gas’s high thermal conductivity, heat capacity, and thermal diffusivity. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Ti-6Al-4V KW - Residual stress KW - Process atmosphere KW - Helium PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-534209 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.102340 VL - 47 SP - 2340 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-53420 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Farahbod-Sternahl, L. A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Léonard, F. A1 - Haberland, C. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - 3D Computed Tomography Quantifies the Dependence of Bulk Porosity, Surface Roughness, and Re-Entrant Features on Build Angle in Additively Manufactured IN625 Lattice Struts N2 - Layer-by-layer additive manufacturing (AM) by means of laser-powder bed Fusion (L-PBF) offers many prospects regarding the design of lattice structures used, for example, in gas turbines. However, defects such as bulk porosity, Surface roughness, and re-entrant features are exacerbated in nonvertical structures, such as tilted struts. The characterization and quantification of these kinds of defects are essential for the correct estimation of fracture and fatigue properties. Herein, cylindrical struts fabricated by L-PBF are investigated by means of X-ray computed tomography (XCT), with the aim of casting light on the dependence of the three kinds of defects (bulk porosity, surface roughness, and re-entrant features) on the build angle. Innovative analysis methods are proposed to correlate shape and position of pores, to determine the angular-resolved Surface roughness, and to quantify the amount of re-entrant surface features, q. A meshing of the XCT surface enables the correlation of q with the classical Surface roughness Pa. This analysis leads to the conclusion that there is a linear correlation between q and Pa. However, it is conjectured that there must be a threshold of surface roughness, below which no re-entrant features can be build. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - Computed tomography KW - Surface roughness analysis KW - Re-entrant surface feature PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-534728 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202100689 IS - 2100689 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Wiley-VCH Verlag AN - OPUS4-53472 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian A1 - Pirling, T. A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - The importance of subsurface residual stress in laser powder bed fusion IN718 N2 - The residual stress (RS) in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) IN718 alloy samples produced using a 67°-rotation scan strategy is investigated via laboratory X-ray diffraction (XRD) and neutron diffraction (ND). The location dependence of the strain-free (d₀) lattice spacing in ND is evaluated using a grid array of coupons extracted from the far-edge of the investigated specimen. No compositional spatial variation is observed in the grid array. The calculated RS fields show considerable non-uniformity, significant stress gradients in the region from 0.6 to 2 mm below the surface, as well as subsurface maxima that cannot be accounted for via XRD. It is concluded that failure to determine such maxima would hamper a quantitative determination of RS fields by means of the stress balance method. KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - Neutron and X-ray diffraction KW - Residual stress analysis KW - Strain-free lattice references KW - Stress balance PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-532707 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202100895 SN - 1615-7508 SN - 1527-2648 VL - 24 IS - 6 SP - 1 EP - 7 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-53270 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schröder, Jakob A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Luzin, Vladimir A1 - Ferrari, Bruno A1 - Simón-Muzás, Juan A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Impact of scan strategy on principal stresses in laser powder bed fusion N2 - Additive manufacturing techniques, such as laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB), are well known for their exceptional freedom in part design. However, these techniques are also characterized by the development of large thermal gradients during production and thus residual stress (RS) formation in produced parts. In this context, neutron diffraction enables the non-destructive characterization of the bulk RS distribution. By control of the thermal gradients in the powder-bed plane by scan strategy variation we study the impact of in-process scan strategy variations on the microstructure and the three-dimensional distribution of RS. Microstructural analysis by means of electron backscatter diffraction reveals sharp microstructure transitions at the interfaces ranging from 100-200 µm. The components of the RS tensor are determined by means of neutron diffraction and the principal stress directions and magnitudes are determined by eigenvalue decomposition. We find that the distribution of RS in the powder-bed plane corresponds to the underlying scan strategy. When the alternating scan vectors align with the x- and y sample coordinate axes, the principal stress directions co-align. In the present geometry, nearly transverse isotropic stress states develop when the scan vectors are either aligned 45° between x and y or continuously rotated by 67° between each layer. KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Electron Backscatter Diffraction KW - Neutron Diffraction KW - Residual Stress KW - Principal Stress PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-607910 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2024.113171 SN - 0264-1275 VL - 244 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-60791 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Procedures to Quantitatively Characterize Morphological Features of Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Structures N2 - Additively manufactured (AM) metallic sheet-based Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Structures (TPMSS) meet several requirements in both bio-medical and engineering fields: Tunable mechanical properties, low sensitivity to manufacturing defects, mechanical stability, and high energy absorption. However, they also present some challenges related to quality control. In fact, the optimization of both the AM process and the properties of TPMSS is impossible without considering structural characteristics as manufacturing accuracy, internal defects, and as well as surface topography and roughness. In this study, the quantitative non-destructive analysis of TPMSS manufactured from Ti-6Al-4V alloy by electron beam melting was performed by means of laboratory X-ray computed tomography (XCT). T2 - International conference on tomography of material and structures 2022 CY - Grenoble, France DA - 27.06.2022 KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Scaffold KW - Lightweight structures KW - Computed tomography PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-55229 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Evsevleev, Sergei A1 - Sevostianov, I. T1 - Determination of macroscopic stress from diffraction experiments: A critical discussion N2 - The paper is motivated by some inconsistencies and contradictions present in the literature on the calculation of the so-called diffraction elastic constants. In an attempt at unifying the views that the two communities of Materials Science and Mechanics of Materials have on the subject, we revisit and define the terminology used in the field. We also clarify the limitations of the commonly used approaches and Show that a unified methodology is also applicable to textured materials with a nearly arbitrary grain shape. We finally compare the predictions based on this methodology with experimental data obtained by in situ synchrotron radiation diffraction on additively manufactured Ti-6Al4V alloy. We show that (a) the transverse isotropy of the material yields good agreement between the best-fit isotropy approximation (equivalent to the classic Kröner’s model) and the experimental data and (b) the use of a general framework allows the calculation of all components of the tensor of diffraction elastic constants, which are not easily measurable by diffraction methods. This allows us to extend the current state-of-the-art with a predictive tool. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - X-ray diffraction KW - Elastic constants KW - Stress concentration tensor PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0009101 VL - 128 IS - 2 SP - 025103 PB - AIP Publishing AN - OPUS4-50993 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Madia, Mauro ED - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - A Critical Discussion on the Diffraction-Based Experimental Determination of Residual Stress in AM Parts N2 - As opposed to reviewing results on experimental determination of residual stress by diffraction, this paper discusses the open issues when dealing with residual stress determination in additive manufactured parts, in particular those manufactured with laser powder bed fusion techniques. Three points are addressed in detail: (a) the proper determination of the strain-free reference d0, (b) the problem of the determination of the principal axes, and (c) the use of the correct diffraction elastic constants. It is shown that all methods to determine the strain-free reference d0 suffer from caveats, and care must be taken in evaluating the most suitable for the problem being tackled. In addition, it is shown that, in some systems, the principal axes do correspond to the geometrical axes of the specimen, but this needs to be systematically checked, especially in the case of uni- or bidirectional hatching strategies. Finally, the need to experimentally determine the proper diffraction elastic constants is underlined, especially in the case of strongly textured specimens, which again depends on the deposition strategy. T2 - ASTM ICAM 2020 – ASTM International Conference on Additive Manufacturing CY - Online meeting DA - 16.11.2020 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Diffraction KW - Residual Stress PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.1520/STP163120190148 VL - STP1631 SP - 122 EP - 138 PB - ASTM International CY - USA AN - OPUS4-51347 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schröder, Jakob A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian A1 - Klaus, M. A1 - Genzel, C. A1 - Schneider, J. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - On the influence of heat treatment on microstructure and mechanical behavior of laser powder bed fused Inconel 718 N2 - A range of heat treatments have been developed for wrought Inconel 718 to obtain desired properties. For additively manufactured Inconel 718, the recently developed standard ASTM F3301 provides guidance for heat treatment of powder bed fusion specimens. Although this standard is based on standards developed for wrought Inconel 718, it does not include direct aging. Since direct aging reduces the number of processing steps, it can result in a post processing cost reduction if the desired properties are obtained. In this study, we characterized the microstructure and tensile behavior of Inconel 718 specimens produced by a laser powder bed fusion process. The specimens were heat treated according to two different routines after stress relieving: a full heat Treatment versus a one-step direct aging process. Differences in the resulting texture and grain morphology were observed. The ex-situ stress-strain behavior was broadly similar. However, a slight increase in yield strength was observed for the direct aged specimen. In order to understand this behavior, investigations with in-situ synchrotron Energy dispersive X-ray diffraction tensile testing revealed differences in the load partitioning among different Crystal directions. Importantly, the elastic anisotropy expressed by the magnitude of the diffraction elastic constants showed a dependency on the microstructures. KW - Electron microscopy KW - X-ray analysis KW - Inconel 718 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Mechanical behavior KW - Diffraction elastic constants PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.140555 VL - 805 SP - 40555 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-52142 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Artzt, K. A1 - Rehmer, Birgit A1 - Haubrich, J. A1 - Ávila Calderón, Luis A1 - Schoenstein, F. A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Requena, G. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Separation of the impact of residual stress and microstructure on the fatigue performance of LPBF Ti-6Al-4V at elevated temperature N2 - Manufacturing defects, high residual stress (RS), and microstructures affect the structural integrity of laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) Ti-6Al-4V. In this study, the individual effect of these factors on fatigue performance at elevated temperature (300 °C) was evaluated. Material in as-built condition and subjected to post-processing, including two heat treatments and hot isostatic pressing, was investigated. It was found that in the absence of tensile RS, the fatigue life at elevated temperature is primary controlled by the defects; and densification has a much stronger effect than the considered heat treatments on the improvement of the mechanical performance. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Ti-6Al-4V KW - Residual stress KW - Fatigue performance KW - Computed tomography PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2021.106239 SN - 0142-1123 VL - 148 SP - 106239 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-52369 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Assessing the safety of new technologies: Summary of Project AGIL N2 - In Additive Manufacturing everybody is talking about Free Form, Unconventional Design, Re-thinking Components, “Think out of the box”. However, there are a few outstanding question: a) What are the material properties ? They certainly differ from literature values for conventional materials; b) How about the microstructure? It is different from conventional materials. Does it stay so with ageing? How does it form? c) Do we properly take residual stress into account? We often blame them for our ignorance about failure scenarios. d) Do we apply tailored heat treatments? Very often, we follow conventional schedules… This talk describes the summary of the efforts carried out within the BAM Project AGIL. At BAM, we aimed to thoroughly investigate the microstructure and how it evolves as a function of load and temperature (service), to determine the material properties after different process and service conditions, to properly determine residual stress and the way it impacts mechanical properties and component performance, to properly quantify the impact of (unavoidable?) defects, and to determine heat treatments tailored to the process-specific material (stress relieve, microstructure homogenization etc.). The Project AGIL was and is intimately coupled with the project ProMoAM, dealing with online monitoring of AM processes. T2 - Workshop In-situ Monitoring and Microstructure Development in Additive Manufactured Alloys CY - Online meeting DA - 19.04.2021 KW - Mechanical properties KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Residual Stress KW - Microstructure KW - Fatigue KW - Creep PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-52581 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Khimich, M. A. A1 - Prosolov, K. A. A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Evsevleev, Sergei A1 - Monforte, X. A1 - Teuschl, A. H. A1 - Slezak, P. A1 - Ibragimov, E. A. A1 - Saprykin, A. A. A1 - Kovalevskaya, Z. G. A1 - Dmitriev, A. I. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Sharkeev, Y. P. T1 - Advances in Laser Additive Manufacturing of Ti-Nb Alloys: From Nanostructured Powders to Bulk Objects N2 - The additive manufacturing of low elastic modulus alloys that have a certain level of porosity for biomedical needs is a growing area of research. Here, we show the results of manufacturing of porous and dense samples by a laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) of Ti-Nb alloy, using two distinctive fusion strategies. The nanostructured Ti-Nb alloy powders were produced by mechanical alloying and have a nanostructured state with nanosized grains up to 90 nm. The manufactured porous samples have pronounced open porosity and advanced roughness, contrary to dense samples with a relatively smooth surface profile. The structure of both types of samples after LPBF is formed by uniaxial grains having micro- and nanosized features. The inner structure of the porous samples is comprised of an open interconnected system of pores. The volume fraction of isolated porosity is 2 vol. % and the total porosity is 20 vol. %. Cell viability was assessed in vitro for 3 and 7 days using the MG63 cell line. With longer culture periods, cells showed an increased cell density over the entire surface of a porous Ti-Nb sample. Both types of samples are not cytotoxic and could be used for further in vivo studies. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Biomaterials KW - Ti-Nb alloy KW - Nanostructured powder KW - Laser methods KW - Powder methods KW - Laser powder bed fusion PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-525344 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11051159 VL - 11 IS - 5 SP - 1159 PB - MDPI AN - OPUS4-52534 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pauzon, C. A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Fischer, M. A1 - Ahlström, J. A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Hryha, Eduard T1 - Impact of contour scanning and helium-rich process gas on performances of Alloy 718 lattices produced by laser powder bed fusion N2 - Contour scanning and process gas type are process parameters typically considered achieving second order effects compared to first order factors such as laser power and scanning speed. The present work highlights that contour scanning is crucial to ensure geometrical accuracy and thereby the high performance under uniaxial compression of complex Alloy 718 lattice structures. Studies of X-ray computed tomography visualizations of as-built and compression-strained structures reveal the continuous and smooth bending and compression of the walls, and the earlier onset of internal contact appearance in the denser lattices printed with contour. In contrast, the effect of addition of He to the Ar process gas appears to have limited influence on the mechanical response of the lattices and their microstructure as characterized by electron backscattered diffraction. However, the addition of He proved to significantly enhance the cooling rate and to reduce the amount of the generated spatters as evidenced by in situ monitoring of the process emissions, which is very promising for the process stability and powder reusability during laser powder bed fusion. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - Gyroid lattice KW - Process atmosphere PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-546632 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.110501 SN - 0264-1275 VL - 215 SP - 110501 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-54663 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Evsevleev, Sergei A1 - Artzt, K. A1 - Haubrich, J. A1 - Sevostianov, I. A1 - Requena, G. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Micromechanical behavior of annealed Ti-6Al-4V produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion N2 - The micromechanical behavior of an annealed Ti-6Al-4V material produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion was characterized by means of in-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction during a tensile test. The lattice strain evolution was obtained parallel and transversal to the loading direction. The elastic constants were determined and compared with the conventionally manufactured alloy. In the plastic regime, a lower plastic anisotropy exhibited by the lattice planes was observed along the load axis (parallel to the building direction) than in the transverse direction. Also, the load transfer from α to β phase was observed, increasing global ductility of the material. The material seems to accumulate a significant amount of intergranular strain in the transverse direction. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Ti-6Al-4V KW - Anisotropy KW - Intergranular strain KW - Synchrotron X-ray diffraction PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-547406 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/26889277.2022.2063763 VL - 2 IS - 1 SP - 186 EP - 201 PB - Taylor & Francis AN - OPUS4-54740 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 - Schröder, Jakob A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Ferrari, Bruno A1 - Altmann, Mika León A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Toenjes, Anastasiya T1 - Laser powder bed fusion: Defect type influences critical porosity re-growth during reheating after hot isostatic pressing N2 - Despite the remarkable product design flexibility offered by additive manufacturing (AM) techniques, such as laser powder bed fusion, AM processes are susceptible to the formation of defects. In this context, the control of process parameters and the application of post-processing treatments, such as hot isostatic pressing (HIP), are of paramount importance to achieve the desired mechanical properties. The present study investigates the effectiveness of HIP as a function of process parameters in laser powder bed fused Ti-6V-4Al (PBF-LB/Ti64) using X-ray computed tomography. The process parameters are modified to obtain reference samples with low porosity, lack of fusion defects, or keyhole porosity. In all instances, subsurface keyhole porosity was observed in the as-built parts. Moreover, it was found that the efficacy of pore closure is dependent on the specific defect type. In the case of low porosity and keyhole pores, HIP resulted in effective closure. Conversely, larger lack of fusion defects were not closed due to their interconnectivity and the entrapment of argon gas. Subsequent heat treatments above the β-transus temperature allowed the investigation of the impact of defect type on porosity re-growth. For the first time, we reveal that lack of fusion defects are affected by considerable pore re-growth during post-HIP heat treatments of PBF-LB/Ti64. Such phenomenon is driven by the increasing internal pore pressure and local creep deformation at high temperatures. In contrast, re-growth is limited in samples with low porosity or keyhole pores. KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Hot Isostatic Pressing KW - Titanium KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - X-ray Computed Tomography KW - Heat Treatment KW - Porosity PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-629289 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2025.118839 VL - 340 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-62928 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 - TY - JOUR A1 - Fardan, Ahmed A1 - Fazi, Andrea A1 - Schröder, Jakob A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Deckers, Tobias A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Thuvander, Matthias A1 - Markström, Andreas A1 - Brodin, Hakan A1 - Hryha, Eduard T1 - Microstructure tailoring for crack mitigation in CM247LC manufactured by powder bed fusion – Laser beam N2 - Tailored microstructures in powder bed fusion – laser beam (PBF-LB) can aid in crack mitigation of non-weldable Ni-base superalloys such as CM247LC. This study explores the effect of a range of stripe widths from 5 mm down to 0.2 mm to control solidification cracking, microstructure, and residual stress in CM247LC manufactured by PBF-LB. The decrease in melt pool depth with the reduction in stripe width from 5 to 0.2 mm promoted the < 100 > crystallographic texture along the build direction. The crack density measurements indicated that there is an increase from 0.62 mm/mm2 (5 mm) to 1.71 mm/mm2 (1 mm) followed by a decrease to 0.33 mm/mm2 (0.2 mm). Atom probe tomography investigations at high-angle grain boundaries revealed that there is higher Hf segregation in 0.2 mm stripe width when compared to 5 mm. This indicates that the cracking behavior is likely influenced by the grain boundary segregation which in turn is dependent on melt pool shape/size and mushy zone length indicated by accompanying simulations. Residual stress, measured by X-ray diffraction, decreased from 842 MPa (5 mm) to 690 MPa (1 mm), followed by an abnormal rise to 842 MPa (0.7 mm) and 875 MPa (0.5 mm). This residual stress behavior is likely associated with the cracks acting as a stress relief mechanism. However, the 0.2 mm stripe width exhibited the lowest stress of 647 MPa, suggesting a different mechanism for stress relief, possibly due to re-melting. These findings highlight the critical role of stripe width as a scan strategy in PBF-LB processing of crack-susceptible alloys. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Residual stress KW - Scanning strategy KW - Non-weldable superalloy KW - Solidification cracking PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-624606 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2025.104672 SN - 2214-7810 VL - 99 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-62460 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lapenna, M. A1 - Tsamos, Athanasios A1 - Faglion, F. A1 - Fioresi, R. A1 - Zanchetta, F. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Vision GNN (ViG) architecture for a fine‑tuned segmentation of a complex Al–Si metal matrix composite XCT volume N2 - In this paper, we implement a vision graph neural network (ViG) architecture to segment microstructures in X-ray computed tomography 3D data. Our ViG architecture is first trained on a synthetic augmented dataset, and then fine-tuned on experimental data to obtain an improved segmentation. Successively, we assess the accuracy of the segmentation on manually-labeled experimental slices. We exemplarily use the approach on a complex microstructure: a metal matrix composite, reinforced with two ceramic phases, intermetallic inclusions and a silicon network, in order to show the generality of our method. ViG model proves to be more efficient than U-Nets in adapting to new data when fine-tuned on a small portion of the experimental data. The fine-tuned ViG shows comparable performance to U-Nets, while largely reducing the number of trainable parameters, with the potential of greater adaptability and efficiency. KW - X-ray Computed tomography KW - Machine Learning KW - Virtual XCT KW - Segmentation KW - Composites PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-630593 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-025-10834-5 SN - 1573-4803 VL - 60 SP - 6907 EP - 6921 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-63059 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rahimi, A. A1 - Coduri, M. A1 - Fitch, A. A1 - Vedani, M. A1 - Schröder, J. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Casati, R. T1 - Synchrotron investigation of heat treatment effects on the 3D residual stress distribution in laser powder bed fused AlSi7Mg alloys N2 - For the first time, we utilized synchrotron diffraction to determine 3D maps of residual stresses across the entire volume of thick AlSi7Mg alloy prisms produced by PBF-LB. Samples were subjected to different heat treatment processes: direct aging (T5), solution treatment, and solution treatment followed by aging (T6). The T6 heat treatment resulted in the lowest residual tensile strains, while the T5 treatment resulted in significantly higher residual strains. Maximum residual stresses decreased from the as-built condition to the T6 heat-treated specimen. Although the T5 condition provides greater strength, it also retains higher tensile residual stresses near the surface, which can negatively affect fatigue properties. KW - Neutron Diffraction KW - Residual Stress KW - Large Scale Facilities KW - Additive Manufacturing PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-631089 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2025.138742 SN - 0167-577X VL - 396 SP - 1 EP - 5 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-63108 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian A1 - Sommer, Konstantin A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Hofmann, M. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Separation of the Formation Mechanisms of Residual Stresses in LPBF 316L N2 - Rapid cooling rates and steep temperature gradients are characteristic of additively manufactured parts and important factors for the residual stress formation. This study examined the influence of heat accumulation on the distribution of residual stress in two prisms produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) of austenitic stainless steel 316L. The layers of the prisms were exposed using two different border fill scan strategies: one scanned from the centre to the perimeter and the other from the perimeter to the centre. The goal was to reveal the effect of different heat inputs on samples featuring the same solidification shrinkage. Residual stress was characterised in one plane perpendicular to the building direction at the mid height using Neutron and Lab X-ray diffraction. Thermography data obtained during the build process were analysed in order to correlate the cooling rates and apparent surface temperatures with the residual stress results. Optical microscopy and micro computed tomography were used to correlate defect populations with the residual stress distribution. The two scanning strategies led to residual stress distributions that were typical for additively manufactured components: compressive stresses in the bulk and tensile stresses at the surface. However, due to the different heat accumulation, the maximum residual stress levels differed. We concluded that solidification shrinkage plays a major role in determining the shape of the residual stress distribution, while the temperature gradient mechanism appears to determine the magnitude of peak residual stresses. KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - LPBF KW - AISI 316L KW - Online Process Monitoring KW - Thermography KW - Residual Stress KW - Neutron Diffraction KW - X-ray Diffraction KW - Computed Tomography PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-512903 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/met10091234 VL - 10 IS - 9 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-51290 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -