TY - JOUR A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Chaudry, Mohsin Ali A1 - Scheuschner, Nils A1 - Blasón Gonzalez, Sergio A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai T1 - Thermal history transfer from complex components to representative test specimens in laser powder bed fusion N2 - Additively manufactured components are characterized by heterogeneous mechanical properties due to variations of the microstructure, flaws and residual stresses resulting from the inhomogeneous fabrication process. The large number of influencing factors poses a further challenge in understanding the correlation between material properties, process parameters and component geometry. Therefore, the qualification of components based on witness specimens produced within the same job is questionable. This work aims to present a new strategy for the characterization of PBF-LB/M components based on representative specimens. The key assumption is the feasibility of a transfer of the thermal history from a component to a specimen. It is assumed that similar material properties are determined for components and specimens produced adopting a similar thermal history. After the definition of a region of interest in the component, a combination of thermal analyses by means of finite elements and in-situ experimental determination of the thermal history through infrared thermography is used to produce test coupons with a similar thermal history. The effectiveness of the procedure is demonstrated on a pressure vessel for applications in the chemical industry. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Heat accumulation KW - Thermal history KW - In situ monitoring KW - Process simulation KW - Representative specimens PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-602651 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40964-024-00689-8 SN - 2363-9512 SN - 2363-9520 SP - 1 EP - 16 PB - Springer CY - Cham, Switzerland AN - OPUS4-60265 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Nowakowski, Susanna A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai T1 - Experimental Determination of the Emissivity of Powder Layers and Bulk Material in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Using Infrared Thermography and Thermocouples N2 - Recording the temperature distribution of the layer under construction during laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) is of utmost interest for a deep process understanding as well as for quality assurance and in situ monitoring means. While having a notable number of thermal monitoring approaches in additive manufacturing (AM), attempts at temperature calibration and emissivity determination are relatively rare. This study aims for the experimental temperature adjustment of an off-axis infrared (IR) thermography setup used for in situ thermal data acquisition in L-PBF processes. The temperature adjustment was conducted by means of the so-called contact method using thermocouples at two different surface conditions and two different materials: AISI 316L L-PBF bulk surface, AISI 316L powder surface, and IN718 powder surface. The apparent emissivity values for the particular setup were determined. For the first time, also corrected, closer to real emissivity values of the bulk or powder surface condition are published. In the temperature region from approximately 150 °C to 580 °C, the corrected emissivity was determined in a range from 0.2 to 0.25 for a 316L L-PBF bulk surface, in a range from 0.37 to 0.45 for 316L powder layer, and in a range from 0.37 to 0.4 for IN718 powder layer. KW - Emisssivity KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) KW - Selective Laser Melting (SLM) KW - Additive Manufacturing (AM) KW - Process monitoring KW - Infrared thermography PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-516148 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/met10111546 VL - 10 IS - 11 SP - 1546 PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Schweiz AN - OPUS4-51614 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Scheuschner, Nils A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai T1 - In situ heat accumulation by geometrical features obstructing heat flux and by reduced inter layer times in laser powder bed fusion of AISI 316L stainless steel N2 - Material qualification for laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) processes are often based on results derived from additively manufactured (AM) bulk material or small density cubes, although it is well known that the part geometry has a tremendous influence on the heat flux and, therefore, on the thermal history of an AM component. This study shows experimentally the effect of simple geometrical obstructions to the heat flux on cooling behavior and solidification conditions of 316L stainless steel processed by L-PBF. Additionally, it respects two distinct inter layer times (ILT) as well as the build height of the parts. The cooling behavior of the parts is in-situ traced by infrared (IR) thermography during the built-up. The IR signals reveal significant differences in cooling conditions, which are correlated to differences in melt pool geometries. The acquired data and results can be used for validation of computational models and improvements of quality assurance. KW - Selective laser beam melting KW - Thermography KW - Melt pool depth KW - Inter layer time KW - Ppreheating temperature KW - Additive Manufacturing PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-512549 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2020.09.030 VL - 94 SP - 155 EP - 160 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-51254 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Sommer, Konstantin A1 - Knobloch, Tim A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Recknagel, Sebastian A1 - Bettge, Dirk A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai T1 - Process Induced Preheating in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Monitored by Thermography and Its Influence on the Microstructure of 316L Stainless Steel Parts N2 - Undetected and undesired microstructural variations in components produced by laser powder bed fusion are a major challenge, especially for safety-critical components. In this study, an in-depth analysis of the microstructural features of 316L specimens produced by laser powder bed fusion at different levels of volumetric energy density and different levels of inter layer time is reported. The study has been conducted on specimens with an application relevant build height (>100 mm). Furthermore, the evolution of the intrinsic preheating temperature during the build-up of specimens was monitored using a thermographic in-situ monitoring set-up. By applying recently determined emissivity values of 316L powder layers, real temperatures could be quantified. Heat accumulation led to preheating temperatures of up to about 600 °C. Significant differences in the preheating temperatures were discussed with respect to the individual process parameter combinations, including the build height. A strong effect of the inter layer time on the heat accumulation was observed. A shorter inter layer time resulted in an increase of the preheating temperature by more than a factor of 2 in the upper part of the specimens compared to longer inter layer times. This, in turn, resulted in heterogeneity of the microstructure and differences in material properties within individual specimens. The resulting differences in the microstructure were analyzed using electron back scatter diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. Results from chemical analysis as well as electron back scatter diffraction measurements indicated stable conditions in terms of chemical alloy composition and austenite phase content for the used set of parameter combinations. However, an increase of the average grain size by more than a factor of 2.5 could be revealed within individual specimens. Additionally, differences in feature size of the solidification cellular substructure were examined and a trend of increasing cell sizes was observed. This trend was attributed to differences in solidification rate and thermal gradients induced by differences in scanning velocity and preheating temperature. A change of the thermal history due to intrinsic preheating could be identified as the main cause of this heterogeneity. It was induced by critical combinations of the energy input and differences in heat transfer conditions by variations of the inter layer time. The microstructural variations were directly correlated to differences in hardness. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - In-situ process monitoring KW - Thermography KW - Heat accumulation KW - Inter layer time KW - Cellular substructure PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-529240 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/met11071063 VL - 11 IS - 7 SP - 1063 PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Schweiz AN - OPUS4-52924 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nadammal, Naresh A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Haberland, C. A1 - Portella, Pedro Dolabella A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Critical role of scan strategies on the development of microstructure, texture, and residual stresses during laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing N2 - Laser based powder bed fusion additive manufacturing offers the flexibility to incorporate standard and userdefined scan strategies in a layer or in between the layers for the customized fabrication of metallic components. In the present study, four different scan strategies and their impact on the development of microstructure, texture, and residual stresses in laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing of a nickel-based superalloy Inconel 718 was investigated. Light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy combined with electron backscatter diffraction, and neutron diffraction were used as the characterization tools. Strong textures with epitaxially grown columnar grains were observed along the build direction for the two individual scan strategies. Patterns depicting the respective scan strategies were visible in the build plane, which dictated the microstructure development in the other planes. An alternating strategy combining the individual strategies in the successive layers and a 67◦ rotational strategy weakened the texture by forming finer microstructural features. Von Mises equivalent stress plots revealed lower stress values and gradients, which translates as lower distortions for the alternating and rotational strategies. Overall results confirmed the scope for manipulating the microstructure, texture, and residual stresses during laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing by effectively controlling the scan strategies. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - Nickel-based superalloys KW - Scan strategies KW - Residual stresses KW - Microstructure and texture PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2020.101792 VL - 38 SP - 1792 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-51944 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - O'Connor, Daniel T1 - European Metrology Network (EMN) for Advanced Manufacturing Development of the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) N2 - The European Commission has identified Advanced Manufacturing and Advanced Materials as two of six Key Enabling Technologies (KETs). It is considered that Metrology is a key enabler for the advancement of these KETs. Consequently, EURAMET, the association of metrology institutes in Europe, has strengthened the role of Metrology for these KETs by enabling the creation of a European Metrology Network (EMN) for Advanced Manufacturing. The EMN is comprised of National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) and Designated Institutes (DIs) from across Europe and was formally established in October 2021. The aim of the EMN is to provide a high-level coordination of European metrology activities for the Advanced Manufacturing community. The EMN itself is organized in three sections representing the major stages of the manufacturing chain: 1) Advanced Materials, 2) Smart Manufacturing Systems, and 3) Manufactured Components & Products. The EMN for Advanced Manufacturing is engaging with stakeholders in the field of Advanced Manufacturing (large companies & SMEs, industry organisations, existing networks, and academia), as well as the wider Metrology community, including Technical Committees, to provide input for the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) on Metrology for Advanced Manufacturing. This contribution will give an overview about the first version of the SRA prepared by the EMN for Advanced Manufacturing. T2 - Euspen, 23rd International Conference & Exhibitio CY - Copenhagen, Danmark DA - 13.06.2023 KW - European Metrology Network (EMN) KW - Advanced Manufacturing KW - Metrology KW - Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-59176 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - O'Connor, Daniel A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Balsamo, Alessandro A1 - Favres, Georges A1 - Przyklenk, Anita A1 - Bosse, Harald A1 - Phillips, Dishi T1 - European Metrology Network (EMN) for Advanced Manufacturing ─ Development of the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) N2 - The European Commission has identified Advanced Manufacturing and Advanced Materials as two of six Key Enabling Technologies (KETs). It is considered that Metrology is a key enabler for the advancement of these KETs. Consequently, EURAMET, the association of metrology institutes in Europe, has strengthened the role of Metrology for these KETs by enabling the creation of a European Metrology Network (EMN) for Advanced Manufacturing. The EMN is comprised of National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) and Designated Institutes (DIs) from across Europe and was formally established in October 2021. The aim of the EMN is to provide a high-level coordination of European metrology activities for the Advanced Manufacturing community. The EMN itself is organized in three sections representing the major stages of the manufacturing chain: 1) Advanced Materials, 2) Smart Manufacturing Systems, and 3) Manufactured Components & Products. The EMN for Advanced Manufacturing is engaging with stakeholders in the field of Advanced Manufacturing (large companies & SMEs, industry organisations, existing networks, and academia), as well as the wider Metrology community, including Technical Committees, to provide input for the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) on Metrology for Advanced Manufacturing. This contribution will give an overview about the first version of the SRA prepared by the EMN for Advanced Manufacturing T2 - Euspen, 23rd International Conference & Exhibitio CY - Copenhagen, Danmark DA - 12.06.2023 KW - European Metrology Network (EMN) KW - Advanced Manufacturing KW - Metrology KW - Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) PY - 2023 SP - 363 EP - 364 AN - OPUS4-59196 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Obaton, A.-F. A1 - Fain, J. A1 - Meinel, Dietmar A1 - Tsamos, Athanasios A1 - Léonard, F. A1 - Lécuelle, B. A1 - Djemaï, M. T1 - In Vivo Bone Progression in and around Lattice Implants Additively Manufactured with a New Titanium Alloy N2 - The osseointegration in/around additively manufactured (AM) lattice structures of a new titanium alloy, Ti–19Nb–14Zr, was evaluated. Different lattices with increasingly high sidewalls gradually closing them were manufactured and implanted in sheep. After removal, the bone–interface implant (BII) and bone–implant contact (BIC) were studied from 3D X-ray computed tomography images. Measured BII of less than 10 µm and BIC of 95% are evidence of excellent osseointegration. Since AMnaturally leads to a high-roughness surface finish, the wettability of the implant is increased. The new alloy possesses an increased affinity to the bone. The lattice provides crevices in which the biological tissue can jump in and cling. The combination of these factors is pushing ossification beyond its natural limits. Therefore, the quality and speed of the ossification and osseointegration in/around these Ti–19Nb–14Zr laterally closed lattice implants open the possibility of bone spline key of prostheses. This enables the stabilization of the implant into the bone while keeping the possibility of punctual hooks allowing the implant to be removed more easily if required. Thus, this new titanium alloy and such laterally closed lattice structures are appropriate candidates to be implemented in a new generation of implants. KW - Osseointegration KW - X-ray computed tomography KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Machine learning segmentation PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-577066 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/app13127282 VL - 13 IS - 12 SP - 1 EP - 18 PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Switzerland AN - OPUS4-57706 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Oster, Simon T1 - Multispectral in-situ monitoring of a L-PBF manufacturing process using three thermographic camera systems N2 - The manufacturing of metal parts for the use in safety-relevant applications by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) demands a quality assurance of both part and process. Thermography is a nondestructive testing method that allows the in-situ determination of the thermal history of the produced part which is connected to the mechanical properties and the formation of defects [1]. A wide range of commercial thermographic camera systems working in different spectral ranges is available on the market. The understanding of the applicability of these cameras for qualitative and quantitative in-situ measurements in L-PBF is of vital importance [2]. In this study, the building process of a cylindrical specimen (Inconel 718) is monitored by three camera systems simultaniously. These camera systems are sensitive in various spectral bandwidths providing information in different temperature ranges. The performance of each camera system is explored in the context of the extraction of image features for the detection of defects. It is shown that the high temporal and thermal process dynamics are limiting factors on this matter. The combination of different spectral camera systems promises the potential of an improved defect detection by data fusion. T2 - LASER SYMPOSIUM & ISAM 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 07.12.2021 KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Thermography KW - In-situ Monitoring KW - Defect detection PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-54141 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Oster, Simon T1 - Porosity prediction in metal based additive manufacturing utilizing in situ thermography N2 - Quality assessment of components produced by metal based additive manufacturing (AM) technologies such as laser powder bed fusion is rising in importance due to the increased use of AM in industrial production. Here, the presence of internal porosity was identified as a limiting factor for the final component quality. The utilization of thermography as an in-situ monitoring technique allows the determination of the part’s thermal history which was found to be connected to the porosity formation [1]. Combining the local thermal information derived from thermography with the porosity information obtained by x-ray micro computed tomography, machine learning algorithms can be utilized to predict the porosity distribution in the part. In this study, a first approach for the prediction of keyhole porosity in a cylindric specimen from AISI 316L stainless steel is presented. It is based on data augmentation using the “SmoteR” algorithm [2] to cure the dataset imbalance and a 1-dimensional convolutional neural network. [1] C.S. Lough et al., Local prediction of Laser Powder Bed Fusion porosity by short-wave infrared thermal feature porosity probability maps. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 302, p. 117473 (2022) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imatprotec.2021.117473 [2] L. Torgo et al., SMOTE for Regression. Progress in Artificial Intelligence, Chapter 33, p. 378-289 (2013) https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40669-0_33 T2 - KI-Tag Arbeitskreis Chemometrik & Qualitätssicherung - Chemometrics meets Artificial Intelligence CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 01.04.2022 KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Thermography KW - Defect Prediction KW - Convolutional Neural Networks PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-54621 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Oster, Simon T1 - From Thermographic In-situ Monitoring to Porosity Detection – A Deep Learning Framework for Quality Control in Laser Powder Bed Fusion N2 - In this study, we present an enhanced deep learning framework for the prediction of porosity based on thermographic in-situ monitoring data of laser powder bed fusion processes. The manufacturing of two cuboid specimens from Haynes 282 (Ni-based alloy) powder was monitored by a short-wave infrared camera. We use thermogram feature data and x-ray computed tomography data to train a convolutional neural network classifier. The classifier is used to perform a multi-class prediction of the spatially resolved porosity level in small sub-volumes of the specimen bulk. T2 - Sensor and Measurement Science International CY - Nurnberg, Germany DA - 08.05.2023 KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - In-situ monitoring KW - Thermography KW - Machine Learning KW - Porosity PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-57614 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Oster, Simon T1 - Potentials and challenges of deep-learning-assisted porosity prediction based on thermographic in-situ monitoring in PBF-LB/M N2 - Laser powder bed fusion is one of the most promising additive manufacturing techniques for printing complex-shaped metal components. However, the formation of subsurface porosity poses a significant risk to the service lifetime of the printed parts. In-situ monitoring offers the possibility to detect porosity already during manufacturing. Thereby, process feedback control or a manual process interruption to cut financial losses is enabled. Short-wave infrared thermography can monitor the thermal history of manufactured parts which is closely connected to the probability of porosity formation. Artificial intelligence methods are increasingly used for porosity prediction from the obtained large amounts of complex monitoring data. In this study, we aim to identify the potential and the challenges of deep-learning-assisted porosity prediction based on thermographic in-situ monitoring. Therefore, the porosity prediction task is studied in detail using an exemplary dataset from the manufacturing of two Haynes282 cuboid components. Our trained 1D convolutional neural network model shows high performance (R2 score of 0.90) for the prediction of local porosity in discrete sub-volumes with dimensions of (700 x 700 x 40) μm³. It could be demonstrated that the regressor correctly predicts layer-wise porosity changes but presumably has limited capability to predict differences in local porosity. Furthermore, there is a need to study the significance of the used thermogram feature inputs to streamline the model and to adjust the monitoring hardware. Moreover, we identified multiple sources of data uncertainty resulting from the in-situ monitoring setup, the registration with the ground truth X-ray-computed tomography data and the used pre-processing workflow that might influence the model’s performance detrimentally. T2 - XXXVII. Messtechnisches Symposium 2023 CY - Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany DA - 27.09.2023 KW - Porosity prediction KW - Defect detection KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB/M, L-PBF) KW - Selective Laser Melting KW - Thermography KW - Machine Learning PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-59192 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Oster, Simon T1 - Machine Learning based defect detection in Laser Powder Bed Fusion utilizing thermographic feature data N2 - The formation of irregularities such as keyhole porosity pose a major challenge to the manufacturing of metal parts by laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M). In-situ thermography as a process monitoring technique shows promising potential in this manner since it is able to extract the thermal history of the part which is closely related to the formation of irregularities. In this study, we investigate the utilization of machine learning algorithms to detect keyhole porosity on the base of thermographic features. Here, as a referential technique, x-ray micro computed tomography is utilized to determine the part's porosity. An enhanced preprocessing workflow inspired by the physics of the keyhole irregularity formation is presented in combination with a customized model architecture. Furthermore, experiments were performed to clarify the role of important parameters of the preprocessing workflow for the task of defect detection . Based on the results, future demands on irregularity prediction in PBF-LB/M are derived. T2 - International Conference on NDE 4.0 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 24.10.2022 KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Thermography KW - In-situ Monitoring KW - Convolutional Neural Networks PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56332 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Oster, Simon T1 - A comparison of machine learning approaches for porosity prediction in PBF-LB/M based on thermography N2 - Metal-based additive manufacturing processes are increasingly used in industry to produce complex-shaped components. In this regard, the laser-based Powder Bed Fusion process (PBF-LB/M) is one of the key technologies due to its capability to produce components in high spatial accuracy. The formation of porosity during manufacturing poses a serious risk to the safety of the printed parts. For quality assessment, in-situ monitoring technologies such as thermography can be used to capture the thermal history during production. It was shown that discontinuities within the thermal history can be correlated with the probability of porosity or defect formation. In this context, Machine Learning (ML) algorithms have achieved promising results for the task of porosity prediction based on thermographic in-situ monitoring data. One important technique is the use of thermogram features for porosity prediction that are extracted from the raw data (e.g., features related to the melt pool geometry or spatter generation). However, the reduction from large thermogram data to discrete features holds the risk of losing potentially important thermal information and, thereby, introducing bias in the model. Therefore, we present a raw data-based deep learning approach that uses thermographic image sequences for the prediction of local porosity. The model takes advantage of the self-attention mechanism that considers not only the thermogram information but also its positional context within the sequence. The model is used to predict porosity in the form of a many-to-one regression. It is trained and tested on a dataset retrieved from the manufacturing of HAYNES282 cuboid specimens. The model results are compared against state-of-the-art thermogram feature-based ML models and artificial neural networks. The raw data model outperforms its feature-based counterparts in terms of prediction scores and, therefore, seems to make better use of the information available in the thermogram data. T2 - 4th Symposium on Materials and Additive Manufacturing CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 12.06.2024 KW - PBF-LB/M KW - In situ monitoring KW - Thermography KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Machine learning KW - Porosity prediction PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-62472 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Oster, Simon T1 - Defect prediction on the Base of Thermographic features in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Utilizing Machine Learning Algorithms N2 - Avoiding the formation of defects such as keyhole pores is a major challenge for the production of metal parts by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF). The use of in-situ monitoring by thermographic cameras is a promising approach to detect defects, however the data is hard to analyze by conventional algorithms. Therefore, we investigate the use of Machine Learning (ML) in this study, as it is a suitable tool to model complex processes with many influencing factors. A ML model for defect prediction is created based on features extracted from process thermograms. The porosity information calculated from an x-ray Micro Computed Tomography (µCT) scan is used as reference. Physical characteristics of the keyhole pore formation are incorporated into the model to increase the prediction accuracy. Based on the prediction result, the quality of the input data is inferred and future demands on in-situ monitoring of LPBF processes are derived. T2 - Additive Manufacturing Benchmarks 2022 CY - Bethesda, MA, USA DA - 14.08.2022 KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Thermography KW - In-situ Monitoring KW - Machine Learning KW - Defect prediction PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-55591 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Oster, Simon T1 - Investigation of the thermal history of L-PBF metal parts by feature extraction from in-situ SWIR thermography N2 - Laser powder bed fusion is used to create near net shape metal parts with a high degree of freedom in geometry design. When it comes to the production of safety critical components, a strict quality assurance is mandatory. An alternative to cost-intensive non-destructive testing of the produced parts is the utilization of in-situ process monitoring techniques. The formation of defects is linked to deviations of the local thermal history of the part from standard conditions. Therefore, one of the most promising monitoring techniques in additive manufacturing is thermography. In this study, features extracted from thermographic data are utilized to investigate the thermal history of cylindrical metal parts. The influence of process parameters, part geometry and scan strategy on the local heat distribution and on the resulting part porosity are presented. The suitability of the extracted features for in-situ process monitoring is discussed. T2 - Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XLIII CY - Online meeting DA - 12.04.2021 KW - SWIR camera KW - Additive manufacturing (AM) KW - Selective laser melting (SLM) KW - Laser beam melting (LBM) KW - In-situ monitoring KW - Infrared thermography PY - 2021 UR - https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/11743/117430C/Investigation-of-the-thermal-history-of-L-PBF-metal-parts/10.1117/12.2587913.short?SSO=1&tab=ArticleLink AN - OPUS4-52540 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Oster, Simon T1 - Defect prediction in laser powder bed fusion based on thermographic features utilizing convolutional neural networks N2 - The appearance of irregularities such as keyhole porosity is a major challenge for the production of metal parts by laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M). The utilization of thermographic in-situ monitoring is a promising approach to extract the thermal history which is closely related to the formation of irregularities. In this study, we investigate the utilization of convolutional neural networks to predict keyhole porosity based on thermographic features. Here, the porosity information calculated from an x-ray micro computed tomography scan is used as reference. Feature engineering is performed to enable the model to learn the complex physical characteristics of the porosity formation. The model is examined with regard to the choice of hyperparameters, the significance of thermal features and characteristics of the data acquisition. Based on the results, future demands on irregularity prediction in PBF-LB/M are derived. T2 - GIMC SIMAI YOUNG 2022 CY - Pavia, Italy DA - 29.09.2022 KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Thermography KW - In-situ Monitoring KW - Convolutional Neural Networks PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56331 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Oster, Simon A1 - Breese, Philipp Peter A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Altenburg, Simon T1 - A deep learning framework for defect prediction based on thermographic in-situmonitoring in laser powder bed fusion N2 - The prediction of porosity is a crucial task for metal based additive manufacturing techniques such as laser powder bed fusion. Short wave infrared thermography as an in-situ monitoring tool enables the measurement of the surface radiosity during the laser exposure. Based on the thermogram data, the thermal history of the component can be reconstructed which is closely related to the resulting mechanical properties and to the formation of porosity in the part. In this study, we present a novel framework for the local prediction of porosity based on extracted features from thermogram data. The framework consists of a data pre-processing workflow and a supervised deep learning classifier architecture. The data pre-processing workflow generates samples from thermogram feature data by including feature information from multiple subsequent layers. Thereby, the prediction of the occurrence of complex process phenomena such as keyhole pores is enabled. A custom convolutional neural network model is used for classification. Themodel is trained and tested on a dataset from thermographic in-situ monitoring of the manufacturing of an AISI 316L stainless steel test component. The impact of the pre-processing parameters and the local void distribution on the classification performance is studied in detail. The presented model achieves an accuracy of 0.96 and an f1-Score of 0.86 for predicting keyhole porosity in small sub-volumes with a dimension of (700 × 700 × 50) μm3. Furthermore, we show that pre-processing parameters such as the porosity threshold for sample labeling and the number of included subsequent layers are influential for the model performance. Moreover, the model prediction is shown to be sensitive to local porosity changes although it is trained on binary labeled data that disregards the actual sample porosity. KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB/M, L-PBF) KW - Selective Laser Melting (SLM) KW - SWIR thermography KW - Online monitoring KW - Flaw detection KW - Machine learning KW - Convolutional neural networks (CNN) PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-575148 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-023-02117-0 SN - 0956-5515 SP - 1 EP - 20 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-57514 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 - CONF A1 - Oster, Simon A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Altenburg, Simon T1 - Investigation of the thermal history of L-PBF metal parts by feature extraction from in-situ SWIR thermography N2 - Laser powder bed fusion is used to create near net shape metal parts with a high degree of freedom in geometry design. When it comes to the production of safety critical components, a strict quality assurance is mandatory. An alternative to cost-intensive non-destructive testing of the produced parts is the utilization of in-situ process monitoring techniques. The formation of defects is linked to deviations of the local thermal history of the part from standard conditions. Therefore, one of the most promising monitoring techniques in additive manufacturing is thermography. In this study, features extracted from thermographic data are utilized to investigate the thermal history of cylindrical metal parts. The influence of process parameters, part geometry and scan strategy on the local heat distribution and on the resulting part porosity are presented. The suitability of the extracted features for in-situ process monitoring is discussed. T2 - Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XLIII CY - Online meeting DA - 12.04.2021 KW - SWIR camera KW - Additive manufacturing (AM) KW - Selective laser melting (SLM) KW - Laser beam melting (LBM) KW - In-situ monitoring KW - Infrared thermography PY - 2021 SN - 978-1-5106-4324-6 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2587913 VL - 11743 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - SPIE - The international society for optics and photonics AN - OPUS4-52535 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Oster, Simon A1 - Scheuschner, Nils A1 - Chand, Keerthana A1 - Altenburg, Simon T1 - Local porosity prediction in metal powder bed fusion using in-situ thermography: A comparative study of machine learning techniques N2 - The formation of flaws such as internal porosity in parts produced by Metal-based Powder Bed Fusion with Laser Beam (PBF-LB/M) significantly hinders its broader industrial application, as porosity can potentially lead to part failure. Addressing this issue, this study explores the efficacy of in-situ thermography, particularly short-wave infrared thermography, for detecting and predicting porosity during manufacturing. This technique is capable of monitoring the part’s thermal history which is closely connected to the flaw formation process. Recent advancements in Machine Learning (ML) have been increasingly leveraged for porosity prediction in PBF-LB/M. However, previous research primarily focused on global rather than localized porosity prediction which simplified the complex prediction task. Thereby, the opportunity to correlate the predicted flaw position with expected part strain to judge the severity of the flaw for part performance is neglected. This study aims to bridge this gap by studying the potential of SWIR thermography for predicting local porosity levels using regression models. The models are trained on data from two identical HAYNES®282® specimens. We compare the effectiveness of feature-based and raw data-based models in predicting different porosity types and examine the importance of input data in porosity prediction. We show that models trained on SWIR thermogram data can identify systematic trends in local flaw formation. This is demonstrated for forced flaw formation using process parameter shifts and, moreover, for randomly formed flaws in the specimen bulk. Furthermore, we identify features of high importance for the prediction of lack-of-fusion and keyhole porosity from SWIR monitoring data. KW - PBF-LB/M KW - In situ monitoring KW - Thermography KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Process monitoring KW - Porosity prediction KW - Machine Learning KW - Feature extraction PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-621798 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2024.104502 SN - 2214-7810 VL - 95 SP - 1 EP - 17 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-62179 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Oster, Simon A1 - Scheuschner, Nils A1 - Chand, Keerthana A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Gerlach, G. T1 - Potentials and challenges of deep-learning-assisted porosity prediction based on thermographic in-situ monitoring in laser powder bed fusion N2 - Laser powder bed fusion is one of the most promising additive manufacturing techniques for printing complex-shaped metal components. However, the formation of subsurface porosity poses a significant risk to the service lifetime of the printed parts. In-situ monitoring offers the possibility to detect porosity already during manufacturing. Thereby, process feedback control or a manual process interruption to cut financial losses is enabled. Short-wave infrared thermography can monitor the thermal history of manufactured parts which is closely connected to the probability of porosity formation. Artificial intelligence methods are increasingly used for porosity prediction from the obtained large amounts of complex monitoring data. In this study, we aim to identify the potential and the challenges of deep-learning-assisted porosity prediction based on thermographic in-situ monitoring. Therefore, the porosity prediction task is studied in detail using an exemplary dataset from the manufacturing of two Haynes282 cuboid components. Our trained 1D convolutional neural network model shows high performance (R² score of 0.90) for the prediction of local porosity in discrete sub-volumes with dimensions of (700 x 700 x 40) μm³. It could be demonstrated that the regressor correctly predicts layer-wise porosity changes but presumably has limited capability to predict differences in local porosity. Furthermore, there is a need to study the significance of the used thermogram feature inputs to streamline the model and to adjust the monitoring hardware. Moreover, we identified multiple sources of data uncertainty resulting from the in-situ monitoring setup, the registration with the ground truth X-ray-computed tomography data and the used pre-processing workflow that might influence the model’s performance detrimentally. T2 - XXXVII. Messtechnisches Symposium 2023 CY - Freiburg, Germany DA - 27.09.2023 KW - Porosity prediction KW - Defect detection KW - Laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M, L-PBF) KW - Selective laser melting KW - Thermography KW - Machine learning PY - 2023 DO - https://doi.org/10.1515/teme-2023-0062 SN - 0171-8096 SN - 2196-7113 VL - 90 SP - 85 EP - 96 PB - De Gruyter CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-58366 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Oster, Simon A1 - Scheuschner, Nils A1 - Chand, Keerthana A1 - Breese, Philipp Peter A1 - Becker, Tina A1 - Heinrichsdorff, F. A1 - Altenburg, Simon T1 - From Thermographic In-situ Monitoring to Porosity Detection – A Deep Learning Framework for Quality Control in Laser Powder Bed Fusion N2 - In this study, we present an enhanced deep learning framework for the prediction of porosity based on thermographic in-situ monitoring data of laser powder bed fusion processes. The manufacturing of two cuboid specimens from Haynes 282 (Ni-based alloy) powder was monitored by a short-wave infrared camera. We use thermogram feature data and x-ray computed tomography data to train a convolutional neural network classifier. The classifier is used to perform a multi-class prediction of the spatially resolved porosity level in small sub-volumes of the specimen bulk. T2 - SMSI - Sensor and Measurement Science International 2023 CY - Nürnberg, Germany DA - 08.05.2023 KW - Porosity KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - In-situ monitoring KW - Thermography KW - Machine Learning PY - 2023 UR - https://www.ama-science.org/proceedings/details/4404 DO - https://doi.org/10.5162/SMSI2023/C5.4 SP - 179 EP - 180 AN - OPUS4-57616 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pacheco, V. A1 - Marattukalam, J. J. A1 - Karlsson, D. A1 - Dessieux, L. A1 - Tran, K. V. A1 - Beran, P. A1 - Manke, I. A1 - Kardjilov, N. A1 - Markötter, Henning A1 - Sahlberg, M. A1 - Woracek, R. T1 - On the relationship between laser scan strategy, texture variations and hidden nucleation sites for failure in laser powder-bed fusion N2 - While laser powder-bed fusion has overcome some of the design constraints of conventional manufacturing methods, it requires careful selection of process parameters and scan strategies to obtain favorable properties. Here we show that even simple scan strategies, complex ones being inevitable when printing intricate designs, can inadvertently produce local alterations of the microstructure and preferential grain orientation over small areas – which easily remain unnoticed across the macroscale. We describe how a combined usage of neutron imaging and electron backscatter diffraction can reveal these localized variations and explain their origin within cm-sized parts. We explain the observed contrast variations by linking the neutron images to simulated data, pole figures and EBSD, providing an invaluable reference for future studies and showing that presumably minor changes of the scan strategy can have detrimental effects on the mechanical properties. In-situ tensile tests reveal that fracture occurs in a region that was re-melted during the building process. KW - Laser powder-bed fusion KW - Texture KW - Preferential orientation KW - Diffraction contrast neutron imaging KW - Bragg-edge PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-568054 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2022.101614 VL - 26 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-56805 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - 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 - 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 - CONF A1 - Pittner, Andreas T1 - Wire arc additive manufacturing of high strength AL-MG-SI alloys N2 - Gas metal arc-based direct energy deposition (DED) additive manufacturing technologies hold significant promise for producing large-scale metal components. However, determining optimal process parameters to achieve the desired near-net shape design and mechanical performance is a complex challenge due to the intricate interplay between process parameters and material properties. This presentation highlights the use of a newly developed solid welding wire doped with TiB to improve grain refinement in metals deposited via DED-Arc for high-strength precipitation-hardening AlMgSi aluminum alloys. This wire stems from our initial metallurgical investigations into grain refinement in aluminum weld metals. The research emphasizes the relationship between process parameters and component quality, aiming to uncover the mechanisms that influence performance. This is essential for establishing a reliable range of parameters that meet quality standards, many of which are derived from traditional welding practices. Component quality was assessed by studying pore size, pore distribution, and grain morphology. To further enhance the mechanical properties of the deposited material, post-weld heat treatments—including solution treatment, quenching, and artificial aging—were applied. The study also explores how different heat treatment strategies affect the final mechanical properties. To validate the feasibility of 3D printing high-strength aluminum alloys, a more complex demonstrator component was fabricated. The results demonstrate that DED-Arc technology can produce large aluminum parts with a quality comparable to subtractive manufacturing techniques. Furthermore, the entire additive manufacturing workflow has been digitally integrated, enabling full traceability of all key process steps. This digital integration is critical for ensuring reliable quality assessments of the finished components. T2 - 77th IIW Annual Assembly and International Conference Joint Meeting of C-I, C-IV, and C-XII CY - Rhodos, Greece DA - 07.07.2024 KW - DED-Arc KW - High-strength aluminium alloys KW - Porosity assessment KW - Component testing KW - CT-analyses PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-62014 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pittner, Andreas T1 - Additive Manufacturing of High Strength Al-Mg-Si Alloys with DED-Arc N2 - Direct energy deposition additive manufacturing technologies that utilize an electric arc have great potential for generating large volume metal components. However, selecting process parameters that yield the desired near net shape design and requested mechanical component behavior is not a trivial task due to the complex relationship between all process parameters and material characteristics. This presentation exemplifies the application of a newly developed solid welding wire doped with TiB to enhance grain refinement in the deposited metal for additive manufacturing based on DED-Arc of high-strength precipitation hardening AlMgSi-aluminum alloys. It is worth noting that the solid wire is the result of our preliminary metallurgical studies on grain refinement in aluminum weld metal. Consequently, research focuses on the correlation between process parameters and component quality to understand the underlying mechanisms. This is crucial for evaluating a robust process parameter space that yields component quality in line with corresponding standards which are mainly taken from welding technology. Specifically, we examine component quality by analyzing pore size and distribution, as well as grain morphology. To enhance the mechanical properties of the deposited metal, a post-weld heat treatment was conducted, comprising of solution treatment, quenching, and artificial aging. The study also evaluates the effects of various heat treatment strategies on the final mechanical properties of the material. To demonstrate the applicability of 3D metal printing of high-strength aluminium alloys, a more complex demonstrator was created. It has been shown that DED-Arc can produce high-volume aluminium parts with the same quality as the corresponding subtractive processing strategy. Additionally, the entire additive manufacturing chain has been digitally integrated, enabling traceability of all relevant process steps, which is essential for reliable subsequent quality assessment. T2 - 4th Symposium on Materials and Additive Manufacturing - Additive 2024 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 12.06.2024 KW - DED-Arc KW - High-stength aluminium alloys KW - Grain refinement KW - Quality assurance PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60248 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Plarre, Rüdiger A1 - Zocca, Andrea A1 - Spitzer, Andrea A1 - Benemann, Sigrid A1 - Gorbushina, Anna A1 - Li, Y. A1 - Waske, Anja A1 - Funk, Alexander A1 - Wilgig, Janka A1 - Günster, Jens T1 - Searching for biological feedstock material: 3D printing of wood particles from house borer and drywood termite frass N2 - Frass (fine powdery refuse or fragile perforated wood produced by the activity of boring insects) of larvae of the European house borer (EHB) and of drywood termites was tested as a natural and novel feedstock for 3D-printing of wood-based materials. Small particles produced by the drywood termite Incisitermes marginipennis and the EHB Hylotrupes bajulus during feeding in construction timber, were used. Frass is a powdery material of particularly consistent quality that is essentially biologically processed wood mixed with debris of wood and faeces. The filigree-like particles flow easily permitting the build-up of woodbased structures in a layer wise fashion using the Binder Jetting printing process. The Quality of powders produced by different insect species was compared along with the processing steps and properties of the printed parts. Drywood termite frass with a Hausner Ratio HR = 1.1 with ρBulk = 0.67 g/cm3 and ρTap = 0.74 g/cm3 was perfectly suited to deposition of uniformly packed layers in 3D printing. We suggest that a variety of naturally available feedstocks could be used in environmentally responsible approaches to scientific material sciences/additive manufacturing. KW - 3D printing KW - X-ray tomographic KW - SEM micrography KW - Drywood termite PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-521517 DO - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246511 VL - 16 IS - 2 SP - e0246511 AN - OPUS4-52151 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poka, Konstantin A1 - Ali, Sozol A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Schröder, Jakob A1 - Khambayat, Jiganesh A1 - Scholz, Maik A1 - Saeed, Waleed A1 - Merz, Benjamin A1 - Epperlein, Martin A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai T1 - Reduction of extraneous variance in powder bed fusion with laser beam of metals by means of advanced digital preprocessing N2 - Data-driven quality assurance and reproducibility are critical for advancing the industrial maturity of Powder Bed Fusion with Laser Beam of Metals (PBF-LB/M). This study addresses the extraneous variance in scan vectors that arises even for identical cross sections of nominally identical components but located at different positions on the build platform. This inherent variance, common across most PBF-LB/M machines, is caused by scan vector computation relative to the machine coordinate origin and subsequent projection of the resulting pattern onto individual component cross sections. In this work, scan vectors are computed still following conventional slicing, but relative to the workpiece origin of each component, using an EOS M 300-4. This digital preprocessing approach homogenizes fabrication conditions, ensuring that anomalies, such as scan vector overlaps, occur consistently across identical components. The impact during fabrication is assessed through powder bed imaging, melt pool monitoring, and operational data from the multilaser PBF-LB/M machine. Components are manufactured from AlSi10Mg for each scan vector computation origin and subsequently qualified using x-ray computed tomography, optical coordinate measurement, and optical surface measurement. A comprehensive evaluation is conducted, comparing the results in terms of component density, geometric accuracy, and surface roughness to those obtained using conventional preprocessing. Based on these findings, practical recommendations are provided, focusing on achieved quality criteria to identify potential drawbacks, while also considering the life cycle analysis of fabrication. Finally, the study emphasizes the significance of consistent scan vector provisioning for identical components placed at different build platform positions, assuming no roll or pitch during nesting. T2 - ICALEO CY - Orlando, FL, USA DA - 13.10.2025 KW - Quality assurance KW - Data management KW - 3D printing KW - Laser fabrication KW - Life cycle analysis PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-642104 DO - https://doi.org/10.2351/7.0001890 SN - 1042-346X VL - 37 IS - 4 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - American Institute of Physics Publishing CY - New York AN - OPUS4-64210 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Portella, Pedro Dolabella A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Ehlers, Henrik A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai A1 - Mohr, Gunther T1 - Monitoring additive manufacturing processes by using NDT methods N2 - In this presentation we discuss the online monitoring of metallic AM parts produced by the Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) process by using optical, thermographic and electromagnetic methods. In a first approach we present the detection of defects generated during the process and discuss how to improve these methods for the optimization of design and production of metallic AM parts. T2 - ABENDI - Workshop CY - Online meeting DA - 19.11.2020 KW - Additive Fertigung PY - 2020 AN - OPUS4-52042 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Przyklenk, A. T1 - Progress of the European Metrology Network for Advanced Manufacturing N2 - The European Metrology Network (EMN) for Advanced Manufacturing has been established in June 2021. Currently nine EMNs focussing on different important topics of strategic importance for Europe exist and form an integral part of EURAMET, the European Association of National Metrology Institutes (NMI). EMNs are tasked to ▪ develop a high-level coordination of the metrology community in Europe in a close dialogue with the respective stakeholders (SH) ▪ develop a strategic research agenda (SRA) within their thematic areas ▪ provide contributions to the European Partnership on Metrology research programme Based on the analysis of existing metrology infrastructures and capabilities of NMIs, the metrology research needs for advanced manufacturing are identified in close cooperation with academic, governmental and industrial stakeholders. Here, we report on the progress of the EMN for Advanced Manufacturing. T2 - Euspen 22nd International Conference & Exhibition (Euspen 2022) CY - Genf, Switzerland DA - 30.05.2022 KW - JNP AdvManuNet KW - Metrology KW - Advanced manufacturing KW - European Metrology Network KW - EMN PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-55805 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Przyklenk, A. A1 - Balsamo, A. A1 - O'Connor, D. A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Yandayan, T. A1 - Akgöz, S. A1 - Flys, O. A1 - Zeleny, V. A1 - Czułek, D. A1 - Meli, F. A1 - Ragusa, C. A1 - Bosse, H. T1 - New European Metrology Network for advanced manufacturing N2 - Advanced manufacturing has been identified as one of the key enabling technologies with applications in multiple industries. The growing importance of advanced manufacturing is reflected by an increased number of publications on this topic in recent years. Advanced manufacturing requires new and enhanced metrology methods to assure the quality of manufacturing processes and the resulting products. However, a high-level coordination of the metrology community is currently absent in this field and consequently this limits the impact of metrology developments on advanced manufacturing. In this article we introduce the new European Metrology Network (EMN) for Advanced Manufacturing within EURAMET, the European Association of National Metrology Institutes (NMIs). The EMN is intended to be operated sustainably by NMIs and Designated Institutes in close cooperation with Stakeholders interested in advanced manufacturing. The objectives of the EMN are to set up a permanent stakeholder dialogue, to develop a Strategic Research Agenda for the metrology input required for advanced manufacturing technologies, to create and maintain a knowledge sharing programme and to implement a web-based service desk for stakeholders. The EMN development is supported by a Joint Network Project within the European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research. KW - Stakeholder KW - Advanced manufacturing KW - Metrology KW - European Metrology Networks (EMNs) KW - Strategic Research Agenda (SRA), PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-530618 DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/ac0d25 VL - 32 IS - 11 SP - 111001 PB - IOP Publishing AN - OPUS4-53061 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 - CONF A1 - Roveda, Ilaria T1 - Investigation of residual stresses and microstructure effects on the fatigue behaviour of a L-PBF AlSi10Mg alloy N2 - Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) allow the fabrication of lightweight near net shape AlSi10Mg components attractive to the aerospace, automotive, biomedical and military industries. During the build-up process, high cooling rates occur. Thus, L-PBF AlSi10Mg alloys exhibit a Si-nanostructure in the as-built condition, which leads to superior mechanical properties compared to conventional cast materials. At the same time, such high thermal gradients generally involve a deleterious residual stress (RS) state that needs to be assessed during the design process, before placing a component in service. To this purpose post-process heat treatments are commonly performed to relieve detrimental RS. In this contribution two low-temperature stress-relief heat treatments (SRHT) are studied and compared with the as-built state: a SRHT at 265°C for 1 hour and a SRHT at 300°C for 2 hours. At these temperatures microstructural changes occur. In the as-built state, Si atoms are supersaturated in the α-aluminium matrix, which is enveloped by a eutectic Si-network. At 265°C the Si precipitation from the matrix to the pre-existing network is triggered. Thereafter, above 295°C the fragmentation and spheroidization of the Si branches takes place, presumably by Al–Si interdiffusion. After 2 hours the original eutectic network is completely replaced by uniformly distributed blocky particles. The effect of the heat and the microstructure modification on the RS state and the fatigue properties is investigated. Energy dispersive x-ray and neutron diffraction are combined to investigate the near-surface and bulk RS state of a L-PBF AlSi10Mg material. Differences in the endurance limit are evaluated experimentally by high cycle fatigue (HCF) tests and cyclic R-curve determination. T2 - 43rd Materials Mechanics Seminar CY - Sani, Chalkidiki, Greece DA - 05.06.2022 KW - AlSi10Mg KW - Fatigue KW - Neutron diffraction KW - X-ray diffraction PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-55090 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Roveda, Ilaria T1 - Effect of heat treatment on the microstructure, residual stress state and fatigue properties of PBF-LB/M AlSi10Mg N2 - Al-Si alloys produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB/M) techniques allow the fabrication of lightweight free-shape components. Due to the extremely heterogeneous cooling and heating, PBF-LB/M induces high magnitude residual stress (RS) and a fine Si microstructure. As the RS can be deleterious to the fatigue resistance of engineering components, great efforts are focused on understanding their evolution before and after post-process heat treatments (HT). T2 - Alloys for Additive Manufacturing Symposium 2022 (AAMS22) CY - Munich, Germany DA - 12.09.2022 KW - Neutron diffraction KW - X-ray diffraction KW - Crack propagation PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-55871 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Roveda, Ilaria T1 - Investigation of residual stresses and microstructure effects on the fatigue behaviour of a L-PBF AlSi10Mg alloy N2 - Al-Si alloys produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) techniques allow the fabrication of lightweight free-shape components. Due to the high cooling rates occurring during the building process, L-PBF AlSi10Mg alloys exhibit an ultra-fine microstructure that leads to superior mechanical properties in the as-built condition compared to conventional cast Al-Si materials. Nevertheless, L-PBF processing induces high thermal gradients, leading to deleterious residual stress. In order to relax detrimental residual stress and to increase the ductility, post-processing stress relief treatments are performed. The objective of the contribution is to investigate, under different heat treatment condition, the evolution of microstructure and residual stresses in view of optimizing the fatigue performance of the alloy. To this purpose various heat treatments in a range of temperatures between 265°C and 300°C for a duration between 15 minutes and 2 hours are performed. T2 - Fatigue Design 2021 CY - Senlis, France DA - 17.11.2021 KW - AlSi10Mg KW - Additive manufacturing KW - L-PBF KW - Residual stress KW - Heat treatment PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53794 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Roveda, Ilaria A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Fitch, Andrew N. A1 - Haubrich, Jan A1 - Requena, Guillermo A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar T1 - Evolution of interphase stress over a crack propagation plane as a function of stress relief heat treatments in a PBF‐LB/M AlSi10Mg alloy N2 - AbstractIn this study, we compare the residual stress state in a laser powder bed fusion (PBF‐LB/M) AlSi10Mg alloy in the as‐built (AB) condition with that after two different heat treatments (265 °C for 1 h, HT1; and 300 °C for 2 h, HT2). The bulk residual stress (RS) is determined using synchrotron X‐ray diffraction (SXRD), and near‐surface profiles are determined using laboratory energy‐dispersive X‐ray diffraction (EDXRD). The EDXRD results do not reveal any notable difference between the conditions at a depth of 350 μm, suggesting that the machining process yields a comparable residual stress state in the near‐surface regions. On the other hand, the SXRD results show that HT1 is more effective in relieving the bulk RS. It is observed that HT1 reduces the RS state in both the aluminium matrix and the silicon network. In addtion, HT2 does not have a significant impact on relaxing the RS as‐built state of the matrix, although it does induce a reduction in the RS magnitudes of the Si phase. It is concluded that the heat treatment stress relieving is effective as long as the Si‐network is not disaggregated. KW - Interphase residual stress KW - Laboratory energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction (EDXRD) KW - PBFLB/M AlSi10Mg alloy KW - Stress-relief heat-treatments KW - Synchrotron X-ray diffraction (SXRD) PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-597591 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/str.12475 VL - 60 IS - 6 SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - John Wiley & Sons Ltd. AN - OPUS4-59759 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Roveda, Ilaria A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Haubrich, J. A1 - Requena, G. A1 - Madia, Mauro T1 - Influence of post-process heat treatments on the fatigue crack propagation behaviour of a PBF-LB/M AlSi10Mg alloy N2 - The microstructure has a great influence on short fatigue crack growth in metallic materials. Laser-based Powder Bed Fusion AlSi10Mg alloys exhibit in the as-built condition a fine fibrous Si structure and a supersaturated solid solution of Si in the α-Al matrix, which is significantly modified by heat treatments starting already at temperatures under 260 °C. This study focuses on the influence of post-process heat treatments on the microstructural evolution and the resulting fatigue crack growth resistance. As compared to the as-built condition, two heat treatments at 265 °C/1 h and at 300 °C/2 h are found to be beneficial to the fatigue crack growth resistance of the investigated material. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Fatigue crack growth KW - Cyclic R-curve KW - Heat treatment PY - 2023 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2023.107808 SN - 0142-1123 VL - 175 SP - 1 EP - 12 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-57822 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Roveda, Ilaria A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Madia, Mauro T1 - Investigation of residual stresses and microstructure effects on the fatigue behaviour of a L-PBF AlSi10Mg alloy N2 - Al-Si alloys produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) techniques allow the fabrication of lightweight free-shape components that find space in aerospace, automotive, biomedical and military applications. Due to the high cooling rates occurring during the building process, L-PBF AlSi10Mg alloys exhibit an ultra-fine microstructure that leads to superior mechanical properties in the as-built condition compared to conventional cast Al-Si materials. Nevertheless, L-PBF processing induces high thermal gradients, leading to deleterious residual stress levels that must be considered to avoid part distortion and unpredicted failures. In order to relax detrimental residual stress and to increase the ductility, post-processing stress relief treatments are generally performed. In as-built condition the hypoeutectic AlSi10Mg microstructure consist of fine α-Al cells containing uniformly dispersed silicon nanoparticles, which are, in addition, surrounded by a eutectic Si network. Above 260°C the silicon interconnectivity starts to breakdown into spheroidized particles and to coarsen. At the same time, the heating residual stresses are relieved. The objective of the contribution is to investigate, under different heat treatment conditions, the evolution of microstructure and residual stresses in view of optimizing the fatigue performance of the alloy. To this purpose various heat treatments in a range of temperatures between 265°C and 300°C for a duration between 15 minutes and 2 hours are performed. The microstructure modifications are analysed using a scanning electron microscope and the residual stress state is measured by laboratory X-ray diffraction. T2 - FATIGUE DESIGN 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 17.11.2021 KW - AlSi10Mg alloy KW - Additive manufacturing KW - L-PBF KW - Residual stress KW - Heat treatment PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-544942 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2022.03.057 SN - 2452-3216 VL - 38 SP - 564 EP - 571 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-54494 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Roveda, Ilaria A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Pirling, T. A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Klaus, M. A1 - Haubrich, J. A1 - Requena, G. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Influence of a 265 °C heat treatment on the residual stress state of a PBF-LB/M AlSi10Mg alloy N2 - Laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB/M) additive manufacturing (AM) induces high magnitude residual stress (RS) in structures due to the extremely heterogeneous cooling and heating rates. As the RS can be deleterious to the fatigue resistance of engineering components, great efforts are focused on understanding their generation and evolution after post-process heat treatments. In this study, one of the few of its kind, the RS relaxation induced in an as-built PBF-LB/M AlSi10Mg material by a low-temperature heat treatment (265 °C for 1 h) is studied by means of X-ray and neutron diffraction. Since the specimens are manufactured using a baseplate heated up to 200 °C, low RS are found in the as-built condition. After heat treatment a redistribution of the RS is observed, while their magnitude remains constant. It is proposed that the redistribution is induced by a repartition of stresses between the a-aluminium matrix and the silicon phase, as the morphology of the silicon phase is affected by the heat treatment. A considerable scatter is observed in the neutron diffraction RS profiles, which is principally correlated to the presence (or absence) of pockets of porosity developed at the borders of the chessboard pattern. KW - Neutron diffraction KW - Additive manufacturing PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-565115 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-022-07997-w SN - 1573-4803 VL - 57 SP - 22082 EP - 22098 PB - Springer Science + Business Media CY - Dordrecht AN - OPUS4-56511 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Santi, Alberto A1 - Schröder, Jakob A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Bayat, Mohamad A1 - Hattel, Jesper Henri T1 - Exploring the Flash Heating method in additive manufacturing for residual stress prediction: A comparative study with diffraction results from X-ray and neutron techniques N2 - Residual stress (RS) control is crucial for ensuring the performance and reliability of components produced through laser-based powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) additive manufacturing (AM). This study evaluates the Flash Heating (FH) method as an efficient approach for RS prediction, comparing its outcomes with multiple experimental techniques, including X-ray diffraction, neutron diffraction, and layer removal methods. These experimental assessments are conducted in different regions of the component, both before and after detachment from the baseplate. The study validates the FH method and analyzes key numerical parameters, such as meta-layer height, contact time, and time-stepping strategies. Results indicate that FH effectively predicts bulk RS distributions but shows discrepancies in surface stress estimations, likely due to unaccounted factors like surface roughness. Additionally, implementing experimentally derived material properties from as-built AM samples significantly enhances model accuracy compared to conventional material datasets. These findings underscore the potential of FH for efficient RS prediction in PBF-LB while identifying areas for further improvement. Refinements should focus on incorporating anisotropic, temperature-dependent material behavior derived from as-built AM samples and surface roughness effects. This work advances the understanding of key factors necessary for accurate and computationally efficient RS prediction, supporting the optimization of AM processes. KW - Finete element method KW - Inconel 718 KW - Metal additive manufacturing KW - Residual stress KW - Thermomechanics PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-639533 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/01495739.2025.2541862 SN - 0149-5739 SP - 1 EP - 24 PB - Taylor & Francis AN - OPUS4-63953 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Scheuschner, Nils T1 - In-situ Monitoring of PBF-LB/M by thermography, optical tomography, melt-pool-monitoring and eddy current N2 - The formation of defects such as keyhole pores is a major challenge for the production of metal parts by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF). The LPBF process is characterized by a large number of influencing factors which can be hard to quantify. Machine Learning (ML) is a prominent tool to predict the outcome of complex processes on the basis of different sensor data. In this study, a ML model for defect prediction is created using thermographic image features as input data. As a reference, the porosity information calculated from an x-ray Micro Computed Tomography (µCT) scan of the produced specimen is used. Physical knowledge about the keyhole pore formation is incorporated into the model to increase the prediction accuracy. From the prediction result, the quality of the input data is evaluated and future demands on in-situ monitoring of LPBF processes are formulated. T2 - AM Bench 2022 CY - Bethesda, Washingthon DC, USA DA - 15.08.2022 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Thermography KW - Additive Fertigung KW - Thermografie PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-55854 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Scheuschner, Nils T1 - In-situ monitoring of the laser powder bed fusion process by thermography, optical tomography and melt pool monitoring for defect detection N2 - For the wide acceptance of the use of additive manufacturing (AM), it is required to provide reliable testing methods to ensure the safety of the additively manufactured parts. A possible solution could be the deployment of in-situ monitoring during the build process. However, for laser powder bed fusion using metal powders (PBF-LB/M ) only a few in-situ monitoring techniques are commercially available (optical tomography, melt pool monitoring) but not researched to an extent that allows to guarantee the adherence to strict quality and safety standards. In this contribution, we present results of a study of PBF-LB/M printed parts made of the nickel-based superalloy Haynes 282. The formation of defects was provoked by local variations of the process parameters and monitored by thermography, optical tomography and melt pool monitoring. Afterwards, the defects were characterized by computed tomography (CT) to identify the detection limits of the used in-situ techniques. T2 - LiM Conference 2023 - Lasers in Manufacturing CY - Munich, Germany DA - 26.06.2023 KW - Thermography KW - High temperature alloys KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - PBF-LB/M PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-57947 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Scheuschner, Nils T1 - SAMMIE - Research PBF-LB/M system for the development of in-situ monitoring methods N2 - By allowing economic on-demand manufacturing of highly customized and complex workpieces, metal based additive manufacturing (AM) has the prospect to revolutionize many industrial areas. Since AM is prone to the formation of defects during the building process, a fundamental requirement for AM is to find ways to assure the safety and reliability of the additively manufactured parts to become applicable in most fields. A possible solution for this problem lies in the deployment of various in-situ monitoring techniques. However, only a few of these techniques are commercially available and are not researched to an extent that allows to guarantee the adherence to strict quality and safety standards. Since commercial AM machines are not designed for research applications, they provide only limited access to the build chamber during the process and little control over the exact timing and parameters of the process. Therefore, for our research at BAM, we built a laser powder bed fusion system (PBF-LB/M), called “Sensor-based Additive Manufacturing MachInE” (SAMMIE). It provides a fully open system architecture with flexible accesses to the build camber and full control of the complete process. In this contribution, we show first results using thermographic cameras and optical tomography. The flexibility of SAMMIE allows us to use the multiple cameras either fixed relatively to the build plate or coaxially to the process laser. T2 - 20th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (WCNDT) CY - Incheon, South Korea DA - 27.05.2024 KW - PBF-LB/M KW - In situ monitoring KW - Custom machine KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Thermography PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-62471 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Scheuschner, Nils T1 - Infrared Thermography of the DED-LB/M and PBF LB/M processes N2 - Infrared thermography is a technique that allows to measure the temperatures of objects by analyzing the intensity of the thermal emission without the need of direct contact with very high spatial and temporal resolution. As the temperature is a fundamental factor for the additive manufacturing processes of metals, infrared thermography can provide experimental data that can be used for the validation of simulations and improving the understanding of the processes as well as for in-situ process monitoring for nondestructive evaluation (NDE) for quality control. In this talk we will provide an overview over the possibilities of state of the art thermographic in-situ monitoring systems for the DED-LB/M and PBF-LB/M processes and the challenges such as phase transitions and unknown emissivity values in respect to the determination of real temperatures. We define the requirements for different camera systems in various configurations and give examples on the selection of appropriate measurement parameters and data acquisition techniques as well as on techniques for data analysis and interpretation. Finally, we compare in-situ monitoring methods against post NDE methods by analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of both. This research was funded by BAM within the Focus Area Materials. T2 - Coupled2021 - IX International Conference on Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering CY - Online meeting DA - 13.06.2021 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Thermography KW - Direct Energy Deposition PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-54399 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Scheuschner, Nils A1 - Heinrichsdorff, F. A1 - Oster, Simon A1 - Uhlmann, E. A1 - Polte, J. A1 - Gordei, A. A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai T1 - In-situ monitoring of the laser powder bed fusion process by thermography, optical tomography and melt pool monitoring for defect detection N2 - For the wide acceptance of the use of additive manufacturing (AM), it is required to provide reliable testing methods to ensure the safety of the additively manufactured parts. A possible solution could be the deployment of in-situ monitoring during the build process. However, for laser powder bed fusion using metal powders (PBF-LB/M) only a few in-situ monitoring techniques are commercially available (optical tomography, melt pool monitoring), which have not been researched to an extent that allows to guarantee the adherence to strict quality and safety standards. In this contribution, we present results of a study of PBF-LB/M printed parts made of the nickel-based superalloy Haynes 282. The formation of defects was provoked by local variations of the process parameters and monitored by thermography, optical tomography and melt pool monitoring. Afterwards, the defects were characterized by computed tomography (CT) to identify the detection limits of the used in-situ techniques. T2 - Lasers in Manufacturing Conference 2023 CY - Munich, Germany DA - 26.06.2023 KW - Thermography KW - Optical tomography KW - Melt-pool-monitoring KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - Haynes 282 KW - Additive Manufacturing PY - 2023 UR - https://www.wlt.de/lim2023-proceedings/system-engineering-and-process-control SP - 1 EP - 10 AN - OPUS4-58466 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scheuschner, Nils A1 - Oster, Simon A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai T1 - Comparison of NIR and SWIR thermography for defect detection in Laser Powder Bed Fusion N2 - Since laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M) is prone to the formation of defects during the building process, a fundamental requirement for widespread application is to find ways to assure safety and reliability of the additively manufactured parts. A possible solution for this problem lies in the usage of in-situ thermographic monitoring for defect detection. In this contribution we investigate possibilities and limitations of the VIS/NIR wavelength range for defect detection. A VIS/NIR camera can be based on conventional silicon-based sensors which typically have much higher spatial and temporal resolution in the same price range but are more limited in the detectable temperature range than infrared sensors designed for longer wavelengths. To investigate the influence, we compared the thermographic signatures during the creation of artificially provoked defects by local parameter variations in test specimens made of a nickel alloy (UNS N07208) for two different wavelength ranges (~980 nm and ~1600 nm). KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - PBF-LB/M KW - Thermography KW - Additive manufacturing KW - NDT PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-610380 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2024.08.122 VL - 124 SP - 301 EP - 304 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-61038 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schröder, Jakob T1 - Neutron Diffraction Based Residual Stress Analysis of Additively Manufactured Alloys N2 - Additive manufacturing methods such as laser powder bed fusion offer an enormous flexibility in the efficient design of parts. In this process, a laser locally melts feedstock powder to build up a part layer-by-layer. It is this localized processing manner imposing large temperature gradients, resulting in the formation of internal stress and characteristic microstructures. Produced parts inherently contain high levels of residual stress accompanied by columnar grain growth and crystallographic texture. On a smaller scale, the microstructure is characterized by competitive cell-like solidification with micro segregation and dislocation entanglement. In this context, it is crucial to understand the interplay between microstructure, texture, and residual stress to take full advantage of the freedom in design. In fact, X-ray and neutron diffraction are considered as the benchmark for the non-destructive characterization of surface and bulk residual stress. The latter, characterized by a high penetration power in most engineering alloys, allows the use of diffraction angle close to 90°, enabling the employment of a nearly cubic gauge volume. However, the complex hierarchical microstructures produced by additive manufacturing present significant challenges towards the reliable characterization of residual stress by neutron diffraction. Since residual stress is not the direct quantity being measured, the peak shift imposed by the residual stress present in a material must be converted into a macroscopic stress. First, an appropriate lattice plane must be selected that is easily accessible (i.e., high multiplicity) and insensitive to micro strain accumulation. Second, a stress-free reference must be known to calculate a lattice strain, which can be difficult to define for the heterogeneous microstructures produced by additive manufacturing. Third, an appropriate set of diffraction elastic constants that relate the lattice strain to the macroscopic stress must be known. In this presentation, advancements in the field of residual stress analysis using neutron diffraction are presented on the example of the Ni-based superalloy Inconel 718. The effect of the complex microstructure on the determination of residual stress by neutron diffraction is presented. It is shown, how to deal with the determination of the stress-free reference. It is also shown that the selection of an appropriate set of diffraction elastic constants depends on the microstructure. Finally, the role of the crystallographic texture in the determination of the residual stress is shown. T2 - Deutsche Neutronenstreutagung CY - Aachen, Germany DA - 16.09.2024 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Neutron Diffraction KW - Electron Backscatter Diffraction KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61476 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schröder, Jakob T1 - Diffraction and Single-Crystal Elastic Constants of Laser Powder Bed Fused Inconel 718 N2 - Laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M) of metallic alloys is a layer-wise additive manufacturing process that provides significant scope for more efficient designs of components, benefiting performance and weight, leading to efficiency improvements for various sectors of industry. However, to benefit from these design freedoms, knowledge of the high produced induced residual stress and mechanical property anisotropy associated with the unique microstructures is critical. X-ray and neutron diffraction are considered the benchmark for non-destructive characterization of surface and bulk internal residual stress. The latter, characterized by the high penetration power in most engineering alloys, allows for the use of a diffraction angle close to 90° enabling a near cubic sampling volume to be specified. However, the complex microstructures of columnar growth with inherent crystallographic texture typically produced during PBF-LB/M of metallics present significant challenges to the assumptions typically required for time efficient determination of residual stress. These challenges include the selection of an appropriate set of diffraction elastic constants and a representative lattice plane suitable for residual stress analysis. In this contribution, the selection of a suitable lattice plane family for residual stress analysis is explored. Furthermore, the determination of an appropriate set of diffraction and single-crystal elastic constants depending on the underlying microstructure is addressed. In-situ loading experiments have been performed at the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source with the main scope to study the deformation behaviour of laser powder bed fused Inconel 718. Cylindrical tensile bars have been subjected to an increasing mechanical load. At pre-defined steps, neutron diffraction data has been collected. After reaching the yield limit, unloads have been performed to study the accumulation of intergranular strain among various lattice plane families. T2 - 11th European Conference on Residual Stresses CY - Prag, Czech Republic DA - 03.06.2024 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Laser Powder Bed fusion KW - Diffraction Elastic Constants KW - Microstructure KW - Electron Backscatter Diffraction PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60289 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schröder, Jakob T1 - Diffraction and Single-Crystal Elastic Constants of Laser Powder Bed Fused Inconel 718 N2 - In this presentation, the results of the determination of the diffraction and single-crystal elastic constants of laser powder bed fused Inconel 718 are presented. The analysis is based on high-energy synchrotron diffraction experiments performed at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron. It is shown that the characteristic microstructure of laser powder bed fused Inconel 718 impacts the elastic anisotropy and therefore the diffraction and single-crystal elastic constants. Finally, the consequences on the diffraction-based residual stress determination of laser powder bed fused Inconel 718 are discussed. T2 - AWT-Fachausschuss 13 "Eigenspannungen" CY - Wolfsburg, Germany DA - 19.03.2024 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Laser Powder Bed fusion KW - Diffraction KW - In-Situ Testing KW - Diffraction Elastic Constants PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-59900 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schröder, Jakob T1 - Influence of Microstructure on the Diffraction-Based Residual Stress Determination in Laser Powder Bed Fused Inconel 718 N2 - Additive manufacturing processes such as laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) offer the ability to produce parts in a single manufacturing step. On the one hand, this manufacturing technique offers immense geometric freedom in part design due to its layer-by-layer manufacturing strategy. On the other hand, the localized melting and solidification impose the presence of large temperature gradients in the process. From a microstructural perspective, this inevitably results in micro-segregation and a columnar grain structure, often paired with a significant crystallographic texture. Even worse, these large temperature gradients can lead to internal stress-induced deformation or cracking during processing. At the very least, residual stress is retained in the final structures as a footprint of this internal stress. In this context, diffraction-based methods allow the non-destructive characterization of the residual stress field in a non-destructive fashion. However, the accuracy of these methods is directly related to the microstructural characteristics of the material of interest. First, diffraction-based methods access microscopic lattice strains. To relate these lattice strains to a macroscopic stress, so-called diffraction elastic constants must be known. The deformation behavior is directly linked to the microstructure. Therefore, the diffraction elastic constants also depend on the microstructure. Second, the presence of crystallographic texture should be considered in the residual stress determination, as variations in crystal orientations contribute differently to the diffraction signal. Here we present the influence of the microstructure on the determination of residual stress by diffraction-based methods in as-built PBF-LB Inconel 718 parts. We obtained different microstructures by employing two different scanning strategies. In particular, different crystallographic textures were obtained by changing the relative angle of the scan vectors to the geometric axes of the part. The texture-based characterization of the residual stress field was carried out by surface, sub-surface, and bulk residual stress measurements. It was found that the residual stress determination significantly depends on the microstructure for strong crystallographic textures. T2 - Material Science and Engineering Congress CY - Darmstadt, Germany DA - 24.09.2024 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Electron Backscatter Diffraction KW - Microstructure KW - Residual Stress KW - X-ray Diffraction PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61475 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schröder, Jakob T1 - Texture Dependent Micromechanical Anisotropy of Laser Powder Bed Fused Inconel 718 N2 - Additive manufacturing methods such as laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) allow geometrically complex parts to be manufactured within a single step. However, as an aftereffect of the localized heat input, the rapid cooling rates are the origin of the large residual stress (RS) retained in as-manufactured parts. With a view on the microstructure, the rapid directional cooling leads to a cellular solidification mode which is accompanied by columnar grown grains possessing crystallographic texture. The solidification conditions can be controlled by the processing parameters and the scanning strategy. Thus, the process allows one to tailor the microstructure and the texture to the specific needs. Yet, such microstructures are not only the origin of the mechanical anisotropy but also pose metrological challenges for the diffraction-based RS determination. In that context the micromechanical elastic anisotropy plays an important role: it translates the measured microscopic strain to macroscopic stress. Therefore, it is of uttermost importance to understand the influence of the hierarchical microstructures and the texture on the elastic anisotropy of LPBF manufactured materials. This study reveals the influence of the build orientation and the texture on the micro-mechanical anisotropy of as-built Inconel 718. Through variations of the build orientation and the scanning strategy, we manufactured specimens possessing [001]/[011]-, [001]-, and [011]/[111]-type textures. The resulting microstructures lead to differences in the macroscopic mechanical properties. Even further, tensile in-situ loading experiments during neutron diffraction measurements along the different texture components revealed differences in the microstrain response of multiple crystal lattice planes. In particular, the load partitioning and the residual strain accumulation among the [011]/[111] textured specimen displayed distinct differences measured up to a macroscopic strain of 10 %. However, the behavior of the specimens possessing [001]/[011]-and [001]-type texture was only minorly affected. The consequences on the metrology of RS analysis by diffraction-based methods are discussed. T2 - International Conference on Additive Manufacturing ICAM 2022 CY - Orlando, FL, USA DA - 31.10.2022 KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - Neutron diffraction KW - Electron backscatter diffraction KW - Mechanical behavior PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56376 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schröder, Jakob T1 - Fundamentals of diffraction-based residual stress and texture analysis of PBF-LB Inconel 718 N2 - Laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M) of metallic alloys is a layer wise additive manufacturing process which provides significant scope for more efficient designs of components, benefiting performance and weight, leading to efficiency improvements for various sectors of industry. However, to benefit from these design freedoms, knowledge of the high produced induced residual stress and mechanical property anisotropy associated with the unique microstructures is critical. X-ray and neutron diffraction are considered the benchmark for non-destructive characterization of surface and bulk internal residual stress. The latter, characterized by the high penetration power in most engineering alloys, allows for the use of diffraction angle close to 90° enabling a near cubic sampling volume to be specified. However, the complex microstructures of columnar growth with inherent crystallographic texture typically produced during PBF-LB/M of metallics present significant challenges to the assumptions typically required for time efficient determination of residual stress. These challenges include the selection of an appropriate set of diffraction elastic constants and a representative strain-free reference for the material of interest. In this presentation advancements in the field of diffraction-based residual stress analysis of L-PBF Inconel 718 will be presented. The choice of an appropriate set of diffraction-elastic constants depending on the underlying microstructure will be described. T2 - MLZ User Meeting 2022 CY - Munich, Germany DA - 08.12.2022 KW - Diffraction KW - Residual Stress KW - Microstructure KW - Texture KW - Mechanical behavior PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56804 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schröder, Jakob T1 - Laser Powder Bed Fusion: Fundamentals of Diffraction-Based Residual Stress Determination N2 - The general term additive manufacturing (AM) encompasses processes that enable the production of parts in a single manufacturing step. Among these, laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) is one of the most commonly used to produce metal components. In essence, a laser locally melts powder particles in a powder bed layer-by-layer to incrementally build a part. As a result, this process offers immense manufacturing flexibility and superior geometric design capabilities compared to conventional processes. However, these advantages come at a cost: the localized processing inevitably induces large thermal gradients, resulting in the formation of large thermal stress during manufacturing. In the best case, residual stress remains in the final parts produced as a footprint of this thermal stress. Since residual stress is well known to exacerbate the structural integrity of components, their assessment is important in two respects. First, to optimize process parameter to minimize residual stress magnitudes. Second, to study their effect on the structural integrity of components (e.g., validation of numerical models). Therefore, a reliable experimental assessment of residual stress is an important factor for the successful application of PBF-LB. In this context, diffraction-based techniques allow the non-destructive characterization of the residual stress. In essence, lattice strain is calculated from interplanar distances by application of Braggs law. From the known lattice strain, macroscopic stress can be determined using Hooke’s law. To allow the accurate assessment of the residual stress distribution by such methods, a couple of challenges in regard of the characteristic PBF-LB microstructures need to be overcome. This presentation highlights some of the challenges regarding the accurate assessment of residual stress in PBF-LB on the example of the Nickel-based alloy Inconel 718. The most significant influencing factors are the use of the correct diffraction elastic constants, the choice of the stress-free reference, and the consideration of the crystallographic texture. Further, it is shown that laboratory X-ray diffraction methods characterizing residual stress at the surface are biased by the inherent surface roughness. Overall, the impact of the characteristic microstructure is most significant for the selection of the correct diffraction elastic constants. In view of the localized melting and solidification, no significant gradients of the stress-free reference are observed, even though the cell-like solidification sub-structure is known to be heterogeneous on the micro-scale. T2 - 4th Symposium on Materials and Additive Manufacturing CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 12.06.2024 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Residual Stress KW - Electron Backscatter Diffraction KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60294 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schröder, Jakob T1 - Peculiarities of the determination of residual stress in additively manufactured materials N2 - The determination of residual stress in additively manufactured materials is a challenge, even after decades from the establishment of the basics of residual stress analysis. This is due to the peculiar microstructure of such materials. In fact, researchers have discovered that conventional methods for the determination of RS in materials do not properly work for AM materials. In this tutorial, the basics of RS analysis will be explained, together with the basics of AM manufacturing techniques. The microstructure of the peculiar materials (AM) dealt with here will be elucidated. Successively, the necessary modifications to the conventional approaches to RS analysis will be explained and case studies will be displayed, for the attendant to touch with hands the peculiarities of the approaches. Finally, a few experimental and theoretical tips will be given on dos and don’ts for a correct determination of RS in AM materials. T2 - 11th European Conference on Residual Stresses CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 03.06.2024 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Residual Stress KW - Diffraction PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60428 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schröder, Jakob T1 - The heat treatment of L-PBF Inconel 718: A manyfold problem N2 - The interest to additively manufacture Nickel-based superalloys has substantially grown within the past decade both academically and industrially. More specifically, additive manufacturing processes such as laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) offer the ability to produce dense parts within a single manufacturing step. In fact, the exceptional freedom in design associated with the layer-based nature of the processes is of particular interest for the complex shapes typically required in turbine applications. In certain cases, the overall part performance can be achieved by tailoring the microstructure and the crystallographic texture to the specific application. However, these advantages must be paid at a price: the large local temperature gradients associated with the rapid melting and solidification produce parts that inherently contain large residual stress in the as-manufactured state. In addition, the presence of pores in the final part may further affect the in-service part failure. As among Nickel-based alloys Inconel 718 exhibits excellent weldability, this alloy has been widely studied in open research in the domain of LPBF. However, significant microsegregation of the heavier alloying elements such as Niobium and Molybdenum accompanied by dislocation entanglements may preclude the application of conventional heat treatment schedules. Therefore, different post processing heat treatments are required for laser powder bed fused Inconel 718 as compared to conventional variants of the same alloy. In this study, we investigated two different heat treatment routes for LPBF Inconel 718. In a first routine, the samples were stress relieved and subsequently subjected to hot isostatic pressing (HIP) followed by a solution heat treatment and a two-step age (referred to as FHT). In a second routine, the samples were subjected to a single-step direct age post stress relieving heat treatment (referred to DA). We investigated the consequences of such heat treatment schedules on the microstructure, texture, and mechanical behavior. We show that by applying a DA heat treatment the typical columnar microstructure possessing a crystallographic texture is retained, while an equiaxed untextured microstructure prevails in case of an FHT heat treatment. We further evaluate how these heat treatments affect the mechanical behaviour on the macroscopic and microscopic scale. T2 - 4th European Symposium on Superalloys and their Applications EuroSuperalloys 2022 CY - Bamberg, Germany DA - 18.09.2022 KW - Electron Backscatter Diffraction KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Mechanical Behavior KW - Heat Treatment KW - X-Ray Diffraction PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-55811 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schröder, Jakob T1 - On the influence of heat treatment on microstructure and mechanical behavior of laser powder bed fused Inconel 718 N2 - Since additive manufacturing processes typically introduce heterogeneous microstructures and residual stresses, the applicability of parts produced in an as-built state is limited. Therefore, often different post-processing treatments are necessary to obtain the desired stress state and properties. For additively manufactured Inconel 718, the recently developed standard ASTM F3301 provides guidance for the heat treatment of powder bed fusion specimens. Although this standard is based on standards developed for wrought Inconel 718, it does not include the direct aging variant. 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 cycle versus a one-step aging process. Differences in the resulting texture and grain morphology were observed. Although these differences prevail, the ex-situ tensile behavior was broadly similar. Minor differences were observed in yield strength and work hardening rate for the direct aged specimen. In order to understand this behavior, investigations with in-situ tensile testing during synchrotron energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction measurements revealed differences in the load partitioning among different crystal directions. This was attributed to microstructural differences between the heat treatment variants. Further analysis emphasized that the various strengthening mechanisms are present to a different extent depending on the heat-treatment cycle applied. In addition, the elastic anisotropy expressed by the differences in the diffraction elastic constants displayed a dependence on the microstructure. Importantly, a precise knowledge of such constants is indispensable to reliably determine residual stresses in parts. T2 - EUROMAT 2021 - European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes CY - Online meeting DA - 13.09.2021 KW - Electron microscopy KW - X-ray analysis KW - Inconel 718 KW - Additive manufacturing (AM) KW - Mechanical behavior KW - Diffraction elastic constants (DECs) PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53301 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schröder, Jakob A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Luzin, V. A1 - Abreu Faria, G. A1 - Degener, Sebastian A1 - Polatidis, E. A1 - Čapek, J. A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Dovzhenko, G. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Texture-based residual stress analysis of laser powder bed fused Inconel 718 parts N2 - Although layer-based additive manufacturing methods such as laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) offer an immense geometrical freedom in design, they are typically subject to a build-up of internal stress (i.e. thermal stress) during manufacturing. As a consequence, significant residual stress (RS) is retained in the final part as a footprint of these internal stresses. Furthermore, localized melting and solidification inherently induce columnar-type grain growth accompanied by crystallographic texture. Although diffraction-based methods are commonly used to determine the RS distribution in PBF-LB parts, such features pose metrological challenges in their application. In theory, preferred grain orientation invalidates the hypothesis of isotropic material behavior underlying the common methods to determine RS. In this work, more refined methods are employed to determine RS in PBF-LB/M/IN718 prisms, based on crystallographic texture data. In fact, the employment of direction-dependent elastic constants (i.e. stress factors) for the calculation of RS results in insignificant differences from conventional approaches based on the hypothesis of isotropic mechanical properties. It can be concluded that this result is directly linked to the fact that the {311} lattice planes typically used for RS analysis in nickel-based alloys have high multiplicity and less strong texture intensities compared with other lattice planes. It is also found that the length of the laser scan vectors determines the surface RS distribution in prisms prior to their removal from the baseplate. On removal from the baseplate the surface RS considerably relaxes and/or redistributes; a combination of the geometry and the scanning strategy dictates the sub-surface RS distribution. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Electron backscattered diffraction KW - Principal stress KW - Residual stress PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-578331 DO - https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576723004855 SN - 1600-5767 VL - 56 IS - Pt 4 SP - 1076 EP - 1090 AN - OPUS4-57833 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schröder, Jakob A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Diffraction-Based Residual Stress Characterization in Laser Additive Manufacturing of Metals N2 - Laser-based additive manufacturing methods allow the production of complex metal structures within a single manufacturing step. However, the localized heat input and the layer-wise manufacturing manner give rise to large thermal gradients. Therefore, large internal stress (IS) during the process (and consequently residual stress (RS) at the end of production) is generated within the parts. This IS or RS can either lead to distortion or cracking during fabrication or in-service part failure, respectively. With this in view, the knowledge on the magnitude and spatial distribution of RS is important to develop strategies for its mitigation. Specifically, diffraction-based methods allow the spatial resolved determination of RS in a non-destructive fashion. In this review, common diffraction-based methods to determine RS in laser-based additive manufactured parts are presented. In fact, the unique microstructures and textures associated to laser-based additive manufacturing processes pose metrological challenges. Based on the literature review, it is recommended to (a) use mechanically relaxed samples measured in several orientations as appropriate strain-free lattice spacing, instead of powder, (b) consider that an appropriate grain-interaction model to calculate diffraction-elastic constants is both material- and texture-dependent and may differ from the conventionally manufactured variant. Further metrological challenges are critically reviewed and future demands in this research field are discussed. KW - Laser-based additive manufacturing KW - Residual stress analysis KW - X-ray and neutron diffraction KW - Diffraction-elastic constants KW - Strain-free lattice spacing PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-538054 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/met11111830 VL - 11 IS - 11 SP - 1830 PB - MPDI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-53805 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schröder, Jakob A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Polatidis, E. A1 - Čapek, J. A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Understanding the impact of texture on the micromechanical anisotropy of laser powder bed fused Inconel 718 N2 - The manufacturability of metallic alloys using laser-based additive manufacturing methods such as laser powder bed fusion has substantially improved within the last decade. However, local melting and solidification cause hierarchically structured and crystallographically textured microstructures possessing large residual stress. Such microstructures are not only the origin of mechanical anisotropy but also pose metrological challenges for the diffraction-based residual stress determination. Here we demonstrate the influence of the build orientation and the texture on the microstructure and consequently the mechanical anisotropy of as-built Inconel 718. For this purpose, we manufactured specimens with [001]/[011]-, [001]- and [011]/[111]-type textures along their loading direction. In addition to changes in the Young’s moduli, the differences in the crystallographic textures result in variations of the yield and ultimate tensile strengths. With this in mind, we studied the anisotropy on the micromechanical scale by subjecting the specimens to tensile loads along the different texture directions during in situ neutron diffraction experiments. In this context, the response of multiple lattice planes up to a tensile strain of 10% displayed differences in the load partitioning and the residual strain accumulation for the specimen with [011]/[111]-type texture. However, the relative behavior of the specimens possessing an [001]/[011]- and [001]-type texture remained qualitatively similar. The consequences on the metrology of residual stress determination methods are discussed. KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Electron backscatter diffraction KW - Tensile testing KW - Diffraction PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-555840 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-022-07499-9 SN - 1573-4803 VL - 2022 IS - 57 SP - 15036 EP - 15058 PB - Springer Science + Business Media B.V. CY - Dordrecht AN - OPUS4-55584 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 - 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 - JOUR A1 - Schröder, Jakob A1 - Heldmann, A. A1 - Hofmann, M. A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Petry, W. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Determination of diffraction and single-crystal elastic constants of laser powder bed fused Inconel 718 N2 - High energy X-ray synchrotron diffraction is used to investigate the elastic anisotropy of the nickel-based superalloy IN718 produced by laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB). This material is characterized by a columnar grain morphology with some crystallographic texture. The material is subjected to elastic loading to determine the diffraction elastic constants (DECs). Furthermore, the single-crystal elastic constants (SCEC) are refined from these experiments using different micromechanical models. The results show that each micromechanical model predicts a specific set of SCEC that well describes the elastic anisotropy of PBF-LB/IN718. KW - Mechanical Engineering KW - Mechanics of Materials KW - Condensed Matter Physics KW - General Materials Science PY - 2023 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2023.135305 SN - 0167-577X VL - 353 SP - 1 EP - 5 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-58477 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 - GEN A1 - Schumacher, David A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - XCT data of metallic feedstock powder with pore size analysis N2 - X-Ray computed tomography (XCT) scan of 11 individual metallic powder particles, made of (Mn,Fe)2(P,Si) alloy. The data set consists of 4 single XCT scans which have been stitched together [3] after reconstruction. The powder material is an (Mn,Fe)2(P,Si) alloy with an average density of 6.4 g/cm³. The particle size range is about 100 - 150 µm with equivalent pore diameters up to 75 µm. The powder and the metallic alloy are described in detail in [1, 2]. KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Feedstock powder KW - Powder Characterization KW - X-Ray Computed Tomography PY - 2022 DO - https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5796487 PB - Zenodo CY - Geneva AN - OPUS4-55556 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar T1 - Influence of microstructure and residual stress state on the fatigue behaviour of a PBF-LB/M AlSi10Mg alloy N2 - The high cooling rates (~106 K/s) occurring during Laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB/M) of AlSi10Mg induce to the formation of a fine nanometric silicon network in the as-built condition. Such unprecedented microstructure enhances the mechanical strength when compared to equivalent as-cast materials. Nevertheless, PBF-LB/M also leads to high magnitude residual stress (RS) due to the extreme localized temperature gradients. The presence of RS can be detrimental to the fatigue life of engineering components, and great efforts are focused on understanding their generation and evolution after post-process heat treatments. Typically, T6 heat treatments are used to mitigate RS and improve mechanical performances by Mg2Si precipitation during ageing at 160-180°C. Nevertheless, the solutionizing at 500-540°C vanishes the fine silicon network, leading to the formation of micrometric (average of ~2-5 µm) polygonal Si particles, similar to those observed in T6 heat-treated Al-Si cast materials. Therefore, the aim of this work is to evaluate the ability of two so-called low temperature heat treatments (i.e., at 265°C and 300°C) to mitigate RS while retaining the fine as-built microstructure inherent to PBF-LB/M AlSi10Mg. The fatigue behavior of the as-built material is subsequently compared to the two low temperature conditions. T2 - LightMat 2023 CY - Trondheim, Norway DA - 21.06.2023 KW - AlSi10Mg KW - Fatigue crack propagation KW - Residual stress KW - Post processing heat treatment PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-57807 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar T1 - 3D imaging and residual stress analysis for AM Materials N2 - Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies such as Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) are characterized by layer wise construction, which enable advancements of component design, leading to potential efficiency and performance improvements. However, the rapid cooling rates associated with the process consequently leads to the generation of high magnitude residual stresses (RS). Therefore, a deep understanding of the formation of RS, the influence of process parameters on their magnitude and the impact on mechanical performance is crucial for widespread application. The experimental characterization of these RS is essential for safety related engineering application and supporting the development of reliable numerical models. Diffraction-based methods for RS analysis using high energy synchrotron X-rays and neutrons enable non-destructive spatially resolved characterization of both surface and bulk residual stresses in complex components. This presentation will provide an overview of recent research conducted by the BAM at large scale facilities for the characterization of residual stresses in LPBF metallic alloys. Special focus will be given to the challenges posed by textured LPBF materials for the reliable choice of the diffraction elastic constants (DECs), which is crucial to the accurate calculation of the level of RS. T2 - Seminar at LTDS, Ecole Centrale de Lyon CY - Lyon, France DA - 15.06.2023 KW - Residual stress KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Diffraction methods PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-57808 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar T1 - Synchrotron x ray refraction detects microstructure and porosity evolution during in situ heat treatments in an LPBF ALSI10MG alloy N2 - The complexity of any microstructural characterization significantly increases when there is a need to evaluate the icrostructural evolution as a function of temperature. To date, this characterization is primarily performed by undertaking elaborative ex-situ experiments where the material’s heating procedure is interrupted at different temperatures or times. Moreover, these studies are often limited to a region smaller than the representative elementary volume, which can lead to partial or even biased interpretations of the collected data. This limitation can be greatly overcome by using in-situ synchrotron X-ray refraction (SXRR). T2 - ICTMS 2022 CY - Grenoble, France DA - 27.06.2022 KW - Synchrotron refraction KW - In situ heating KW - AlSi10Mg alloy KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Microstructural evolution PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-55199 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar T1 - Influence of the scanning strategy on the residual stress state in IN718 additive manufactured parts N2 - Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) is an additive manufacturing technique enabling the design of complex geometries that are unrivalled by conventional production technologies. Nevertheless, L-PBF process is known to induce a high amount of residual stresses (RS) due to the high temperature gradients present during powder melting by laser. High tensile residual stresses are to be found the edges whereas the bulk material shows balancing compressive RS. Literature shows that the RS is highly sensitive to the process parameters. In particular, this study presents the characterization of the RS state in two L-PBF parts produced with a rastering scan vector that undergoes 90° or 67° rotation between subsequent layers. T2 - MLZ User Meeting 2020 CY - Online meeting DA - 08.12.2020 KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - IN718 KW - EBSD analysis KW - Residual stress state PY - 2020 AN - OPUS4-51821 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar T1 - Influence of the scanning strategy on the RS state of a LPBF IN718 material N2 - For metal-based additive manufacturing (AM) to achieve leaner designs and enable longer life predictions, it is imperative to gain a detailed knowledge of the residual stress (RS) built-up. Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is an AM technique particularly prone to RS because of the highly localized heat source, extremely high cooling rates (in the order of 103-107 K/s), and successive cooling and heating cycles of the solidified material. Furthermore, RS analysis of LPBF materials by diffraction methods is peculiar because of the complexity of the thermal history, the possibility of encountering high levels of surface roughness, spatial textural variations and/or changes in solute concentrations at the component scale. Diverse aspects of the influence of scanning strategies on the as-built residual stress state of a LPBF IN718 alloy will be presented, with particular focus on the challenges that AM microstructures pose for a reliable RS determination. T2 - MECASENS 2021 CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 25.11.2021 KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - IN718 KW - Residual stress analysis PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53875 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar T1 - Synchrotron X-Ray Refraction during in-situ heat treatments N2 - For the first time, synchrotron X-ray refraction radiography (SXRR) has been paired with in-situ heat treatment to monitor microstructure and porosity evolution as a function of temperature. T2 - HZB User Meeting 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 09.12.2021 KW - Synchrotron refraction radiography KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - AlSi10Mg alloy KW - In-situ heat treatment KW - Porosity growth PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53973 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Agudo Jácome, Leonardo A1 - Thompsom, Sean A1 - Schneider, Judy T1 - On the transferability of post-processing heat treatments designed for PBF-LB IN718 alloys to directed energy deposition specimens N2 - Many processes are being developed for metal additive manufacturing (AM) which vary by their heat source and feedstock. The use of directed energy deposition (DED) is growing due to its ability to build larger structures outside of a contained powder bed chamber. However, the only standard exclusively for post-build heat treatment of AM IN718 is ASTM standard F3055-14a, developed for powder bed fusion (PBF). This study evaluates the applicability of this current heat treatment standard to AM IN718 specimens produced using two methods of DED: laser-blown powder (LP)-DED and arc-wire (AW)-DED. Electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction techniques were used to characterize the specimens in the as-built condition and after the full heat treatment (FHT) specified in F3055. No evidence of remaining Laves phase was observed in the two DED specimens after the FHT. Yield strengths for the DED specimens were 1049 MPa for FHT AW-DED and 1096 MPa for LP-DED, higher than the minimum stated for PBF-LB IN718 of 920 MPa. The size, morphology, inter-spacing, and diffraction patterns of the γ´ and γ´´ strengthening precipitates are found to be similar for both DED processes. Differences were observed in the microstructure evolution where the F3055 heat treatments resulted in partial recrystallization of the grain structure, with a higher content of annealing twins observed in the AW-DED. These microstructural differences correlate with differences in the resulting elongation to failure. Thus, it is proposed that variations in heat treatments are needed for optimizing IN718 produced by different AM processes. KW - Additive manufacturing variants KW - Directed energy deposition (DED) KW - Post-process heat treatments KW - SEM-EBSD and TEM microscopy KW - XRD phase analysis PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-628165 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-025-15386-1 SN - 1433-3015 VL - 137 IS - 7-8 SP - 3949 EP - 3965 PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC AN - OPUS4-62816 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 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Trofimov, Anton A1 - Apel, D. A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Hesse, René A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - On the interplay of microstructure and residual stress in LPBF IN718 N2 - The relationship between residual stresses and microstructure associated with a laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) IN718 alloy has been investigated on specimens produced with three different scanning strategies (unidirectional Y-scan, 90° XY-scan, and 67° Rot-scan). Synchrotron X-ray energy-dispersive diffraction (EDXRD) combined with optical profilometry was used to study residual stress (RS) distribution and distortion upon removal of the specimens from the baseplate. The microstructural characterization of both the bulk and the nearsurface regions was conducted using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). On the top surfaces of the specimens, the highest RS values are observed in the Y-scan specimen and the lowest in the Rot-scan specimen, while the tendency is inversed on the side lateral surfaces. A considerable amount of RS remains in the specimens after their removal from the baseplate, especially in the Y- and Z-direction (short specimen Dimension and building direction (BD), respectively). The distortion measured on the top surface following baseplate thinning and subsequent removal is mainly attributed to the amount of RS released in the build direction. Importantly, it is observed that the additive manufacturing microstructures challenge the use of classic theoretical models for the calculation of diffraction elastic constants (DEC) required for diffraction-based RS analysis. It is found that when the Reuß model is used for the calculation of RS for different crystal planes, as opposed to the conventionally used Kröner model, the results exhibit lower scatter. This is discussed in context of experimental measurements of DEC available in the literature for conventional and additively manufactured Ni-base alloys. KW - L-PBF IN718 material KW - Effect of scanning strategies KW - Near-surface X-ray diffraction KW - Residual stress in AM KW - Distortion upon baseplate removal PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-519460 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-05553-y SN - 0022-2461 VL - 56 IS - 9 SP - 5845 EP - 5867 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-51946 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Thiede, Tobias A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Nadammal, Naresh A1 - Nolze, Gert A1 - Saliwan Neumann, Romeo A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - The residual stress in as‑built Laser Powder Bed Fusion IN718 alloy as a consequence of the scanning strategy induced microstructure N2 - The effect of two types of scanning strategies on the grain structure and build-up of Residual Stress (RS) has been investigated in an as-built IN718 alloy produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF). The RS state has been investigated by X-ray diffraction techniques. The microstructural characterization was performed principally by Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD), where the application of a post-measurement refinement technique enables small misorientations (< 2°) to be resolved. Kernel average misorientation (KAM) distributions indicate that preferably oriented columnar grains contain higher levels of misorientation, when compared to elongated grains with lower texture. The KAM distributions combined with X-ray diffraction stress maps infer that the increased misorientation is induced via plastic deformation driven by the thermal stresses, acting to self-relieve stress. The possibility of obtaining lower RS states in the build direction as a consequence of the influence of the microstructure should be considered when envisaging scanning strategies aimed at the mitigation of RS. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - LPBF KW - Residual stress KW - Inconel 718 KW - Kernel average misorientation KW - Texture PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-511769 DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71112-9 VL - 10 IS - 1 SP - 14645 AN - OPUS4-51176 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Pfretzschner, Beate A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Nadammal, Naresh A1 - Kardjilov, N. A1 - Markötter, Henning A1 - Neuwirth, T. A1 - Schulz, M. A1 - Griesche, Axel T1 - High-resolution Bragg-edge neutron radiography detects grain morphology in PBF-LB/M IN718 N2 - One of the main advantages of metal additive manufacturing (MAM) techniques is their ability to produce components with site-specific microstructural features. Nevertheless, microstructural defects and lack of repeatability are still major concerns in MAM. In this study, a laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M) IN718 material, produced using two different scan length vectors, is investigated using Bragg-edge neutron 2D imaging (BENI) combined with electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis. BENI is able to detect, on a macroscopic scale, process-induced changes in texture in a large field of view covering the entire sample (20×80 mm2). In addition, high-resolution BENI (HR-BENI), with a pixel size of 12.8 µm, provides a micro-scale examination of the local variations of texture and grain morphology, otherwise undistinguishable using the standard resolution. As such, HR-BENI offers a straightforward and detailed way of screening the integrity of MAM parts at cm-length scales. KW - Bragg-edge neutron 2D imaging (BENI) KW - Metal additive manufacturing (MAM) KW - IN718 PBF-LB/M KW - Crystallographic texture control KW - Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) PY - 2023 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2023.101827 SN - 2589-1529 VL - 30 SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-57819 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Hofmann, M. A1 - Wimpory, R. C. A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Scanning Manufacturing Parameters Determining the Residual Stress State in LPBF IN718 Small Parts N2 - The influence of scan strategy on the residual stress (RS) state of an as-built IN718 alloy produced by means of laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is investigated. Two scan vector rotations (90°-alternation and 67°-rotation), each produced following two different scan vector lengths (long and short), are used to manufacture four rectangular prisms. Neutron diffraction (ND) and laboratory X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques are used to map the bulk and surface RS state, respectively. The distortion induced upon removal from the baseplate is measured via profilometry. XRD measurements show that the two long scan vector strategies lead to higher RS when compared with the equivalent short scan vector strategies. Also, the 67°-rotation strategies generate lower RS than their 90°-alternation counterparts. Due to the lack of reliable stress-free d0 references, the ND results are analyzed using von Mises stress. In general, ND results show significant RS spatial non-uniformity. A comparison between ND and distortion results indicates that the RS component parallel to the building direction (Z-axis) has a predominant role in the Z-displacement. The use of a stress balance scheme allows to discuss the d0 variability along the length of the specimens, as well as examine the absolute RS state. KW - As-built LPBF IN718 alloy KW - Scan strategy influence KW - Neutron diffraction KW - Residual stress state KW - Stress balance condition KW - Distortion PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-526360 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202100158 VL - 23 IS - 7 SP - 158 PB - Wiley AN - OPUS4-52636 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Shaikh, Abdul Shaafi A1 - Fardan, Ahmed A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Hryha, Eduard T1 - The Impact of High‐Productivity Processing on the Fatigue Failure of an Additive Manufactured Superalloy HAYNES 282 N2 - The elevated temperature low cycle fatigue life of additively manufactured HAYNES 282 superalloy from conventional 40 µm layer thickness process parameters was compared with that of high‐productivity 80 µm layer thickness process parameters. Wrought 282 alloy was also tested in parallel for comparison. The 40 µm process parameters produced fatigue life between 1400 and 1700 cycles to failure, the 80 µm process parameter specimens failed after ≈1200 cycles, and the wrought alloy reached 1350 cycles to failure. Microstructure investigations did not reveal systematic differences in phase constituents or grain structure between 40 and 80 µm processed 282 alloy. While both process parameters produced porosity of less than 0.05% by volume, high‐resolution X‐ray computed tomography showed the occurrence of large aspect ratio lack of fusion defects in the 80 µm material. These defects were also identified on fracture surfaces and could be related to the accelerated initiation and propagation of cracks, especially when oriented perpendicular to the load axis in samples built parallel to the building direction. The results emphasize the criticality of seemingly minor variations in defect characteristics on performance in cyclic loading conditions for high strength alloys. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - PBF-LB KW - Fatigue KW - EBSD PY - 2026 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-655732 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202502048 SN - 1438-1656 SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - Wiley-VCH GmbH AN - OPUS4-65573 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sonntag, Nadja A1 - Piesker, Benjamin A1 - Ávila Calderón, Luis A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Rehmer, Birgit A1 - Agudo Jácome, Leonardo A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Skrotzki, Birgit T1 - Tensile and Low‐Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Laser Powder Bed Fused Inconel 718 at Room and High Temperature N2 - This study investigates the room‐ and high‐temperature (650 °C) tensile and low‐cycle‐fatigue behavior of Inconel 718 produced by laser powder bed fusion (PBF‐LB/M) with a four‐step heat treatment and compares the results to the conventional wrought material. The microstructure after heat treatment is characterized on different length scales. Compared to the wrought variant, the elastic and yield properties are comparable at both test temperatures while tensile strength, ductility, and strain hardening capacity are lower. The fatigue life of the PBF‐LB/M variant at room temperature is slightly lower than that of the wrought material, while at 650 °C, it is vice versa. The cyclic stress response for both material variants is characterized by cyclic softening, which is more pronounced at the higher test temperature. High strain amplitudes (≥0.7%) at room temperature and especially a high testing temperature result in the formation of multiple secondary cracks at the transitions of regions comprising predominantly elongated grain morphology and columns of stacked grains with ripple patterns in the PBF‐LB/M material. This observation and pronounced crack branching and deflection indicate that the cracks are controlled by sharp micromechanical gradients and local crystallite clusters. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Fatigue damage KW - Heat treatment KW - Inconel 718 KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - Low-cycle fatigue KW - Tensile strength PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-599316 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202302122 SN - 1527-2648 SP - 1 EP - 17 PB - Wiley AN - OPUS4-59931 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian T1 - Using Neutron Diffraction to Monitor Stress Relaxation in Additively Manufactured 316L N2 - The relaxation of residual stress in laser powder bed fused stainless steel 316L parts was monitored using monochromatic and time-of-flight neutron diffraction. T2 - ISIS student meeting CY - Online meeting DA - 26.10.2020 KW - Stainless Steel KW - Residual Stress KW - Additive Manufacturing PY - 2020 AN - OPUS4-51469 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian T1 - Towards the optimization of post laser powder bed fusion stress relieve treatments of stainless steel 316L N2 - The formation of high magnitude residual stresses is inherent in laser powder bed fused processed austenitic steel 316L. Post-process heat treatments to relieve these stresses are necessary. In this study, heat treatment temperatures of 450°C, 800°C and 900°C were applied in order to avoid excessive sensitization. This temperature range thereby encompassed the upper and lower bounds for stress relieving treatment of this material. The residual stresses were determined by neutron diffraction and the evolution of the microstructure was monitored using scanning electron microscopy and electron backscattered diffraction. The results show that a full relaxation of the residual stresses is achieved when applying 900°C for 1 hour, which seems to be closely related to the dissolution of the subgrain solidification cellular structure. T2 - 2nd Workshop on In-situ Monitoring and Microstructure Development in Additive Manufacturing CY - Online meeting DA - 19.04.2021 KW - Residual Stress KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Steel PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-52709 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Suarez Ocano, Patricia T1 - Exploring the impact of heat treatment on room and high temperature strength of 316L stainless steel fabricated by PBF-LB N2 - Laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB/M) enables the fabrication of 316L stainless steel components with superior strength and intricate geometries. The alloy PBF-LB/M/316L features a fully austenitic microstructure with hierarchical characteristics— such as fine dislocation structures, segregated elements, low-angle grain boundaries, and nano-dispersed silicates—that enhance strength and ductility. Additionally, it includes metallurgical defects and residual stresses. Apart from process control, heat treatments (HTs) are used to tailor the microstructure for specific loading conditions. This study investigate the effects of post-processing HTs on the hierarchical microstructure and tensile properties of PBF-LB/M/316L at room and high temperature. The heat treatments, ranging from 400 °C to 900 °C for 1 to 4 hours, focus on sub-recrystallization temperatures to preserve the microstructural hierarchy. The HTs applied had minimal impact on the grain shape, size, or texture of PBF-LB/M/316L. However, significant modifications occurred in the solidification cellular substructure after HTs at 800 °C and 900 °C, when compared to a heat-treated condition at 450 °C. HTs at 800 °C notably decreased dislocation density and enlarged cellular structures, though they remained partially intact. After 1 hour at 900 °C, the cellular substructure dissipated, correlating with a further reduction in dislocation density. These microstructural changes resulted in a decreased yield strength and increased work hardening capacity at both room and high temperature, highlighting the critical link between HT parameters, microstructural evolution, and mechanical performance. T2 - The 20th International Conference on Strength of Materials (ICSMA 20) CY - Kyoto, Japan DA - 02.06.2025 KW - Additive manufacturing KW - 316L stainless steel KW - Heat treatments KW - Tensile properties KW - Microstructure PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-63914 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Surmeneva, M. A1 - Koptyug, A. A1 - Khrapov, D. A1 - Ivanov, Yuriy A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Evsevleev, Sergei A1 - Prymak, O. A1 - Loza, K. A1 - Epple, M. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Surmenev, R. T1 - In situ synthesis of a binary Ti–10at% Nb alloy by electron beam melting using a mixture of elemental niobium and titanium powders N2 - This study reports the results of the preliminary assessment to fabricate Ti-10at% Nb alloy by electron beam melting (EBM®) from a blend of elemental Nb and Ti powders. The microstructure of the EBM-manufactured Ti-10at% Nb alloys is sensitive to the following factors: different sintering properties of Nb and Ti powders, powder particle properties, material viscosities at varying melt pool temperatures, β-stabilizer element content and the EBM® process parameters. Three phases were observed in as-manufactured Ti-10at% Nb alloy: μm-size Nb phase, a Nb-rich β-solid solution surrounding Nb phase, lamellar structured α-phase and β-solid solution with different distribution and volume fraction. Thus, the combination of powder particle characteristics, very short time material spends in molten condition and sluggish kinetics of mixing and diffusional process in Ti-Nb alloy results in heterogeneous microstructures depending on the local Nb content in the powder blend and the EBM® process conditions. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Electron beam melting KW - Ti-Nb alloy KW - In situ alloying PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2020.116646 VL - 282 SP - 116646 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-50457 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Suárez Ocano, Patricia T1 - Effect of heat treatment on the hierarchical microstructure and properties of 316L stainless steel produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB/M). N2 - Laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB/M) of AISI 316L stainless steel has gained popularity due to its exceptional capacity to produce complex geometries and hierarchical microstructures, which can increase the yield strength while maintaining good ductility. Nevertheless, owing to high thermal gradients encountered during the process, the as printed 316L stainless steel often exhibit microstructural heterogeneities and residual stresses, which can limit its performance in demanding environments. Hence, employing heat treatments which balance the reduction of residual stresses while retaining improved static strength may be beneficial in various scenarios and applications. This study investigates the impact of post-processing heat treatments on the microstructure of 316L stainless steel manufactured via PBF-LB/M, along with its correlation with micro-hardness properties. To this end, 6 different heat treatments, i.e., 450 °C for 4h, 700 °C for 1h, 700 °C for 3h, 800 °C for 1h, 800 °C for 3h, and 900 °C for 1h, were applied to different specimens and Vickers hardness measurements (HV1) were performed in all states. At 800 °C, although the cellular structure appears to be retained, there is an observable increase in cellular size. However, while treatments exceeding 900 °C indicate no significant grain growth compared to other conditions, the cellular structure is entirely dissolved, which leads to a reduced Vickers hardness. The effect of the heat treatments on other microstructural features such as grain size and morphology, melt pool boundaries (MPB), crystallographic texture, chemical segregation, dispersoids and phase stability are also discussed in the present work T2 - 4th Symposium on Materials and Additive Manufacturing CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 12.06.2024 KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Heat treatment KW - Microstructure PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60304 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Suárez Ocaño, Patricia A1 - Ávila Calderón, Luis A1 - Agudo Jácome, Leonardo A1 - Rehmer, Birgit A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Skrotzki, Birgit T1 - Effect of 700–900 °C heat treatments and room and high temperature tensile deformation on the microstructure of laser powder bed fused 316L stainless steel N2 - The effect of post-processing heat treatments on the hierarchical microstructure evolution and mechanical strength of the austenitic stainless steel 316L produced by laser powder bed fusion has been investigated. Heat treatments between 700 and 900 ◦C and 0.5 to 3 h, were applied to samples treated at 450 ◦C for 4 h. The results showed a stable microstructure at all studied temperatures and times in terms of grain size, morphology, aspect ratio, density of low-angle grain boundaries, and texture. However, temperature and time promoted the diffusion of segregated elements together with a reduction in dislocation density and disappearance of the cellular structure. This was associated with a reduction in hardness and tensile proof strength at both room and high temperature. In addition, microstructural characterization coupled with thermodynamic CALPHAD-based equilibrium calculations showed that the formation of carbides and intermetallic phases was already visible after annealing at 800 ◦C for 3 hours, although these intermetallics did not affect the tensile properties at this level. Analysis of the microstructure evolution after tensile deformation showed differences in the deformation mechanisms at room and high temperature, with twinning and martensitic transformation occurring at room temperature, the latter not widely reported for additively manufactured 316L. Finally, comparisons with similar materials produced under comparable conditions showed differences in the tensile properties, attributed to differences in chemical composition and the associated presence of stacking faults in the undeformed state. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - 316L stainless steel KW - Heat treatments KW - Tensile properties KW - Microstructure PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-632471 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2025.148469 SN - 0921-5093 VL - 939 SP - 1 EP - 24 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-63247 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Tang, Chi-Long T1 - Minimizing the FFF-3D printer hardware bias on particle emission by adjustment of the set extruder temperature N2 - Fused filament fabrication (FFF) on desktop 3D printers is a material extrusion-based technique often used by educational institutions, small enterprises and private households. Polymeric filaments are melted and extruded through a heated nozzle to form a 3D object in layers. The extrusion temperature is therefore a key parameter for a successful print job, but also one of the main driving factors for the emission of harmful air pollutants, namely ultrafine particles and volatile organic gases, which are formed by thermal stress on the polymeric feedstock. The awareness of potential health risks has increased the number of emission studies in the past years. However, the multiplicity of study designs makes an objective comparison of emission data challenging because printer hardware factors such as the actual extruder temperature (TE) and also feedstockspecific emissions are not considered. We assume that across the market of commercial low- and mid-price FFF printers substantial deviations between actual and set extruder temperatures exist, which have a strong effect on the emissions and hence may bias the findings of exposure studies. In our last publication, we presented a standardized feedstock-specific emission test method and showed that for each investigated feedstock an increase in actual extruder temperature was accompanied by an increase in particle emissions (Tang and Seeger, 2022). Therefore, any systematic discrepancy between set and actual extruder temperature matters. In this study, we used a thermocouple and an infrared camera to measure the actual extruder temperatures at different heights. We found significant under- and overestimation of the actual extruder temperatures by the respective set temperatures in three commercial printers. This caused a broad variation of the measured total numbers of emitted particles (TP), even when the same feedstock was operated. For the determination of TP, we followed the DE-UZ 219 test guideline. In a second round we repeated the tests with all printers adjusted to exactly the same extruder temperatures, i.e., to TE=230°C for ABS and TE=210°C for PLA. All measurements were conducted in a 1 m³ emission test chamber. Particle emissions in the size range between 4 nm and 20 μm were detected. Printing on three different printer models without temperature adjustment resulted for each of the investigated feedstocks in a variation in TP of around two orders of magnitude. After temperature adjustment, this was substantially reduced to approx. one order of magnitude and hence minimizes the bias of printer hardware on the emissions. Our findings suggest that adjustment of the extruder temperature should be mandatory in emission testing standards. It also poses a more accurate benchmark and provides more reliable emission data for evaluation of indoor air quality or for health risk assessments. In addition, a proper temperature setting is in the interest of the user. Some commercial FFF printers may have a higher actual extruder temperature than displayed and unintended overheating may not only impair the print quality but may cause unnecessarily increased exposure to particle emissions. T2 - European Aerosol Conference 2023 CY - Málaga, Spain DA - 03.09.2023 KW - Ultrafine particles KW - Thermal imaging KW - 3D printing KW - Indoor air quality KW - Emission testing PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-58258 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tang, Chi-Long A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Röllig, Mathias T1 - Improving the comparability of FFF-3D printing emission data by adjustment of the set extruder temperature N2 - Fused filament fabrication (FFF) is a material extrusion-based technique often used in desktop 3D printers. Polymeric filaments are melted and are extruded through a heated nozzle to form a 3D object in layers. The extruder temperature is therefore a key parameter for a successful print job but also one of the main emission driving factors as harmful pollutants (e.g., ultrafine particles) are formed by thermal polymer degradation. The awareness of potential health risks has increased the number of emission studies in the past years. However, studies usually refer their calculated emission data to the printer set extruder temperature for comparison purposes. In this study, we used a thermocouple and an infrared camera to measure the actual extruder temperature and found significant temperature deviations to the displayed set temperature among printer models. Our result shows that printing the same filament feedstocks with three different printer models and with identical printer set temperature resulted in a variation in particle emission of around two orders of magnitude. A temperature adjustment has reduced the variation to approx. one order of magnitude. Thus, it is necessary to refer the measured emission data to the actual extruder temperature as it poses a more accurate comparison parameter for evaluation of the indoor air quality in user scenarios or for health risk assessments. KW - Ultrafine particles KW - Infrared thermography KW - Thermocouple KW - Indoor air quality KW - FFF-3D printer PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-572842 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeaoa.2023.100217 VL - 18 SP - 100217 PB - Elsevier Ltd. CY - Amsterdam, Niederlande AN - OPUS4-57284 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tang, Lei A1 - Magdysyuk, Oxana V. A1 - Jiang, Fuqing A1 - Wang, Yiqiang A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Kabra, Saurabh A1 - Cai, Biao T1 - Mechanical performance and deformation mechanisms at cryogenic temperatures of 316L stainless steel processed by laser powder bed fusion: In situ neutron diffraction N2 - Manufacturing austenitic stainless steels (ASSs) using additive manufacturing is of great interest for cryogenic applications. Here, the mechanical and microstructural responses of a 316L ASS built by laser powder bed fusion were revealed by performing in situ neutron diffraction tensile tests at the low-temperature range (from 373 to 10 K). The stacking fault energy almost linearly decreased from 29.2 ± 3.1 mJm⁻² at 373 K to 7.5 ± 1.7 mJm⁻² at 10 K, with a slope of 0.06 mJm⁻²K⁻¹, leading to the transition of the dominant deformation mechanism from strain-induced twinning to martensite formation. As a result, excellent combinations of strength and ductility were achieved at the low-temperature range. KW - Condensed Matter Physics KW - General Materials Science KW - Mechanics of Materials KW - Metals and Alloys KW - Mechanical Engineering PY - 2022 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2022.114806 SN - 1359-6462 VL - 218 SP - 1 EP - 7 PB - Elsevier BV CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-59317 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tiwari, Jitendar Kumar A1 - Malladi, Bala A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Nyborg, Lars A1 - Cao, Yu T1 - Influence of contour parameters on the surface roughness of fine channels produced by powder bed fusion-laser beam N2 - Surface roughness strongly influences the performance of fine internal channels in additively manufactured components. This study investigates how contour process parameters affect the surface finish of 1 mm-diameter channels produced by powder bed fusion–laser beam (PBF-LB). Five contour parameter sets with progressively increasing laser energy density (LED) were applied, while keeping infill parameters constant. Surface roughness was evaluated using surface profilometry, X-ray computed tomography (XCT), and optical microscopy (OM). Profilometry and OM provided localized measurements, whereas XCT captured full-channel roughness along the build direction. Results show that increasing LED initially reduces surface roughness due to improved melting and removal of partially fused particles, reaching optimal smoothness at an intermediate LED. Further LED increase causes roughness to rise again, attributed to balling and dross formation. Optical cross-sections depicted these trends, and XCT measurements closely matched profilometry data. The findings in this study highlight a trade-off between surface quality and dimensional accuracy, as higher LEDs improve smoothness but reduce channel diameter. This work establishes an optimal contour LED range for minimizing as-built surface roughness in fine internal channels, which can enhance the functional performance of PBF-LB components in aerospace, medical, and energy applications. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - PBF-LB KW - Surface roughness KW - Computed tomography KW - Optical tomography PY - 2026 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-655677 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2026.115085 SN - 0042-207X VL - 246 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Elsevier Ltd. CY - Niederlande AN - OPUS4-65567 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander T1 - Do Microbes like Additively Manufactured Aluminium? First Details of a Corrosion Test using Sulphate-Reducing Bacteria N2 - Additively manufactured metals become relevant for industrial application. Although many studies on wet corrosion of these metals have been conducted, to the authors knowledge no study seems to contain microbiological corrosion (MIC). In the presented study an experiment was conducted on PBF-LB/AlSi10Mg to test this material's susceptibility for MIC. The tested specimen were analysed using Computed Tomography before and after the MIC experiment to enable a detailed characterisation the damage on the specimens' global and local level. A global reduction of material was observed. In addition, localised damage along process inherent features of the materials microstructure was observed. T2 - Beiratssitzung TF Umwelt CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 17.03.2025 KW - Computed Tomography KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Biocorrosion KW - Sulphate-reducing Bacteria KW - Microbially influenced corrosion PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-62772 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander T1 - Tales from Within: Residual Stress and Void Formation in LPBF 316L N2 - An unusual microstructure, inherent residual stresses and void formation are the three key aspects to control when assessing metallic parts made by LPBF. This talk explains an experiment to unravel the interlinked influence of the two mechanisms for the formation of residual stresses in LPBF: the temperature gradient mechanism and constricted solidification shrinkage. The impact of each mechanism on the shape and magnitudes of the residual stress distribution is described. Combined results from neutron diffraction, X-ray diffraction, computed tomography and in-situ thermography are presented. Also, influence of scan strategies as well as surface roughness of subjacent layers on void formation is shown. Results from computed tomography and in-situ thermography of a specimen dedicated to study the interaction of the melt pool with layers of powder underneath the currently illuminated surface are presented. T2 - 2nd Workshop on In-situ Monitoring and Microstructure Development in Additive Manufacturing CY - Online meeting DA - 19.04.2021 KW - Neutron diffraction KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - In-situ thermography KW - Computed tomography KW - X-ray diffraction KW - Residual stress KW - Pore formation KW - AISI 316L PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-52819 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander T1 - Evolution of Creep Damage of 316L Produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion N2 - The damage mechanisms of metallic components produced by process laser powder bed fusion differ significantly from those typically observed in conventionally manufactured variants of the same alloy. This is due to the unique microstructures of additively manufactured materials. Herein, the focus is on the study of the evolution of creep damage in stainless steel 316L specimens produced by laser powder bed fusion. X-ray computed tomography is used to unravel the influence of the process-specific microstructure from the influence of the initial void distribution on creep damage mechanisms. The void distribution of two specimens tested at 600 °C and 650 °C is analyzed before a creep test, after an interruption, and after fracture. The results indicate that the formation of damage is not connected to the initial void distribution. Instead, damage accumulation at grain boundaries resulting from intergranular cracking is observed. T2 - Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium CY - Austin, TX, USA DA - 14.08.2023 KW - AISI 316L KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Computed Tomography KW - Creep KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Microstructure KW - PBF-LB/M/316L PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-58285 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander T1 - Formation of Creep Damage of 316L Produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion N2 - The damage mechanisms of metallic components produced by process laser powder bed fusion differ significantly from those typically observed in conventionally manufactured variants of the same alloy. This is due to the unique microstructures of additively manufactured materials. Herein, the focus is on the study of the evolution of creep damage in stainless steel 316L specimens produced by laser powder bed fusion. X-ray computed tomography is used to unravel the influence of the process-specific microstructure from the influence of the initial void distribution on creep damage mechanisms. The void distribution of two specimens tested at 600 °C and 650 °C is analyzed before a creep test, after an interruption, and after fracture. The results indicate that the formation of damage is not connected to the initial void distribution. Instead, damage accumulation at grain boundaries resulting from intergranular cracking is observed. T2 - 4th Symposium on Materials and Additive Manufacturing - Additive 2024 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 12.06.2024 KW - AISI 316L KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Computed Tomography KW - Creep KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Microstructure KW - PBF-LB/M/316L PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60295 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander T1 - Do Microbes like Additively Manufactured Aluminium? N2 - The use of laser-additively manufactured metallic components in the industrial sector is gaining traction, with the process now entering its application phase. Consequently, the materials are exposed to corrosive microbes, which this study examines in order to determine the implications of this exposure. Specifically, the study examines the exposure of laser powder bed fused AlSi10Mg (PBF-LB/AlSi10Mg) components to sulphate-reducing bacteria in an anaerobic environment. Is the specific PBF-LB microstructure a potential factor in determining or aiding biocorrosion? A prismatic specimen was exposed to sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB) for two weeks. The sample was scanned by X-ray computed tomography (XCT) before and after SRB exposure. The two data sets were registered to each other (using the internal void distribution as markers, due to the corrosion of the specimen’s surface) to enable the evaluation of the corrosion damage. Virtual cuts of the 3D XCT reconstructions show a loss of volume and localised damage. The damage distribution aligns with the hatching pattern of laser exposure from laser powder bed fusion. T2 - Konferenz iCT 2026 CY - Linz, Austria DA - 10.02.2026 KW - Computed tomography KW - Biokorrosion KW - Additive manufacturing KW - PBF-LB KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - Sulphate-reducing bacteria PY - 2026 AN - OPUS4-65570 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander 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. T2 - MLZ User Meeting 2020 CY - Online meeting DA - 08.12.2020 KW - Computed tomography KW - Neutron diffraction KW - X-ray diffraction KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Residual stress KW - Thermography KW - LPBF KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion PY - 2020 AN - OPUS4-51793 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 - 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 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Ávila Calderón, Luis A1 - Sommer, Konstantin A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Skrotzki, Birgit A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Evolution of Creep Damage of 316L Produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion N2 - The damage mechanisms of metallic components produced by process laser powder bed fusion differ significantly from those typically observed in conventionally manufactured variants of the same alloy. This is due to the unique microstructures of additively manufactured materials. Herein, the focus is on the study of the evolution of creep damage in stainless steel 316L specimens produced by laser powder bed fusion. X-ray computed tomography is used to unravel the influence of the process-specific microstructure from the influence of the initial void distribution on creep damage mechanisms. The void distribution of two specimens tested at 600 °C and 650 °C is analyzed before a creep test, after an interruption, and after fracture. The results indicate that the formation of damage is not connected to the initial void distribution. Instead, damage accumulation at grain boundaries resulting from intergranular cracking is observed. KW - Creep KW - Computed Tomography KW - PBF-LB/M/316L KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Microstructure KW - AISI 316L KW - Additive Manufacturing PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-574127 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202201581 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - Wiley-VCH GmbH CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-57412 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Voloskov, B. A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Evlashin, S. A1 - Akhatov, I. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Sergeichev, I. T1 - Artificial Defects in 316L Stainless Steel Produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion: Printability, Microstructure, and Effects on the Very-High-Cycle Fatigue Behavior N2 - The printability of artificial defects inside the additively manufactured laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) 316L stainless steel is investigated. The printing parameters of the LPBF process are optimized to produce artificial defects with reproducible sizes at desired positions while minimizing redundant porosity. The smallest obtained artificial defect is 90 μm in diameter. The accuracy of the geometry of the printed defect depends on both the height and the diameter in the input model. The effect of artificial defects on the very-high-cycle fatigue (VHCF) behavior of LPBF 316L stainless steel is also studied. The specimens printed with artificial defects in the center are tested under VHCF using an ultrasonic machine. Crack initiation is accompanied by the formation of a fine granular area (FGA), typical of VHCF. Despite the presence of relatively large artificial defects, FGA formation is observed around accidental natural printing defects closer to the surface, which can still be considered as internal. The causes for this occurrence are discussed. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - X-ray computed tomography KW - VHCF PY - 2022 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202200831 SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - Wiley VHC-Verlag AN - OPUS4-56109 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -