TY - CONF A1 - D'Accardi, E. T1 - Capability of active thermography to detect and localize pores in Metal Additive Manufacturing materials N2 - A powerful tool to understand, demonstrate and explain the limits of the pulsed technique in terms of detectability and localizability of AM keyhole pores has been assessed by comparing the active thermographic approach (both experimental and FEM simulations) to Computed Tomography results; ✓ µCT results demonstrate that the intended defect geometry is not achieved; indeed a network of voids (microdefects consisting of small sharp-edged hollows with a complicated, almost fractal, inner surface) was found; ✓ both Exp-PT and FEM results explains clearly why no indication of defect related to the thermal contrasts could be found during the investigation of an uncoated surface. However, the application of further data evaluations focusing on the thermal behavior and emissivity evaluation (PPT post data processing) enable the detection of some defects; ✓ coating facilitates a closer inspection of inner defects, but inhomogeneities of the coating could impair the spatial resolution and lead to the emergence of hotspots (the FEM simulation reached its limit with this extreme geometry where a 25 µm thin disc is considered at a 1 cm thick specimen in millisecond time resolution); ✓ both Exp-PT and FEM results allow the conclusion that very short pulses of 200 ms or shorter should be sufficient to detect these defects below, but near the surface; besides a short duration of the thermal phenomenon it should be emphasized, about 0.04 s (high frame rate camera); T2 - Convegno AIAS 2020 CY - Online meeting DA - 02.09.2020 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Laser powderbed fusion KW - Pores KW - Thermography PY - 2020 AN - OPUS4-51922 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Breese, Philipp Peter 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). T2 - 13th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies - LANE 2024 CY - Fürth, Germany DA - 15.09.2024 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Nondestructive Testing KW - Defect Detection KW - Thermography PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61285 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Wandtke, Karsten T1 - Residual stress formation in DED-arc manufactured high strength steel components N2 - Additive manufacturing (AM) processes enable the efficient production of advanced constructions. New developments in topology optimization are leading to weight-optimized designs of increasing complexity. Direct energy deposition processes (DED) such as wire and arc-based additive manufacturing are an important method of additive manufacturing. The wire filler metals enable a wide range of materials, while the arc process provides a high deposition rate compared to laser and powder-based processes. Combined with the use of high-strength steels, the thickness of walls or components can be significantly reduced in the context of lightweight construction, which results in significant savings in energy, costs, time and resources. Suitable high-strength steel filler metals are commercially available for DED-arc AM processes. However, guidelines and quantitative knowledge about welding stresses and cold cracking issues during component production and service are lacking. This limits the industrial application considerably. In a joint project of BAM and Chemnitz University of Technology, the main influences and complex interactions of material, production process, design and processing steps on the residual stress level are investigated. The aim is to develop processing recommendations and a cold cracking test for economical processing and stress-related design of high-strength steels with DED-arc. This study focuses on residual stress analysis by neutron diffraction (ND) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) on defined test specimens. The ND analysis were performed at the Paul Scherrer Institute- Villigen, Switzerland (PSI) and the XRD analysis at BAM. The study shows a quantitative and qualitative comparison of the residual stress magnitudes and distribution between the component bulk (ND) and surface (XRD) analyses. The ND analysis reveals that in DED-arc AM walls the residual stresses dominate in the direction of welding and are negligibly small in each case transverse to the direction of welding. The topology of the analyzed residual stresses shows almost identical residual stress maps compared to XRD. In addition, the residual stresses are significantly influenced by the solid phase transformation of the material due to low cooling times and less post heat treatment cycles of following AM layers in the area of the top layer. T2 - IIW Intermediate Meeting C-XIII CY - Online meeting DA - 20.04.2023 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - High strength steel KW - Residual Stress PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-59308 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schröpfer, Dirk A1 - Scharf-Wildenhain, R. A1 - Hälsig, A. A1 - Wandtke, Karsten A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas T1 - Process-related influences and correlations in wire arc additive manufacturing of high-strength steels N2 - High-strength fine-grained structural steels have great potential for weight-optimized, efficient structures in many modern steel applications. Further advances in efficiency can be achieved through additive manufacturing and bionic design. Commercial high-strength filler materials for wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) are already provided by the consumable producers. Today, application would be strictly limited due to absence of quantitative findings or any guidelines for the industry regarding welding-related stresses and component safety during manufacturing and service. Hence, process- and material-related influences and design-related restraint conditions associated with formation of residual stresses and cold cracking risk are investigated. The aim is the accessibility of special WAAM self-restraining cold cracking tests and easy applicable processing recommendations, enabling an economical, fit-for-purpose and crack-safe WAAM of high-strength steels. This first study focuses on determination of interactions between WAAM process parameters, resulting layer geometry, microstructure and residual stresses, analyzed via X-ray diffraction. Defined reference specimens are automated welded using a special WAAM solid wire (yield strength >820 MPa). Geometric properties can be specifically adjusted by wire feed and welding speed, but cannot be varied arbitrarily, since a high heat input causes local overheating, inadmissible changes of microstructure and mechanical properties, defects and comparable high tensile residual stresses. T2 - 22. Werkstofftechnischen Kolloquium der TU Chemnitz CY - Online meeting DA - 24.03.2021 KW - Residual stresses KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - High-strength steel PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-533300 DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/1147/1/012002 VL - 1147 SP - 012002 PB - IOP Publishing Ltd AN - OPUS4-53330 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Becker, Tina T1 - Two approaches for multi measurand in-situ monitoring of the L-PBF process – bicolor- and RGB-optical tomography N2 - Since metal additive manufacturing (AM) becomes more and more established in industry, also the cost pressure for AM components increases. One big cost factor is the quality control of the manufactured components. Reliable in-process monitoring systems are a promising route to lower scrap rates and enhance trust in the component and process quality. The focus of this contribution is the presentation and comparison of two optical tomography based multi measurand in-situ monitoring approaches for the L-PBF process: the bicolor- and the RGB-optical tomography. The classical optical tomography (OT) is one of the most common commercial in-situ monitoring techniques in industrial L-PBF machines. In the OT spatial resolved layer-images of the L-PBF process are taken from an off-axis position in one near infrared wavelength window. In addition to the explanatory powers classical OT, both here presented approaches enable the determination of the maximum surface temperature. In contrast to thermography that may also yield maximum temperature information, the needed equipment is significantly cheaper and offers a higher spatial resolution. Both approaches are implemented at a new in-house developed L-PBF system (Sensor-based additive manufacturing machine - SAMMIE). SAMMIE is specifically designed for the development and characterization of in-situ monitoring systems and is introduced as well. T2 - ICAM2022 CY - Orlando, FL, USA DA - 31.10.2022 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - L-PBF KW - In-process monitoring KW - Optical tomography PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56594 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Breese, Philipp Peter T1 - In-situ defect detection for laser powder bed fusion with active laser thermography N2 - Defects are still common in metal components built with Additive Manufacturing (AM). Process monitoring methods for laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M) are used in industry, but relationships between monitoring data and defect formation are not fully understood yet. Additionally, defects and deformations may develop with a time delay to the laser energy input. Thus, currently, the component quality is only determinable after the finished process. Here, active laser thermography, a non-destructive testing method, is adapted to PBF-LB/M, using the defocused process laser as heat source. The testing can be performed layer by layer throughout the manufacturing process. The results of the defect detection using infrared cameras are presented for a custom research PBF-LB/M machine. Our work enables a shift from post-process testing of components towards in-situ testing during the AM process. The actual component quality is evaluated in the process chamber and defects can be detected between layers. T2 - 2023 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium CY - Austin, TX, USA DA - 14.08.2023 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Additive Fertigung KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Nondestructive Testing KW - Flying Spot Laser Thermography PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-58137 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Breese, Philipp Peter T1 - In-situ defect detection via active laser thermographic testing for PBF-LB/M N2 - Great complexity characterizes Additive Manufacturing (AM) of metallic components via laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M). Due to this, defects in the printed components (like cracks and pores) are still common. Monitoring methods are commercially used, but the relationship between process data and defect formation is not well understood yet. Furthermore, defects and deformations might develop with a temporal delay to the laser energy input. The component’s actual quality is consequently only determinable after the finished process. To overcome this drawback, thermographic in-situ testing is introduced. The defocused process laser is utilized for nondestructive testing performed layer by layer throughout the build process. The results of the defect detection via infrared cameras are shown for a research PBF-LB/M machine. This creates the basis for a shift from in-situ monitoring towards in-situ testing during the AM process. Defects are detected immediately inside the process chamber, and the actual component quality is determined. T2 - Lasers in Manufacturing (LiM) CY - Munich, Germany DA - 26.06.2023 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Nondestructive Testing KW - Defect Detection KW - Flying Spot Laser Thermography PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-57922 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Altenburg, Simon T1 - SAMMIE – PBF-LB/M Research System for the Development of in-situ Monitoring methods N2 - The additive manufacturing of metals has now reached a level of maturity that enables its use in many branches of industry or brings it within reach. The main advantages are the ability to produce complex components that cannot be produced conventionally or only at great expense, as well as in the production of highly individualized components in small quantities. However, the additive manufacturing process is highly complex and prone to errors. In order to guarantee the quality control required particularly for safety-relevant components, complex downstream nondestructive testing NDT of the individual components is currently necessary. In-situ process monitoring and testing could offer alternatives, but these have not yet reached a sufficient level of functionality. Industrial production facilities offer little or no flexibility and accessibility to enable extensive investigations in this area. For this reason, we developed a system for the powder bed fusion process of metals (PBF-LB/M) called SAMMIE. It offers a completely open system architecture with full control over the process and flexible access to the build chamber, e.g., optically both on-axis and off-axis to the production laser. In this contribution, we present the system and show first experimental results of in-situ monitoring and testing, e.g., high-resolution thermographic melt pool monitoring, multispectral optical tomography, and high-speed videos of the process. SAMMIE enables us to conduct fundamental investigations that will help to further develop in-situ process monitoring and testing, gain new insights into the process, and improve its safety and reliability. T2 - 48th MPA-Seminar CY - Stuttgart, Germany DA - 08.10.2024 KW - PBF-LB/M KW - In situ monitoring KW - Custom machine KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Process monitoring PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61350 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Becker, Tina T1 - Emissivity – Gamechanger for quantitative in-situ monitoring N2 - For a deep process understanding of the laser powder bed fusion process (PBF-LB/M), recording of the occurring surface temperatures is of utmost interest and would help to pave the way for reliable process monitoring and quality assurance. A notable number of approaches for in-process monitoring of the PBF-LB/M process focus on the monitoring of thermal process signatures. However, due to the elaborate calibration effort and the lack of knowledge about the occurring spectral directional emissivity, only a few approaches attempt to measure real temperatures. In this study, to gain initial insights into occurring in the PBF-LB/M process, measurements on PBF-LB/M specimens and metal powder specimens were performed for higher temperatures up to T = 1290 °C by means of the emissivity measurement apparatus (EMMA) of the Center for Applied Energy Research (CAE, Wuerzburg, Germany). Also, measurements at ambient temperatures were performed with a suitable measurement setup. Two different materials—stainless steel 316L and aluminum AlSi10Mg—were examined. The investigated wavelength λ ranges from the visible range (λ-VIS = 0.40–0.75 µm) up to the infrared, λ = 20 µm. The influence of the following factors were investigated: azimuth angle φ, specimen temperature TS, surface texture as for PBF-LB/M surfaces with different scan angles α, and powder surfaces with different layer thicknesses t. T2 - Rapid.Tech 3D 2024 CY - Erfurt, Germany DA - 14.05.2024 KW - PBF-LB/M KW - In situ monitoring KW - Emissivity KW - Additive Manufacturing PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60148 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Breese, Philipp Peter A1 - Altenburg, Simon T1 - Absolute temperature determination in laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M) via hyperspectral thermography N2 - Temperature is a key characteristic in laser powder bed fusion of metals (PBF-LB/M). As a quantitative physical property, the temperature can determine the actual process quality independently from the nominal process parameters. Thus, establishing a process evaluation on temperatures rather than the comparison of process conditions is expected to be more effective. However, quantitative in situ temperature measurements with classical thermographic methods are virtually impossible. The reason is that the required emissivity value changes drastically throughout the process. Additionally, large temperature ranges along with the highly dynamic nature of the PBF-LB/M process make temperature measurements difficult. Based on this challenge, this work presents a method for hyperspectral temperature determination. The spectral exitance (in W/m2⋅nm) was measured in situ at many adjacent wavelengths in the short-wave infrared (SWIR). This enabled a local temperature determination via Planck’s law in combination with a spectral emissivity function. The temperature field of the melt pool crossing the 1D measurement line was reconstructed from the information, gathered at nearly 20 kHz sampling rate. The reconstructed melt pool had a spatial resolution of 17 µm by 40 µm, and temperatures between 2700 and 1300 K were observable. Comparison of the 316L stainless steel solidification temperature and the observed solidification plateau in the gathered thermal data revealed a relative error of less than 6% in the absolute temperature measurement. These initial results of hyperspectral temperature determination in PBF-LB/M show the potential in the method. It allows for physically founded process evaluation, and the prospects for tuning and validation of numerical simulations are highly promising. KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Infrared Thermography KW - In-situ Monitoring KW - Quantitative Temperature Measurement KW - Emissivity PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-631977 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40964-025-01148-8 SN - 2363-9512 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC AN - OPUS4-63197 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Breese, Philipp Peter A1 - Becker, Tina A1 - Oster, Simon A1 - Metz, C. A1 - Altenburg, Simon T1 - In-situ defect detection for laser powder bed fusion with active laser thermography N2 - Defects are still common in metal components built with Additive Manufacturing (AM). Process monitoring methods for laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M) are used in industry, but relationships between monitoring data and defect formation are not fully understood yet. Additionally, defects and deformations may develop with a time delay to the laser energy input. Thus, currently, the component quality is only determinable after the finished process. Here, active laser thermography, a nondestructive testing method, is adapted to PBF-LB/M, using the defocused process laser as heat source. The testing can be performed layer by layer throughout the manufacturing process. We study our proposed testing method along experiments carried out on a custom research PBF-LB/M machine using infrared (IR) cameras. Our work enables a shift from post-process testing of components towards in-situ testing during the AM process. The actual component quality is evaluated in the process chamber and defects can be detected between layers. T2 - 2023 International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium CY - Austin, TX, USA DA - 14.08.2023 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Nondestructive Testing KW - Thermography KW - Defect Detection PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-606288 DO - https://doi.org/10.26153/tsw/51096 SP - 1978 EP - 1989 PB - University of Texas at Austin CY - Austin, TX, USA AN - OPUS4-60628 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 - 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 - Altenburg, Simon T1 - Measurement of real temperatures in metal powder bed fusion: Hyperspectral thermography N2 - Detailed knowledge about the physics of the PBF-LB/M process is still lacking, and the simulation of the fast and small-scale process is challenging. Especially the experimental validation of complex simulations lacks a suitable measurement technique for temperature distributions at high speeds and spatial resolution. The complicated process physics, specifically the rapidly changing emissivity in and around the meltpool, pose a severe challenge for usual thermographic approaches. Here, we present first results of a hyperspectral measurement approach to reconstruct temperature and emissivity maps during the PBF-LB/M process in a custom manufacturing machine. The camera setup measures the thermal radiation of the process along a line at a rate of 20 kHz, spectrally resolved between 1 µm and 1.6 µm. When the meltpool travels perpendicularly across this line, a typical meltpool can be reconstructed by pointwise fitting for temperature emissivity separation, based on typical spectral emissivities from reference measurements. T2 - Lasers in Manufacturing Conference - LiM CY - Munich, Germany DA - 23.06.2025 KW - PBF-LB/M KW - In situ monitoring KW - Thermography KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Process monitoring KW - Hyperspectral PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-63564 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Breese, Philipp Peter T1 - Fundamentals of quantitative temperature determination during laser powder bed fusion of metals (PBF-LB/M) via hyperspectral thermography N2 - Additive manufacturing (AM, also known as 3D printing) of metals is becoming increasingly important in industrial applications. Reasons for this include the ability to realize complex component designs and the use of novel materials. This distinguishes AM from conventional manufacturing methods such as subtractive manufacturing (turning, milling, etc.). The most widely used AM process for metals is laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M, also known as selective laser melting SLM). Currently, it has the highest degree of industrialization and the largest number of machines in use. In PBF-LB/M, the feedstock is present as metal powder in an inert gas atmosphere inside a process chamber where a laser melts it locally. By repeatedly lowering the build platform, applying a new layer of powder, and then selectively melting it with the laser, a component is built up layer by layer. The local temperature distributions that occur during this process determine not only the properties of the finished component, but also the possible formation of defects such as pores and cracks. Due to the high relevance of the thermal history for precise geometries and defect formation, a temporally and spatially resolved measurement of quantitative (or real/actual) temperatures would be optimal. Quantitative values would ensure comparability and repeatability of the AM process which would also positively affect the quality and safety of the manufactured component. Furthermore, it would also contribute to the validation of simulations and to a deeper understanding of the manufacturing process itself. At present, however, only qualitative monitoring of the thermal radiation is performed (e.g., by monitoring the melt pool using a photodiode), and safety-relevant components must be inspected ex situ afterwards which is time-consuming and costly. A reason for the lack of quantitative temperature data from the process are the challenging conditions of the PBF-LB/M process with high scanning speeds and a small laser spot diameter. Furthermore, the emissivity of the surface changes at high dynamics (temporally/spatially) as well as with temperature and wavelength. This specifically makes contactless temperature determination based on emitted infrared radiation challenging for PBF-LB/M. Although classical thermography offers very good qualitative insights, it is not sufficient for a reliable quantitative temperature determination without a complex temperature calibration including image segmentation and assignment of previously determined emissivities. For this reason, this publication presents the hyperspectral thermography approach for the PBF-LB/M process: The emitted infrared radiation is measured simultaneously at many adjacent wavelengths. In this study, this is realized via a fast hyperspectral line camera that operates in the short-wave infrared range. The thermal radiation of a line on the target is spectrally dispersed and detected to measure the radiant exitance along that line. If the melt pool of the PBF-LB/M process moves through this line at a sufficient frame rate, a spatial reconstruction of an effective melt pool is possible. One approach to determine the desired emissivities and the quantitative temperature from this hyperspectral data are temperature-emissivity separation (TES) methods. A major problem is that n spectral measurements are available, but n+1 parameters are required for each image pixel (n emissivity values + one temperature value). TES methods offer the possibility to approximate this mathematically underconstrained problem in a reliable and traceable way by analytically parameterizing the spectral emissivity with a few degrees of freedom. Using this approach, setup and method are applied to a research machine for PBF-LB/M, called SAMMIE (Sensor-based Additive Manufacturing Machine). First results under AM process conditions are shown which form the basis for the determination of quantitative temperatures in the PBFLB/M process. This marks an important contribution to improving the comparability and repeatability of production, validating simulations, and understanding the process itself. When fully developed and validated, the presented method can also provide reference measurements to evaluate and optimize other, more practical monitoring methods, such as melt pool monitoring or optical tomography. In the long run, this will help to increase confidence in the safety of AM products. T2 - QIRT 2024 CY - Zagreb, Croatia DA - 01.07.2024 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Additive Fertigung KW - Real Temperature KW - Melt Pool KW - Emissivity PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60762 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Altenburg, Simon T1 - Thermography in laser powder bed fusion of metals: time over threshold as feasible feature in thermographic data N2 - Thermography is one on the most promising techniques for in-situ monitoring for metal additive manufacturing processes. The high process dynamics and the strong focus of the laser beam cause a very complex thermal history within the produced specimens, such as multiple heating cycles within single layer expositions. This complicates data interpretation, e.g., in terms of cooling rates. A quantity that is easily calculated is the time a specific area of the specimen is at a temperature above a chosen threshold value (TOT). Here, we discuss variations occurring in time-over-threshold-maps during manufacturing of a defect free cuboid specimen. T2 - 15th Quantitative InfraRed Thermography conference CY - Online meeting DA - 21.09.2020 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Process monitoring KW - Thermography KW - L-PBF KW - Time over threshold PY - 2020 AN - OPUS4-51630 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mohr, Gunther 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. T2 - 11th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies (LANE 2020) CY - Online meeting DA - 07.09.2020 KW - Additive Manufacturing PY - 2020 AN - OPUS4-51255 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Merz, Benjamin T1 - Position Detection for Hybrid Repair of gas turbine blades using PBF-LB/M N2 - This poster presents a workflow for camera-based position detection of components within PBF-LB/M machines. This enables a hybrid repair process of highly stressed components such as gas turbine blades using PBF-LB/M. T2 - Kuratoriumsführung CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 21.06.2022 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - PBF-LB/M KW - Position detection KW - Camera KW - Image processing PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56587 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gupta, Kanhaiya T1 - Microstructural fingerprinting of additively manufactured components prepared by PBF LB/M N2 - Additive manufacturing (AM) is rapidly emerging from rapid prototyping to industrial production [1]. Thus, providing AM parts with a tagging feature that allows identification, like a fingerprint, can be crucial for logistics, certification, and anti-counterfeiting purposes since nearly any geometry can be produced by AM with stolen data or reverse engineering of an original product. However, the mechanical and functional properties of the replicated part may not be identical to the original ones and pose a safety risk [2]. Several methods are already available, which range from encasing a detector to leveraging the stochastic defects of AM parts for the identification, authentication, and traceability of AM components. The most prevailing solution consists of local process manipulation, such as printing a quick response (QR) code [3] or a set of blind holes on the surface of the internal cavity of hollow components. Local manipulation of components may alter the properties. The external tagging features can be altered or even removed by post-processing treatments. Integrating electronic systems [4] in AM parts can be used to identify and authenticate components with complex or customized geometries. However, metal-based AM, especially in powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M) techniques, has a strong shielding effect that interferes with the communication between the reader and the transponder. Figure 1: Selection of the few most prominent pores sorted according to decreasing volume that are suitable for tagging and authentication. Our work aims to provide a new methodology for the identification, authentication, and traceability of AM components using microstructural feathers in AM components without altering their properties. Further, we set various benchmark points that can be used in generating the fingerprints for both identification and authentication. This can help digitalize traceability information and tagging features via the link between the physical and cyber worlds through a deeper understanding of the printed object-tag-virtual twin integration. T2 - MSE Konferennz CY - Darmstadt, Germany DA - 24.09.2024 KW - Fingerprint KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Computed tomography PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-62286 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Meinel, Dietmar T1 - Classic Materials Testing in the Light of CT N2 - Currently, mandatory requirements and recommendations for the detection of irregularities in laser beam welded joints are based on classic micrographs as set out in the standard ISO 13919-1:2019. Compared to classic micrographs, computed tomography enables a non-destructive, three-dimensional and material-independent mode of operation, which delivers much more profound results. Even in building material testing, methods with limited informative value can be checked and supplemented by CT examinations. T2 - 13th International Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography (iCT2024) CY - Wels, Austria DA - 06.02.2024 KW - Computed Tomography KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Machine-Learning Segmentation KW - Air Void System PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-59568 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schröpfer, Dirk T1 - Process-related influences and correlations in wire arc additive manufacturing of high-strength steels N2 - High-strength fine-grained structural steels have great potential for weight-optimized, efficient structures in many modern steel applications. Further advances in efficiency can be achieved through additive manufacturing and bionic design. Commercial high-strength filler materials for wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) are already provided by the consumable producers. Today, application would be strictly limited due to absence of quantitative findings or any guidelines for the industry regarding welding-related stresses and component safety during manufacturing and service. Hence, process- and material-related influences and design-related restraint conditions associated with formation of residual stresses and cold cracking risk are investigated. The aim is the accessibility of special WAAM self-restraining cold cracking tests and easy applicable processing recommendations, enabling an economical, fit-for-purpose and crack-safe WAAM of high-strength steels. This first study focuses on determination of interactions between WAAM process parameters, resulting layer geometry, microstructure and residual stresses, analyzed via X-ray diffraction. Defined reference specimens are automated welded using a special WAAM solid wire (yield strength >820 MPa). Geometric properties can be specifically adjusted by wire feed and welding speed, but cannot be varied arbitrarily, since a high heat input causes local overheating, inadmissible changes of microstructure and mechanical properties, defects and comparable high tensile residual stresses. T2 - 22. Werkstofftechnischen Kolloquium der TU Chemnitz CY - Online meeting DA - 24.03.2021 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - High-strength steel KW - Residual stresses PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53328 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Winkler, Michael T1 - Automated Repair of Gas Turbine Blades Using DED-Arc N2 - Gas turbine blades are critical components in aerospace and power generation, often subject to wear, erosion, and fatigue-induced damage. Traditional repair methods are labor-intensive, costly, prone to inconsistencies, and not rapidly adaptable. This work presents an automated approach for repairing gas turbine blade tips using Wire and Arc Directed Energy Deposition (DED-Arc) in combination with a high-precision point to point registration technique of laser line triangulation (LLT) 3D scans. The proposed workflow begins with affixation of the milled down turbine blade to a work piece manipulator using a 3D printed clamping mechanism and a rough alignment of the turbine tip. Subsequently, the turbine blade’s geometry is acquired using a fully integrated 3D laser triangulation sensor, transforming, and aggregating the captured 2D line data into a 3D scan in the working user coordinate system using live feedback data from a finely calibrated industry robot. This point cloud representation of the real-world turbine blade is then used as the target during an advanced point-to-point shape registration technique transforming the digital representation of the repair process containing all relevant tool path and geometry data into the coordinate system of the real-world turbine blade. Afterwards, the turbine tip is then iteratively repaired whereby the turbine tip geometry is divided into differentiated sections, each with its own optimized process parameter set. A key innovation in this approach is the adaptability of the repair process through a closed-loop monitoring system. After each DED-Arc deposition, a 3D scan is performed to document the deposited geometry, to detect the interaction of the different process parameter sets, to activate an intervention if necessary, and calculate subsequent tool paths based on current geometry data. The results indicate that the combination of precise 3D scan registration with DED-Arc is a viable solution for the industrial-scale repair of gas turbine blades leading to significant reduction in labor, tooling, process, and time related cost. T2 - IIW Assembly CY - Genoa, Italy DA - 22.06.2025 KW - DED-Arc KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Repair KW - Turbine Blade KW - Automation PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-63624 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Altenburg, Simon T1 - Machine Learning and Thermography as Tools for Local Porosity Prediction in AM of Metals N2 - Quality assurance of metal additive manufacturing (PBF-LB/M) is still a challenge. Offering deep process insights, thermography is a well-suited monitoring technique. Here, we show how machine learning based on thermographic data enables a local part porosity prediction. T2 - Laser Applications Conference (LAC) CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 19.10.2025 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 - 2025 AN - OPUS4-64669 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chaurasia, Prashant Kumar A1 - Fabry, Çağtay A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - De, Amitava A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Automated in situ monitoring and analysis of process signatures and build profiles during wire arc directed energy deposition N2 - Wire arc directed energy deposition (DED-Arc) is an emerging metal additive manufacturing process to build near-net shaped metallic parts in a layer-by-layer with minimal material wastage. Automated in situ monitoring and fast-responsive analyses of process signatures and deposit profiles during DED-Arc are in ever demand to print dimensionally consistent parts and reduce post-deposition machining. A comprehensive experimental investigation is presented here involving real-time synchronous measurement of arc current, voltage, and the deposit profile using a novel multi-sensor monitoring framework integrated with the DED-Arc set-up. The recorded current–voltage transients are used to estimate the time-averaged arc power, and energy input in real time for an insight of the influence of wire feed rate and printing travel speed on the deposit characteristics. A unique attempt is made to represent the geometric profiles of the single-track deposits in a generalized mathematical form corresponding to a segmented ellipse, which has exhibited the minimum root-mean-square error of 0.03 mm. The dimensional inconsistency of multi-track deposits is evaluated quantitatively in terms of waviness using build profile monitoring and automated estimation, which is found to increase with an increase in step-over ratio and energy input. For the multi-track mild steel deposits, the suitable range of step-over ratio for the minimum surface waviness is observed to lie between 0.6 and 0.65. Collectively, the proposed framework of synchronized process monitoring and real-time analysis provides a pathway to achieve dimensionally consistent and defect-free parts, and highlights the potential for closed-loop control systems for a wider industrial application of DED-Arc. KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Arc welding KW - DED-arc KW - Real-time monitoring and control KW - Dimensional inconsistency PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-642029 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40964-025-01333-9 SN - 2363-9512 SP - 1 EP - 20 PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC CY - Cham AN - OPUS4-64202 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Chaurasia, Prashant Kumar T1 - Automated In-situ Monitoring and Analysis of Process Signatures and Build Profile During Arc-based Directed Energy Deposition N2 - Automated in-situ synchronous monitoring and analysis of key process signatures during arc-based directed energy deposition (DED) process are the key challenges for layer-by-layer printing of large-scale parts. An attempt is presented here for real-time monitoring of process transients, deposit profile, and quantitative assessment of arc power, energy input and its influence on deposit dimensions. The workflow including setup, job generation and data analysis is fully automated in Python to allow large scale experiments with fast analysis results. T2 - 2nd Online Young Welding Professional International Conference CY - Online meeting DA - 06.02.2025 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Arc welding KW - DED-arc KW - Monitoring KW - Deposition profile PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-62663 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Fabry, Çağtay T1 - Towards arc welding reference data: Open Science laboratories at BAM N2 - As industries move for ever faster development and adoption cycles of emerging new technologies in the field of welding, the meticulous and longer-winded approach of the scientific research process can feel harder to integrate. To help bridge this gap and increase the speed, quality, and adoption rate of publicly funded research, the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) continues to work towards enabling scientists with direct access to necessary software tools and - in the future – highest quality welding research reference data to further foster collaborations. On the experimental side, the arc welding group at BAM division 9.3 “welding technologies” is continuing to expand and upgrade its capacities of robotic welding systems with integrated state of the art sensor technologies and software solutions. This allows all experiments to be recorded and measured in micro-millimeter accuracy and at sub-millisecond precision, including welding process data, complete spatial geometry and temperature measurements, process video recordings and more. The custom software-based solutions and interfaces allow scaling of the welding systems from large thick plate offshore applications to small additive repair weldments in wind turbine blades to multi-hour continuous weldments in additive manufacturing applications. In addition to the data gathered during the welding process itself, the relevant testing results and materials properties produced at BAM or externally can be integrated seamlessly. This allows detailed traceability of all results back to the actual welding process. Regardless of the scope and application, complete datasets can be made accessible for research or industry partners in the highest resolution based on the open source WelDX (welding data exchange) file format. Figure 1. Welding experiment representation including dynamic process data, cross-section imaging and hardness measurements from a single weldx file. The talk will give an overview of the experimental facilities and workflows as well as current software developments with a focus on research data quality assurance, traceability, and accessibility. Based on the integration into latest research trends and activities of the “welding technologies” division, the path to publishing reference datasets for arc welding process for various applications and materials is outlined and discussed. T2 - 4th Symposium on Materials and Additive Manufacturing - Additive 2024 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 12.06.2024 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Arc welding KW - DED-arc KW - Research data KW - Reference data PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60249 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mohr, Gunther T1 - Comparability issues of test specimens in laser powder bed fusion - how to consider differences in thermal history of complex components and primitive test specimens N2 - The capability to produce complexly and individually shaped metallic parts is one of the main advantages of the laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M) process. However, the thermal history during additive manufacturing of complex components can differ significantly from the thermal history of geometrically primitive test specimens. This can result in divergent microstructures and resulting mechanical properties. It drastically limits the comparability of different built parts and requires expensive full component testing. Moreover, the thermal history as the spatiotemporal temperature distribution has been identified as a major cause for flaw formation. Therefore, it can be hypothesized that a similar thermal history between components and test specimens enhances their comparability. In this talk, the concept of representative test specimens is introduced, which enables the transfer of thermal histories from complex geometries to simple geometries, which can lead to better comparability of material properties. T2 - 4th Asia-Pacific International Conference on Additive Manufacturing (APICAM) CY - Melbourne, Australia DA - 30.06.2025 KW - Additive Manufacturing PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-64527 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hébrard, Louis T1 - Comparison of Room and High Temperature Fatigue Behavior of a New LPBF VDM 780 Alloy N2 - The actual environmental challenges require a huge effort from all industrial sectors to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gasses and pollutants. In this context, aeronautics is deeply concerned as one of the most emissive industrial sectors (cf. EU Green Deal). The answer to this pressing challenge is complex and involves new fuels and engine concepts, new aerostructures with higher weight-savings, as well as new, energy-efficient, and sustainable manufacturing technologies and materials. Two technologies may contribute particularly to achieving the goals: (i) new and more energy-efficient processes such as additive manufacturing (AM) can be used for part production; (ii) the engine efficiency of airplanes can be significantly improved to save fuel and reduce gas emissions. The latter can be achieved by increasing the engine thermal efficiency, i.e., increasing the turbine inlet temperature. Currently, only single-crystalline cast materials are available to be used for the thermally highest-loaded parts in the gas turbine engine, i.e., the turbine blades in the high-pressure turbine just behind the combustion chamber. These materials rely on a special casting technology, although they lose these original material performances when additive manufactured. In addition, current materials suitable for metal additive manufacturing have a limited range of temperature application. Therefore, the focus is on the development of new materials targeting higher in-service operation temperatures and durability. Recently, a new Ni-based superalloy (VDM 780) has been developed to ensure microstructural stability up to 800 °C. The goal of this work is to provide a deeper understanding of the high temperature fatigue properties of this alloy. This will enable the identification of the maximum operating temperature of this alloy and assess its performance in order to establish its potential in view of a new generation of more efficient aero-engines. T2 - 11th Edition of Fatigue Design International Conference CY - Senlis, France DA - 19.11.2025 KW - Fatigue KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Ni-based superalloy KW - High Temperature PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-64992 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Witte, Julien T1 - The Impact of Ultrasonic-Assisted Milling and Alloying Elements on the Surface Integrity of Additively Manufactured Iron Aluminides N2 - The increasing focus on energy and resource efficiency has driven the implementation of additive manufacturing (AM) of high-performance materials, particularly in lightweight constructions with optimization of material efficiency. Iron aluminides (FeAl) hold great potential due to their low density, excellent corrosion and wear resistance, high-temperature stability, and vast availability. However, the inherent heterogeneity and anisotropy of FeAl-AM structures pose significant challenges, especially regarding hardness and brittleness. These material characteristics complicate the mostly necessary post-processing via mechanical finish machining, often resulting in elevated cutting forces, accelerated tool wear, and suboptimal surface integrity. Ultrasonic-assisted milling (USAM), a hybrid machining process, offers significant advantages over conventional milling (CM), including the reduction of cutting forces and tool wear. Notably, USAM has been demonstrated to decrease surface defect density and mitigate tensile residual stresses, while potentially inducing beneficial compressive residual stresses within the depth profile of the component’s surface. These effects can significantly enhance crack propagation resistance, improve corrosion behavior, and extend the fatigue life of components in safety-relevant applications. The present study investigates the effects of additional alloying elements such as molybdenum, nickel, titanium and Vanadium in FeAl as well as milling parameters, including cutting speed vc and feed rate fz, on the surface integrity with special regard to residual stress formations. T2 - 4th International Conference on Advanced Joining Processes CY - Coimbra, Portugal DA - 16.10.2025 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Wear Protection KW - Ultrasonic-assisted Milling KW - Iron-aluminides KW - MPEA KW - Surface Integrity KW - Residual Stresses PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-65235 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ávila Calderón, Luis T1 - Creep behavior and microstructural evolution of LPBF 316L N2 - This presentation shows some experimental results of the characterization of the creep behavior of LPBF 316L, which has been poorly studied and understood to date. The presentation includes results regarding the mechanical properties, the initial microstructural state and its evolution under loading, and the damage mechanism. This work was done within the BAM focus area materials project AGIL. As a benchmark to assess the material properties of the LPBF 316L, a conventionally manufactured variant was also tested. T2 - 2nd Workshop on In-situ Monitoring and Microstructure Development in Additive Manufactured alloys at BAM CY - Online Meeting DA - 19.04.2021 KW - 316L KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Creep behavior PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-52682 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Madia, Mauro T1 - Towards the Use of Representative Specimens for the Qualification of Additively Manufactured Parts N2 - The understanding of the process-structure-property-performance relationship is the key challenge for the qualification of safety-relevant parts made of additively manufactured metallic materials. The complexity of the manufacturing process and the number of influencing parameters affect the properties of test coupons and parts even fabricated in the same batch. This poses the problem of using reliable witness specimens for part qualification. This work presents a new approach which aims at the fabrication of test coupons tailored to the specific microstructure and fatigue properties of a component. The first step consisted in the evaluation of the temperature field by means of process monitoring during the production of parts. The results were used to tailor finite element models which were then used to design witness specimens representative of the thermal history in the component. Finally, the fatigue properties of designed specimens were compared to coupons machined out of the component. T2 - TMS2024 – 153rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition CY - Orlando, FL, USA DA - 03.03.2024 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Process simulation KW - Thermal history KW - Structural integrity KW - Damage tolerance PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-65072 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ferrari, Bruno T1 - Microstructural evolution of PBF-LB/M Inconel 718 during solution-aging heat treatments - an in-situ x-ray diffraction study N2 - Inconel 718 (IN718) is a traditional age-hardenable nickel-based alloy that has been increasingly processed by additive manufacturing (AM) in recent years. In the as-solidified condition, IN718 exhibits chemical segregation and the undesired Laves phase, requiring a solution annealing (SA) prior to aging. The material produced by AM does not respond to the established thermal routines in the same way as conventionally produced IN718, and there is still no consensus on which routine yields optimal results. This work aims to provide a fundamental understanding of the heat treatment (HT) response by continuously monitoring the microstructural evolution during SA via time-resolved synchrotron x-ray diffraction, complemented by ex-situ scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The samples were produced by laser powder bed fusion to a geometry of 10x20x90 mm³, from which Ø1x5 mm³ cylindric specimens were extracted. Two different scanning strategies – incremental 67° rotations, Rot, and alternating 0°/67° tracks, Alt – were used, leading to two different as-built conditions. 1-hour SAs were carried out in the beamline ID22 of the ESRF at 50 KeV. Two SA temperatures, SA1 = 1020 °C, and SA2 = 1080 °C were tested for each scanning strategy. Data were processed using the software PDIndexer. In the as-built state, all samples showed typical subgrain columnar cell structures with predominant Nb/Mo segregation and Laves phase at the cell walls, as seen by SEM. The Alt scan induced higher intensity on the Laves peaks than the Rot scan, suggesting a greater content of Laves. Chemical homogenization in the SA was largely achieved during the heating ramp (Fig. 1). SA2 eliminated the Laves peaks just before reaching 1080 °C, and mitigated differences between Rot and Alt samples. On the other hand, SA1 induced the precipitation of the generally detrimental δ phase, also observed by SEM. Furthermore, the Rot scan showed higher δ peak intensities than the Alt scan, indicating a higher content of δ in the latter. No signs of recrystallization were observed in any of the investigated SAs. T2 - FEMS EUROMAT 2023 CY - Frankfurt a. M., Germany DA - 03.09.2023 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - X-Ray Diffraction KW - Inconel 718 KW - Heat Treatments KW - Microstructure PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-58392 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Chaurasia, Prashant Kumar A1 - Cagtay, Fabry A1 - Andreas, Pittner A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Automated in situ monitoring and analysis of process signatures and build profiles during wire arc directed energy deposition N2 - Wire arc directed energy deposition (DED-Arc) is an emerging metal additive manufacturing process to build near-net shaped metallic parts in a layer-by-layer with minimal material wastage. Automated in situ monitoring and fast-responsive analyses of process signatures and deposit profiles during DED-Arc are in ever demand to print dimensionally consistent parts and reduce post-deposition machining. A comprehensive experimental investigation is presented here involving real-time synchronous measurement of arc current, voltage, and the deposit profile using a novel multi-sensor monitoring framework integrated with the DED-Arc set-up. The recorded current–voltage transients are used to estimate the time-averaged arc power, and energy input in real time for an insight of the influence of wire feed rate and printing travel speed on the deposit characteristics. A unique attempt is made to represent the geometric profiles of the single-track deposits in a generalized mathematical form corresponding to a segmented ellipse, which has exhibited the minimum root-mean-square error of 0.03 mm. The dimensional inconsistency of multi-track deposits is evaluated quantitatively in terms of waviness using build profile monitoring and automated estimation, which is found to increase with an increase in step-over ratio and energy input. For the multi-track mild steel deposits, the suitable range of step-over ratio for the minimum surface waviness is observed to lie between 0.6 and 0.65. Collectively, the proposed framework of synchronized process monitoring and real-time analysis provides a pathway to achieve dimensionally consistent and defect-free parts, and highlights the potential for closed-loop control systems for a wider industrial application of DED-Arc. T2 - IIW Annual Assembly 2025 CY - Genova, Italy DA - 23.06.2025 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Arc welding KW - Real-time monitoring and control KW - Dimensional inconsistency KW - DED-arc PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-65231 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - A unique authenticator for additively manufactured parts derived from their microstructure N2 - Components produced using additive manufacturing can be marked for unique identification and secure authentication [1,2]. Serial numbers and machine-readable codes can be used to identify the component, and link digital product-related data (i.e., a digital product passport) to the actual components. The most prevailing solution consists of local process manipulation, such as printing a quick response (QR) code [3] or a set of blind holes on the surface of the internal cavity of hollow components. However, local manipulation of components may alter the properties, and external tagging features can be altered or even removed by post-processing treatments. This work therefore aims to provide a new methodology for identification, authentication, and traceability of additively manufactured (AM) components using microstructural features that are unique to each part. X-ray computed tomography (XCT) was employed to image the microstructural features of AlSi10Mg parts. Based on size and geometry, the most prominent features were selected to create a unique digital authenticator. We implemented a framework in Python using open-access modules that can successfully create a digital object authenticator using the segmented microstructure information from XCT. The authenticator is stored as a QR code, along with the 3D information of the selected features. T2 - MRS Spring Meeting Seattle CY - Seattle, WA, USA DA - 07.04.2025 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Fingerprint KW - Non-destructive testing PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-65199 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Witte, Julien T1 - The Impact of Ultrasonic-Assisted Milling and Alloying Elements on the Surface Integrity of Additively Manufactured Iron Aluminides N2 - The increasing focus on energy and resource efficiency has driven the implementation of additive manufacturing (AM) of high-performance materials, particularly in lightweight constructions with optimization of material efficiency. Iron aluminides (FeAl) hold great potential due to their low density, excellent corrosion and wear resistance, high-temperature stability, and vast availability. However, the inherent heterogeneity and anisotropy of FeAl-AM structures pose significant challenges, especially regarding hardness and brittleness. These material characteristics complicate the mostly necessary post-processing via mechanical finish machining, often resulting in elevated cutting forces, accelerated tool wear, and suboptimal surface integrity. Ultrasonic-assisted milling (USAM), a hybrid machining process, offers significant advantages over conventional milling (CM), including the reduction of cutting forces and tool wear. Notably, USAM has been demonstrated to decrease surface defect density and mitigate tensile residual stresses, while potentially inducing beneficial compressive residual stresses within the depth profile of the component’s surface. These effects can significantly enhance crack propagation resistance, improve corrosion behavior, and extend the fatigue life of components in safety-relevant applications. The present study investigates the effects of additional alloying elements such as molybdenum, nickel, titanium and Vanadium in FeAl as well as milling parameters, including cutting speed vc and feed rate fz, on the surface integrity with special regard to residual stress formations. T2 - BMDK der OvGU Magdeburg CY - Magdeburg, Germany DA - 10.12.2025 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Wear Protection KW - Ultrasonic-assisted Milling KW - Iron-aluminides KW - MPEA KW - Surface Integrity KW - Residual Stresses PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-65234 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Quosdorf, Heike T1 - Digital object identifier for additively manufactured parts as software package N2 - A method to uniquely identify samples without printed or handwritten labels is an advantage not just for additively manufactured parts. To kickstart industry use cases, it is also important to provide a ready-made implementation kit. Following an open-science and open-source software approach Germanys Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) seeks to promote digital solutions of ongoing research projects. With this software package a novel method based on microstructural features as identifiers – DOI4AM (digital object identifier for additively manufactured parts) – will be explained alongside its implementation as open-source Python software package. The digital object identifier (DOI) links product data clearly and forgery-proof with real components. Its implementation helps to identify and securely authenticate additively manufactured components during its product life cycle by using characteristic microstructure features - just like a fingerprint. To calculate the DOI fingerprint, a few preprocessing steps need to be performed to detect the uniquely distributed microstructure features that occur during the 3D printing process. A go-through guide shows the preprocessing steps that include CT image capturing, feature segmentation, and data distribution with CSV files. While all steps can be followed along in a Jupyter notebook, the software package includes an application for creating and checking of previously created fingerprints, as well, as a containerized API (application programming interface) service for implementation in existing software platforms or workflows. While data visualization is crucial to understanding the methodology and an essential tool to check for data correctness, an implementation in an industry use case needs to be slim and resource efficient. Therefor the software’s API can be used as an independent service. The project's industry partner proofs its first successful implementation in their digital product passport web solution PASS-X. T2 - AI MSE 2025 CY - Bochum, Germany DA - 18.11.2025 KW - Authentication KW - Unique identification KW - Digital object identifier KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Non-destructive testing KW - Open Source Software KW - Digital fingerprint KW - X-ray Computed Tomography KW - Open Science PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-65293 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Scheuschner, Nils T1 - Comparison of in-situ OES and Thermography in the LMD process N2 - In this talk optical emission spectroscopy (OES) and thermographic measurements of the Laser Metal Deposition Process (LMD) are presented. T2 - Workshop on Additive Manufacturing: Process, materials, simulation & implants CY - BAM, Berlin, Germany DA - 13.05.2019 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Infrared Thermography PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48054 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ehlers, Henrik T1 - Eddy Current Testing for Laser Beam Melting N2 - This poster presents a new application for high-spatial resolution eddy current testing (ET) with magnetoresistive (MR) sensor arrays for additive manufacturing (AM) T2 - Workshop on Additive Manufacturing CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 13.05.2019 KW - GMR KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - 316L KW - LBM KW - SLM KW - Eddy Current PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47992 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander T1 - The Influence of the Temperature Gradient on the Distribution of Residual Stresses in AM AISI 316L N2 - Steep temperature gradients and solidification shrinkage are the main contributors to the formation of residual stresses in additively manufactured metallic parts produced by laser beam melting. The aim of this work was to determine the influence of the temperature gradient. Diffraction results show a similar pattern for both specimens, indicating the shrinkage to be more dominant for the distribution of residual stresses than the temperature gradient. Thermography results imply that a higher energy input result in higher compressive residual stresses in the bulk. T2 - Workshop on Additive Manufacturing: Process, materials, simulation & implants CY - BAM, Berlin, Germany DA - 13.05.2019 KW - Computed tomography KW - Online Process Monitoring KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Powder Bed Fusion KW - Selected Laser Melting KW - Neutron Diffraction PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48075 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander T1 - µCT as Benchmark for Online Process Monitoring N2 - µCT is used to validate the capability of online monitoring for in-situ detection of defects during the L-PBF build process, which is a focus of the TF project ProMoAM. Our first experiments show that online monitoring using thermography and optical tomography cameras are able to detect defects in the built part. But further research is needed to understand root cause of the correlation. T2 - Workshop on Additive Manufacturing: Process, materials, simulation & implants CY - BAM, Berlin, Germany DA - 13.05.2019 KW - Computed tomography KW - Online Process Monitoring KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Powder Bed Fusion KW - Selected Laser Melting PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48073 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ehlers, Henrik T1 - Electromagnetic testing for additive manufacturing N2 - This talk presents a new application for high-spatial resolution eddy current testing (ET) with magneto resistive (MR) sensor arrays. With rising popularity and availability of additive manufacturing (AM), companies mainly in the aerospace sector, set high requirements on quality control of AM parts, especially produced with selective laser melting (SLM). Since it was shown that those parts are prawn to flaws like pores or cracks, every part needs to be tested. Therefore, NDT Methods, like ET, could help to characterize SLM parts. Research on ET has shown, that offline ET with high spatial resolution MR sensor arrays is possible and that flaws as small as 50 µm could be detected while significantly reducing testing time. In this talk a first approach on automated online ET method for testing SLM parts is proposed. An approach with hundreds of MR sensor is made to maintain spatial resolution and short testing times. Classic signal conditioning methods are used to reduce cost and complexity while maintaining high testing bandwidths. The proposed idea enables further research on automated generation of testing reports, process control or automated flaw curing. T2 - ICWAM 2019 CY - Metz, France DA - 05.06.2019 KW - GMR KW - Eddy Current KW - LBM KW - SLM KW - LPBF KW - Additive Manufacturing PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48201 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Werner, Tiago ED - Madia, Mauro ED - Zerbst, Uwe T1 - Experimental investigation on cyclic R-curves for additively manufactured 316L steel N2 - The present study deals with the experimental characterization of short crack propagation in SLM (selective-laser-melting) manufactured stainless steel. More specifically, the determination of cyclic R-curves is discussed. This describes the dependency of the crack propagation threshold on crack growth during the short crack propagation stage. For metals, the threshold, starting at a material-intrinsic value, increases until it reaches a value independent of the crack length due to crack closure phenomena which build up at that stage. The cyclic R-curve, when used in the frame of a cyclic R curve analysis, characterizes the resistance of a material to fatigue crack growth and the ability to arrest a physically short crack. Thus, it is the link between classical fatigue and fracture mechanics. In the high-cycle-fatigue range, the short crack propagation stage dominates the overall lifetime, i.e., the number of cycles until failure. Below the fatigue limit crack arrest of hitherto propagable micro-cracks will occur. The effort for the experimental characterization of the short fatigue crack propagation behavior and the cyclic R-curve is very high compared to experiments on long crack propagation. A very exact measurement of crack extension is required, since small increments need to be depicted. Pre-cracking must leave a closure free initial crack, since closure must be build up only by the cyclic R-curve. The closure-free status is achieved by compression pre-cracking. The aim of the present study is an insight into the influence of an AM process on the short crack propagation threshold. Cyclic R-curves are experimentally determined at different load-ratios for 316L austenitic steel specimens produced by SLM and conventional manufacturing. Residual stresses are measured in the crack plane and their influence on the cyclic R-curve is discussed. T2 - ESIAM19 CY - Trondheim, Norway DA - 09.09.2019 KW - Fatigue crack growth KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - 316L KW - Cyclic R-curve KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - AM KW - L-PBF PY - 2019 SP - 1 EP - 8 AN - OPUS4-49416 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Werner, Tiago T1 - Experimental investigation on cyclic R-curves for additively manufactured 316L steel N2 - The present study deals with the experimental characterization of short crack propagation in SLM (selective-laser-melting) manufactured stainless steel. More specifically, the determination of cyclic R-curves is discussed. This describes the dependency of the crack propagation threshold on crack growth during the short crack propagation stage. For metals, the threshold, starting at a material-intrinsic value, increases until it reaches a value independent of the crack length due to crack closure phenomena which build up at that stage. The cyclic R-curve, when used in the frame of a cyclic R curve analysis, characterizes the resistance of a material to fatigue crack growth and the ability to arrest a physically short crack. Thus, it is the link between classical fatigue and fracture mechanics. In the high-cycle-fatigue range, the short crack propagation stage dominates the overall lifetime, i.e., the number of cycles until failure. Below the fatigue limit crack arrest of hitherto propagable micro-cracks will occur. The effort for the experimental characterization of the short fatigue crack propagation behavior and the cyclic R-curve is very high compared to experiments on long crack propagation. A very exact measurement of crack extension is required, since small increments need to be depicted. Pre-cracking must leave a closure free initial crack, since closure must be build up only by the cyclic R-curve. The closure-free status is achieved by compression pre-cracking. The aim of the present study is an insight into the influence of an AM process on the short crack propagation threshold. Cyclic R-curves are experimentally determined at different load-ratios for 316L austenitic steel specimens produced by SLM and conventional manufacturing. Residual stresses are measured in the crack plane and their influence on the cyclic R-curve is discussed. T2 - ESIAM19 CY - Trondheim, Norway DA - 09.09.2019 KW - fatigue crack growth KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - 316L KW - Cyclic R-curve KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - AM KW - L-PBF PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49412 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Madia, Mauro T1 - Effect of residual stresses on crack propagation in Laser Beam Melted (LBM) additively manufactured 316L N2 - Residual stresses count among the most limiting factors in the application of additively manufactured materials in safety relevant components subject to cyclic loading. The source of such stresses is inherent in the manufacturing Laser Beam Melted (LBM) process due to rapid cooling and solidification and their distribution in the specimen or component is not homogeneous, but it is usually characterized by high gradients. Moreover, the magnitude of the residual stress field depends very much on the orientation, being higher in the build direction. Many works in the literature advise to carry out a post-LBM treatment to relieve residual stresses, even though particular attention should be paid in choosing the parameters for the thermal treatment in order to avoid microstructural/phase transformations, which would affect greatly the mechanical properties of the material. Particularly in the case of the austenitic stainless steel 316L, it has been shown that annealing at high temperatures (above 900°C), besides relieving the residual stresses, may cause recrystallization, grain growth and even phase transformation. In contrast, if a too low annealing temperature is chosen in order to preserve the microstructure, the residual stresses cannot be completely relieved. This work aims to address the effect of residual stresses on short and long crack propagation for SEN(B) specimens made of 316L fabricated by LBM, in which notches have been machined by electro-discharge machining (EDM) on the mid-plane, perpendicular to the build direction. The specimens underwent different annealing treatments in inert atmosphere, in which the maximum temperature has been varied up to 900°C. The amount of residual stresses and their distribution has been measured by X-ray and neutron diffraction and the specimens have been subject to cyclic loading in a resonant testing machine. The tests show a massive influence of the residual stresses in the build direction on the resistance to fatigue crack propagation of additively manufactured 316L. Finally, a comparison with conventionally manufactured 316L is presented. T2 - Fourth Symposium on Structural Integrity of Additive Manufactured Materials and Parts CY - Gaylord National Resort And Convention Center; National Harbor, MD, USA DA - 07.10.2019 KW - Fatigue Crack Propagation KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Residual Stresses PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49415 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Werner, Tiago T1 - Investigation on short crack propagation in additive manufactured steel N2 - The assessment of high cycle fatigue in additive manufactured (AM) components is a challenge due to complex microstructure, anisotropic material behavior, residual stresses and porosity / lack-of-fusion defects. Due to the statistical distribution of defects, a high scatter band of S-N-curves is expected. The fracture mechanics-based fatigue assessment of additive manufactured components must consider the propagation of short cracks emanating from defects. In this work, the fatigue crack propagation resistance in the short and large crack regimes of additive and conventionally manufactured AISI 316L stainless steel is examined experimentally based on the cyclic R-curve. However, remaining residual stresses in the AM specimen lead to unexpected and dramatic crack-growth during the pre-cracking procedure. T2 - Workshop on Additive Manufacturing CY - BAM Berlin, Germany DA - 13.05.2019 KW - Fatigue crack growth KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - 316L KW - Cyclic R-curve KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - AM KW - L-PBF PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49419 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Koch, Claudia T1 - Standardization for emerging technologies - Additive manufacturing case study N2 - This was a short presentation on the role of Standards and standardization for the development and diffusion of an emerging technology - using additive manufacturing as an example. T2 - 6th Annual Meeting of the Indo-German Working Group on Quality Infrastructure CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 17.01.2019 KW - 3D-Printing KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Emerging technologies KW - Standardization KW - Standards KW - Technological innovation PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47397 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Biegler, M. A1 - Khazan, P. A1 - Gazen, M. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Improvement of numerical simulation model setup and calculation time in additive manufacturing-laser-metal-deposition components with an advanced modelling strategy N2 - Rapid localized heating and cooling during additive manufacturing using laser deposition method (LMD) lead to loss of dimensional accuracy as well as cracking of built parts. Finite-Element welding simulations allow prediction of geometrical deviations and accumulated residual stresses as well as their optimization before conducting experiments. Due to the great length of stacked welds, calculation times for fully transient thermomechanical simulations are currently long, the calculation stability suffers from the high number of contact bodies in the model and the modelling effort is high, as the geometries need to be sliced and positioned layer-wise. In this contribution, an integrated modelling approach is demonstrated for a thin-walled LMD component made from 30 layers of 1.4404 (316L) stainless steel: Instead of the layer-by-layer modelling strategy commonly found in the literature, the whole component mesh is kept in one piece and the fully transient, layer-by-layer material deposition is implemented via element sets. In contrast to prior simulations, nonlinear contact between the layers does not have to be considered, significantly decreasing calculation times. The calculated distortions are compared to recently published, in-situ digital image correlation (DIC) measurements as well as numerical simulations conducted with the established layer-wise modelling strategy to judge result quality. Finally, the improvement in calculation time and ease-of-use is compared between both modelling approaches and conclusions regarding future usage for industrial-scale components are drawn. T2 - 12th International Seminar ‘Numerical Analysis of Weldability' CY - Graz, Austria DA - 23.09.2018 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Laser Metal Deposition KW - Distortion simulation KW - Calculation time KW - Directed energy deposition KW - Efficient modelling PY - 2019 SN - 978-3-85125-615-4 SN - 978-3-85125-616-1 DO - https://doi.org/10.3217/978-3-85125-615-4-52 SN - 2410-0544 VL - 2019 SP - 979 EP - 1003 PB - Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz CY - Graz AN - OPUS4-49274 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - Properties of powder-in-tube formed magnetocaloric materials N2 - This talk gives an overview of the shaping options for magnetocaloric materials. We have shown that powder-in-tube processing of these functional materials is a straightforward and efficient way to obtain wires and stacked structures for heat exchange. T2 - Eingeladener Vortrag / Symposiumsorganisation und Vortrag CY - Stockholm, Sweden DA - 05.09.2019 KW - X-Ray imaging KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Magnetocaloric KW - Material Science KW - Non-Destructive testing PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50177 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - Magnetocaloric materials for cooling and harvesting of low-grade waste heat N2 - To date, there are very few technologies available for the conversion of low-temperature waste heat into electricity. Thermomagnetic generators are one approach proposed more than a century ago. Such devices are based on a cyclic change of magnetization with temperature. For thermomagnetic materials, we used a commercial magnetocaloric alloy with a transition temperature of 300 K. T2 - Symposiumsorganisation und Vortrag CY - Stockholm, Sweden DA - 05.09.2019 KW - X-Ray imaging KW - Energy harvesting KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Magnetocaloric KW - Material Science KW - Non-Destructive testing PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50178 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - X-ray non-destructive testing of materials and composites N2 - Using magnetic materials for energy conversion as an example, this lecture shows how X-ray tomography investigations can contribute to structure elucidation in composites and solid samples. The components are tested non-destructively in order to characterize cracks, pores and other defects and their influence on the functional properties three-dimensionally and in good time in the life cycle of the material. If you combine microtomography with other methods of magnetic material characterization, you can make unique statements about the structure and the functional properties. T2 - Dcms CY - Stockholm, Sweden DA - 28.08.2019 KW - X-Ray imaging KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Magnetocoloric KW - Material Science KW - Non-destructive testing PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50151 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - X-ray non-destructive testing of materials and composites N2 - Using magnetic materials for energy conversion as an example, this lecture shows how X-ray tomography investigations can contribute to structure elucidation in composites and solid samples. The components are tested non-destructively in order to characterize cracks, pores and other defects and their influence on the functional properties three-dimensionally and in good time in the life cycle of the material. If you combine microtomography with other methods of magnetic material characterization, you can make unique statements about the structure and the functional properties. T2 - TU Chemnitz Vortrag CY - Chemnitz, Germany DA - 04.11.2019 KW - X-Ray Imaging KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Materials Science KW - Non-destructiv testing PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50150 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ávila Calderón, Luis T1 - Low cycle fatigue behavior of DED-L Ti-6AL-4V N2 - Laser powder-based directed energy deposition (DED-L) is a technology that offers the possibility for 3D material deposition over hundreds of layers and has thus the potential for application in additive manufacturing (AM). However, to achieve broad industrial application as AM technology, more data and knowledge about the fabricated materials regarding the achieved properties and their relationship to the manufacturing process and the resulting microstructure is still needed. In this work, we present data regarding the low-cycle fatigue (LCF) behavior of Ti-6Al-4V. The material was fabricated using an optimized DED-L process. It features a low defect population and excellent tensile properties. To assess its LCF behavior two conventionally manufactured variants of the same alloy featuring different microstructures were additionally tested. The strain-controlled LCF tests were carried out in fully reversed mode with 0.3 % to 1.0 % axial strain amplitude from room temperature up to 400°C. The LCF behavior and failure mechanisms are described. For characterization, optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and micro-computed tomography (µCT) were used. The low defect population allows for a better understanding of the intrinsic material’s properties and enables a fairer comparison against the conventional variants. The fatigue lifetimes of the DED-L material are nearly independent of the test temperature. At elevated test temperatures, they are similar or higher than the lifetimes of the conventional counterparts. At room temperature, they are only surpassed by the lifetimes of one of them. The principal failure mechanism involves multiple crack initiation sites. T2 - Ninth International Conference on Low Cycle Fatigue (LCF9) CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 21.06.2022 KW - AGIL KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Ti-6Al-4V KW - Low-Cycle-Fatigue KW - Microstructure PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-55123 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Yu, C.-H. T1 - Distribution of subsurface residual stress as a function of wall thickness in stainless steel 316L LPBF structures N2 - The subsurface residual stress in laser powder bed fused 316L structures was analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and layer removal. The influence of varying structure thicknesses was investigated. In this study the importance of combining surface roughness measurements with XRD was shown. Moreover, a clear relation between the structure thickness and the subsurface residual stress profiles was observed. T2 - The 11th International Conference on Residual Stress CY - Nancy, Frankreich DA - 28.03.2022 KW - AGIL KW - Residual Stress KW - X-ray Diffraction KW - Additive Manufacturing PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-54581 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Thiede, Tobias T1 - Computed Tomography of SLM Produced IN625 Parts: From Powder Grains to Lattice Structures N2 - The layer-by-layer Additive Manufacturing (AM) by means of Selective Laser Melting (SLM) offers many prospects regarding the design of a part used in aeroplane components and gas turbines. However, structural deviations from the nominal morphology are unavoidable. The cooling of the finished part leads to shrinkage and a high surface roughness is induced by attached powder particles affecting the part volume too. The integrity and load-bearing capacity of a SLM produced lattice structure has been investigated by means of in-situ X-ray computed tomography during compression. The lattice structure was compressed by 10 % in height with an applied maximum force of 5 kN. Additionally, a single strut has been investigated ex-situ as a component of the lattice structure. With the higher resolution achieved on the single strut, the pore distribution (size and location) as well as the surface roughness were assessed. The particle and pore size distribution of the raw powder have been investigated, too. One of the main results coming from the in-situ analysis was that the nodes were identified as the weakest points in the lattice structure. T2 - Inno Testing CY - Wildau, Germany DA - 22.02.2018 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Selective Laser Melting KW - Computed Tomography KW - Lattice Structures KW - Porosity PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-44515 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Evans, Alexander T1 - Residual stresses in Laser Beam Melting (LBM) – Critical Review and outlook of activities at BAM N2 - Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies have experienced an exceedingly rapid growth, which is coupled with the knowledge about the resulting material properties and performance. In particular, residual stress (RS) was soon recognized as an important issue in AM parts, such that parts are usually subjected to a post build-heat-treated. Significant effort has been spent on simulations of RS in AM, especially using finite element methods. As a consequence, the experimental determination of RS has thereby become increasingly important as a validation tool for simulations, as well as a method for assessing the influence of process parameters. In particular, diffraction methods, which are fundamentally non-destructive, offer enormous possibilities to gain knowledge on the residual stress state in real components, since synchrotron radiation and neutrons can penetrate even heavy metals up to several millimeters or centimeters, respectively. Indeed, significant progress has been achieved, in the understanding of the origins of the RS fields as a function of process parameters, as well as their stability under thermal and/or mechanical exposure. In this paper, a few success stories will be outlined. It will be shown how the determination of RS in metallic parts (with the focus on those produced by laser powder bed fusion) has even revealed that process parameters that were previously considered unimportant (e.g. the position and orientation on the base plate) play a major role in the onset of residual stress accumulation. However, while RS characterization is starting to be considered in the component design, deposition strategy (e.g. build plate temperature), and even in the definition of the relevant metric to assess the quality of a part, much is still to be investigates about the hypotheses underlying its experimental determination. Therefore, some aspects to be aware of, or even those which to date are unclear, will also be discussed. These include the determination of the stress-free reference and of the principal axes of stress. All of these aspects will lead towards a comprehensive understanding of the process-structure-performance relationships in AM materials and parts. T2 - Fourth ASTM Symposium on Structural Integrity of Additive Manufactured Materials and Parts CY - Gaylord National Resort And Convention Center; National Harbor, MD DA - 07.10.2019 KW - Diffraction KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Residual stress PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49367 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Diffraction-based experimental determination of Residual Stress in AM parts: A critical discussion N2 - Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies have experienced an exceedingly rapid growth, not always paralleled by the knowledge about the materials properties and performance. In particular, residual stress (RS) has been soon recognized as an issue in AM parts, so that parts are always post-heat-treated. Moreover, much effort has been spent on simulating RS, especially using finite element methods. The experimental determination of RS has thereby become increasingly important, and even simple data constitute (to date) a piece of knowledge to fill the above-mentioned gap. In particular, diffraction methods, which are basically non-destructive, offer enormous possibilities to gain knowledge on real components, since neutrons and synchrotron radiation can penetrate even heavy metals up to several millimeters (or even centimeters). Indeed, some success has been obtained, and the knowledge about the origins of the RS fields, as well as their variation as a consequence of heat or mechanical treatments, has been greatly expanded. In this talk, a few success stories will be outlined. It will be shown how the determination of RS in metallic parts (with focus on those produced by laser powder bed fusion) has even allowed showing that process parameters that were considered unimportant play a major role in the onset of stress. However, while RS is starting to be considered in the part design, deposition strategy (e.g. build plate temperature), and even in the definition of the relevant metric to assess the quality of a part, much is still to be investigated about the hypotheses underlying its experimental determination. Therefore, some aspects to be aware of, or even to date unclear will also be discussed, such as the determination of the reference unstrained samples and of the principal axes of stress. All these aspects will draw the path towards a comprehensive understanding of the process-structure-performance relationships in AM materials and parts. T2 - MSTAM 2019 CY - Bremen, Germany DA - 10.12.2019 KW - Elastic Constants KW - Residual Stress KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Neutron Diffraction PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50020 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Pirling, T. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas T1 - Triaxial Residual Stress in Laser Powder Bed Fused 316L: Effects of Interlayer Time and Scanning Velocity N2 - The triaxial distribution of the residual stress in laser powder bed fused austenitic steel 316L was determined by X-ray and neutron diffraction. The residual stress analysis results were linked to the thermal history of the specimens, which were manufactured with varying inter-layer-times and scanning velocities. A clear link between the in-process temperature of the specimens and the residual stress was found, based on in-situ monitoring data. KW - Stainless Steel KW - AGIL KW - Residual Stress KW - X-ray and Neutron Diffraction KW - Additive Manufacturing PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-542620 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202101330 SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - Wiley-VCH GmbH AN - OPUS4-54262 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 - CONF A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian T1 - Surface and bulk residual stress in laser powder bed fused 316L: Influence of inter layer time and scanning velocity N2 - The influence of the inter-layer-time and the scanning velocity on the surface and bulk residual stress in laser powder bed fused 316L specimens was investigated. This study combines X-ray and neutron diffraction results with the thermal history of the specimens acquired through in-situ process monitoring. The process parameter variations were observed to directly influence the thermal history, which gave new insights in the assessment of the residual stress results. T2 - The 11th International Conference on Residual Stress CY - Nancy, Frankreich DA - 28.03.2022 KW - AGIL KW - Residual Stress KW - X-ray and Neutron Diffraction KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Stainless Steel PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-54582 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ávila Calderón, Luis T1 - Low cycle fatigue behavior, tensile properties and microstructural features of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V N2 - Despite of the significant advances in additive manufacturing (AM) process optimization there is still a lack of experimental results and understanding regarding the mechanical behavior and its relationship with the microstructural features of AM-parts, especially in loading conditions typical for safety-relevant applications. Within the scope of the presented ongoing investigations, a basic microstructural characterization, tensile tests at room and elevated temperature (400°C) as well as a characterization of the fatigue behavior of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V in the low cycle fatigue regime are carried out in the as-built state. After failure, different techniques are used to describe the failure mechanisms of the specimens. The AM-Specimens are provided by the Fraunhofer institute for production systems and design technology and investigated at the BAM following the philosophy of the TF-Project AGIL. T2 - Workshop on Additive Manufacturing: Process, materials, testing, simulation & implants CY - BAM, Berlin, Germany DA - 13.05.2019 KW - High Temperature Testing KW - Titanium KW - Ti-6Al-4V KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - DED-L KW - LMD KW - Computed Tomography KW - Microstructure KW - Tensile Properties KW - Low Cycle Fatigue PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48067 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Cabeza, S. A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Nadammal, Naresh A1 - Thiede, Tobias A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Residual Stresses in Selective Laser Melted Samples of a Nickel Based Superalloy N2 - Additive Manufacturing (AM) through the Selective Laser Melting (SLM) route offers ample scope for producing geometrically complex parts compared to the conventional subtractive manufacturing strategies. Nevertheless, the residual stresses which develop during the fabrication can limit application of the SLM components by reducing the load bearing capacity and by inducing unwanted distortion, depending on the boundary conditions specified during manufacturing. The present study aims at characterizing the residual stress states in the SLM parts using different diffraction methods. The material used is the nickel based superalloy Inconel 718. Microstructure as well as the surface and bulk residual stresses were characterized. For the residual stress analysis, X-ray, synchrotron and neutron diffraction methods were used. The measurements were performed at BAM, at the EDDI beamline of -BESSY II synchrotronand the E3 line -BER II neutron reactor- of the Helmholtz-Zentrum für Materialien und Energie (HZB) Berlin. The results reveal significant differences in the residual stress states for the different characterization techniques employed, which indicates the dependence of the residual state on the penetration depth in the sample. For the surface residual stresses, longitudinal and transverse stress components from X-ray and synchrotron agree well and the obtained values were around the yield strength of the material. Furthermore, synchrotron mapping disclosed gradients along the width and length of the sample for the longitudinal and transverse stress components. On the other hand, lower residual stresses were found in the bulk of the material measured using neutron diffraction. The longitudinal component was tensile and decreased towards the boundary of the sample. In contrast, the normal component was nearly constant and compressive in nature. The transversal component was almost negligible. The results indicate that a stress re-distribution takes place during the deposition of the consecutive layers. Further investigations are planned to study the phenomenon in detail. T2 - European Conference on Residual Stresses - ECRS10 CY - Leuven, Belgium DA - 11.09.2018 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Selective Laser Melting KW - Residual Stresses PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-459818 SN - 978-1-94529-189-0 SN - 978-1-94529-188-3 DO - https://doi.org/10.21741/9781945291890-41 SN - 2474-395X SN - 2474-3941 VL - 6 SP - 259 EP - 264 PB - Materials Research Forum LLC CY - Millersville, PA 17551, USA AN - OPUS4-45981 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian T1 - Residual stress in simple and complex geometries manufactured by laser powder bed fusion N2 - Design of freedom, performance improvement, cost reduction and lead time reduction are key targets when manufacturing parts in a layer-by-layer fashion using the laser powder bed fusion process (LPBF). Many research groups are focussed on improving the LPBF process to achieve the manufacturing of sound parts from a structural integrity perspective. In particular, the formation and distribution of residual stress (RS) remains a critical aspect of LPBF. The determination of the RS in LPBF benefits from the use of neutron diffraction (ND), as it allows the non-destructive mapping of the triaxial RS with a good spatial resolution. Two case studies are presented based on experiments carried out on the angular-dispersive neutron diffractometers Strain Analyser for Large Scale Engineering Applications (SALSA) (Institut Laue Langevin, Grenoble) and STRESS-Spec (FRM II, Garching). The RS in LPBF parts having a rectangular and more complex geometry (lattice structure) is analysed. The former example discusses the mapping of the RS in a rectangular body manufactured from stainless steel 316L. The manufacturing of these parts was monitored using an in-situ thermography set-up to link the RS to the thermal history. The latter discusses the RS in a lattice structure manufactured from the nickel base superalloy IN625. This geometry is challenging to characterise, and the use of a X-ray computed tomography twin is presented as tool to support the alignment of the ND experiment. The results from these case studies show a clear link between the thermal history and the RS magnitudes, as well as giving insights on the RS formation. T2 - 1st International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing for Air, Space and Land Transportation CY - Online meeting DA - 07.03.2022 KW - AGIL KW - Residual Stress KW - X-ray and Neutron Diffraction KW - Additive Manufacturing PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-54449 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ávila Calderón, Luis A1 - Rehmer, Birgit A1 - Schriever, Sina A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Agudo Jácome, Leonardo A1 - Sommer, Konstantin A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Skrotzki, Birgit A1 - Evans, Alexander T1 - Creep and creep damage behavior of stainless steel 316L manufactured by laser powder bed fusion N2 - This study presents a thorough characterization of the creep properties of austenitic stainless steel 316L produced by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF 316L) contributing to the sparse available data to date. Experimental results (mechanical tests, microscopy, X-ray computed tomography) concerning the creep deformation and damage mechanisms are presented and discussed. The tested LPBF material exhibits a low defect population, which allows for the isolation and improved understanding of the effect of other typical aspects of an LPBF microstructure on the creep behavior. As a benchmark to assess the material properties of the LPBF 316L, a conventionally manufactured variant of 316L was also tested. To characterize the creep properties, hot tensile tests and constant force creep tests at 600 °C and 650 °C are performed. The creep stress exponents of the LPBF material are smaller than that of the conventional variant. The primary and secondary creep stages and the times to rupture of the LPBF material are shorter than the hot rolled 316L. Overall the creep damage is more extensive in the LPBF material. The creep damage of the LPBF material is overall mainly intergranular. It is presumably caused and accelerated by both the appearance of precipitates at the grain boundaries and the unfavorable orientation of the grain boundaries. Neither the melt pool boundaries nor entrapped gas pores show a significant influence on the creep damage mechanism. KW - 316L KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) KW - Creep behavior KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - AGIL PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-539373 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2021.142223 SN - 0921-5093 VL - 830 SP - 142223 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-53937 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Zocca, Andrea T1 - Advanced ceramics by powder bed 3D printing N2 - Powder bed -based technologies are amongst the most successful Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques. "Selective laser sintering/melting" (SLS/SLM) and "binder jetting 3D printing" (3DP) especially are leading AM technologies for metals and polymers, thanks to their high productivity and scalability. However, the flowability of the powder used in these processes is essential to achieve defect-free and densely packed powder layers. For standard powder bed AM technologies, this limits the use of many raw materials which are too fine or too cohesive. This presentation will discuss the possibilities to either optimize the powder raw material to adapt it to the specific AM process, or to develop novel AM technologies which are able to process powders in a wider range of conditions. In this context, the "layerwise slurry deposition" (LSD) has been developed as a layer deposition method which enables the use of very fine ceramic particles. Another technology, the Gas Flow Assisted Powder Deposition, can increase the stability of the powder bed and the packing density, even in extreme conditions such as in absence of gravitational forces. T2 - yCAM 2019 - young Ceramists Additive Manufacturing Forum CY - Mons, Belgium DA - 03.04.2019 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Flowability KW - Ceramic KW - Powder PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47867 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Uhlmann, E. A1 - Düchting, J. A1 - Petrat, T. A1 - Graf, B. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Heat treatment of SLM-LMD hybrid components N2 - Additive manufacturing is no longer just used for the production of prototypes but already found its way into the industrial production. However, the fabrication of massive metallic parts with high geometrical complexity is still too time-consuming to be economically viable. The combination of the powder bed-based selective laser melting process (SLM), known for its geometrical freedom and accuracy, and the nozzle-based laser metal deposition process (LMD), known for its high build-up rates, has great potential to reduce the process duration. For the industrial application of the SLM-LMD hybrid process chain it is necessary to investigate the interaction of the processes and its effect on the material properties to guarantee part quality and prevent component failure. Therefore, hybrid components are manufactured and examined before and after the heat treatment regarding the microstructure and the hardness in the SLM-LMD transition zone. The experiments are conducted using the nickel-based alloy Inconel 718. T2 - LiM 2019 CY - München, Germany DA - 23.06.2019 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Selective Laser Melting KW - Hybrid components KW - Inconel 718 KW - Laser Metal Deposition PY - 2019 SP - 1 EP - 9 AN - OPUS4-48410 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mohr, Gunther T1 - In situ thermography and optical tomography in LBM - comparison to CT N2 - - Successful proof of concept of synchronous in-situ monitoring of a L-PBF process by thermography and optical tomography - Examination method for data analysis - Identification of correlations between measured signals and defects - Identification of sources of misinterpreting T2 - Workshop on Additive Manufacturing: Process , materials , simulation & implants CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 13.05.2019 KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Thermography KW - Optical Tomography KW - Computed Tomography KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - 3D printing PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48521 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schröder, Jakob A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Luzin, Vladimir A1 - Ferrari, Bruno A1 - Simón-Muzás, Juan A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Impact of scan strategy on principal stresses in laser powder bed fusion N2 - Additive manufacturing techniques, such as laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB), are well known for their exceptional freedom in part design. However, these techniques are also characterized by the development of large thermal gradients during production and thus residual stress (RS) formation in produced parts. In this context, neutron diffraction enables the non-destructive characterization of the bulk RS distribution. By control of the thermal gradients in the powder-bed plane by scan strategy variation we study the impact of in-process scan strategy variations on the microstructure and the three-dimensional distribution of RS. Microstructural analysis by means of electron backscatter diffraction reveals sharp microstructure transitions at the interfaces ranging from 100-200 µm. The components of the RS tensor are determined by means of neutron diffraction and the principal stress directions and magnitudes are determined by eigenvalue decomposition. We find that the distribution of RS in the powder-bed plane corresponds to the underlying scan strategy. When the alternating scan vectors align with the x- and y sample coordinate axes, the principal stress directions co-align. In the present geometry, nearly transverse isotropic stress states develop when the scan vectors are either aligned 45° between x and y or continuously rotated by 67° between each layer. KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Electron Backscatter Diffraction KW - Neutron Diffraction KW - Residual Stress KW - Principal Stress PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-607910 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2024.113171 SN - 0264-1275 VL - 244 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-60791 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Avoid living dangerously: non-destructive characterization of AM parts from powder to end-of-life N2 - The freeform and the revolutionary design possibilities offered by additive manufacturing have skyrocketed the amount of optimization studies in the realm of engineering, and metallic additive manufactured parts are becoming a reality in industry. Not surprisingly, this has not been paralleled by a similar enthusiastic wave in the realm of materials science, and still very little is known about AM materials properties. This has the consequence that, typically, conventional materials properties are still used in design and even in simulations. lt is necessary to dig a lot deeper than at present, in order to understand these new materials classes, and in particular their microstructure and their intemal stresses, largely different from their cast or wrought companions. T2 - ISAM Konferenz 2019 CY - Dresden, Germany DA - 29.01.2019 KW - Computed Tomography KW - Microstructure KW - Metals KW - Additive Manufacturing PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47331 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Madia, Mauro T1 - Residual stresses in Laser Beam Melting (LBM) – Critical Review and outlook of activities at BAM N2 - Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies have experienced an exceedingly rapid growth, which is coupled with the knowledge about the resulting material properties and performance. In particular, residual stress (RS) was soon recognized as an important issue in AM parts, such that parts are usually subjected to a post build-heat-treated. Significant effort has been spent on simulations of RS in AM, especially using finite element methods. As a consequence, the experimental determination of RS has thereby become increasingly important as a validation tool for simulations, as well as a method for assessing the influence of process parameters. In particular, diffraction methods, which are fundamentally non-destructive, offer enormous possibilities to gain knowledge on the residual stress state in real components, since synchrotron radiation and neutrons can penetrate even heavy metals up to several millimeters or centimeters, respectively. Indeed, significant progress has been achieved, in the understanding of the origins of the RS fields as a function of process parameters, as well as their stability under thermal and/or mechanical exposure. In this paper, a few success stories will be outlined. It will be shown how the determination of RS in metallic parts (with the focus on those produced by laser powder bed fusion) has even revealed that process parameters that were previously considered unimportant (e.g. the position and orientation on the base plate) play a major role in the onset of residual stress accumulation. However, while RS characterization is starting to be considered in the component design, deposition strategy (e.g. build plate temperature), and even in the definition of the relevant metric to assess the quality of a part, much is still to be investigates about the hypotheses underlying its experimental determination. Therefore, some aspects to be aware of, or even those which to date are unclear, will also be discussed. These include the determination of the stress-free reference and of the principal axes of stress. All of these aspects will lead towards a comprehensive understanding of the process-structure-performance relationships in AM materials and parts. T2 - Fourth ASTM Symposium on Structural Integrity of Additive Manufactured Materials and Parts CY - Gaylord National Resort And Convention Center; National Harbor, MD, USA DA - 07.10.2019 KW - Residual stress KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Diffraction PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49822 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Madia, Mauro ED - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - A Critical Discussion on the Diffraction-Based Experimental Determination of Residual Stress in AM Parts N2 - As opposed to reviewing results on experimental determination of residual stress by diffraction, this paper discusses the open issues when dealing with residual stress determination in additive manufactured parts, in particular those manufactured with laser powder bed fusion techniques. Three points are addressed in detail: (a) the proper determination of the strain-free reference d0, (b) the problem of the determination of the principal axes, and (c) the use of the correct diffraction elastic constants. It is shown that all methods to determine the strain-free reference d0 suffer from caveats, and care must be taken in evaluating the most suitable for the problem being tackled. In addition, it is shown that, in some systems, the principal axes do correspond to the geometrical axes of the specimen, but this needs to be systematically checked, especially in the case of uni- or bidirectional hatching strategies. Finally, the need to experimentally determine the proper diffraction elastic constants is underlined, especially in the case of strongly textured specimens, which again depends on the deposition strategy. T2 - ASTM ICAM 2020 – ASTM International Conference on Additive Manufacturing CY - Online meeting DA - 16.11.2020 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Diffraction KW - Residual Stress PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.1520/STP163120190148 VL - STP1631 SP - 122 EP - 138 PB - ASTM International CY - USA AN - OPUS4-51347 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - 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 - JOUR A1 - Schröder, Jakob A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian A1 - Klaus, M. A1 - Genzel, C. A1 - Schneider, J. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - On the influence of heat treatment on microstructure and mechanical behavior of laser powder bed fused Inconel 718 N2 - A range of heat treatments have been developed for wrought Inconel 718 to obtain desired properties. For additively manufactured Inconel 718, the recently developed standard ASTM F3301 provides guidance for heat treatment of powder bed fusion specimens. Although this standard is based on standards developed for wrought Inconel 718, it does not include direct aging. Since direct aging reduces the number of processing steps, it can result in a post processing cost reduction if the desired properties are obtained. In this study, we characterized the microstructure and tensile behavior of Inconel 718 specimens produced by a laser powder bed fusion process. The specimens were heat treated according to two different routines after stress relieving: a full heat Treatment versus a one-step direct aging process. Differences in the resulting texture and grain morphology were observed. The ex-situ stress-strain behavior was broadly similar. However, a slight increase in yield strength was observed for the direct aged specimen. In order to understand this behavior, investigations with in-situ synchrotron Energy dispersive X-ray diffraction tensile testing revealed differences in the load partitioning among different Crystal directions. Importantly, the elastic anisotropy expressed by the magnitude of the diffraction elastic constants showed a dependency on the microstructures. KW - Electron microscopy KW - X-ray analysis KW - Inconel 718 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Mechanical behavior KW - Diffraction elastic constants PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.140555 VL - 805 SP - 40555 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-52142 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - 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 - Malladi, Sri Bala Aditya A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Anilkumar, Vishnu A1 - Mehta, Bharat A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Surreddi, Kumar Babu T1 - Reducing plastic anisotropy through stress induced martensitic transformation in an additively manufactured metastable medium entropy alloy N2 - Powder bed fusion laser beam (PBF-LB) is particularly effective for fabricating compositionally complex alloys such as high-entropy alloys (HEAs) or medium-entropy alloys (MEAs). Fabricating non-equiatomic metastable MEAs using PBF-LB can lead to the formation of unique microstructures that enhance the mechanical performance of these alloys. Nevertheless, plastic anisotropy in materials prepared by additive manufacturing routes including PBF-LB remains to be a technical challenge. This work presents the fabrication of a metastable non-equiatomic Co45Cr25(FeNi)30 MEA using PBF-LB. As-printed samples exhibited the formation of nano-scaled ε-martensite (HCP) phase along with the FCC phase. The HCP phase exhibited Shoji-Nishiyama orientation relationship with the FCC phase. High energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction (HEXRD) and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) in-situ tensile testing were employed to investigate the influence of the HCP phase on the alloy's deformation behavior. The presence of the HCP phase initiates stress-induced martensitic transformation well below the macroscopic yield strength. This transformation led to the non-linear stress and strain response for the FCC phase. Further straining resulted in significant load partitioning, with the HCP phase taking the majority of the load as it formed, significantly strain hardening the alloy and reducing the plastic anisotropy induced by texture in the as-printed material. KW - Neutron Diffraction KW - X-ray computed tomography KW - Mechanical Properties KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Residual stress PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-630588 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2025.148308 SN - 1873-4936 VL - 933 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-63058 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rahimi, A. A1 - Coduri, M. A1 - Fitch, A. A1 - Vedani, M. A1 - Schröder, J. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Casati, R. T1 - Synchrotron investigation of heat treatment effects on the 3D residual stress distribution in laser powder bed fused AlSi7Mg alloys N2 - For the first time, we utilized synchrotron diffraction to determine 3D maps of residual stresses across the entire volume of thick AlSi7Mg alloy prisms produced by PBF-LB. Samples were subjected to different heat treatment processes: direct aging (T5), solution treatment, and solution treatment followed by aging (T6). The T6 heat treatment resulted in the lowest residual tensile strains, while the T5 treatment resulted in significantly higher residual strains. Maximum residual stresses decreased from the as-built condition to the T6 heat-treated specimen. Although the T5 condition provides greater strength, it also retains higher tensile residual stresses near the surface, which can negatively affect fatigue properties. KW - Neutron Diffraction KW - Residual Stress KW - Large Scale Facilities KW - Additive Manufacturing PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-631089 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2025.138742 SN - 0167-577X VL - 396 SP - 1 EP - 5 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-63108 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian A1 - Sommer, Konstantin A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Hofmann, M. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Separation of the Formation Mechanisms of Residual Stresses in LPBF 316L N2 - Rapid cooling rates and steep temperature gradients are characteristic of additively manufactured parts and important factors for the residual stress formation. This study examined the influence of heat accumulation on the distribution of residual stress in two prisms produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) of austenitic stainless steel 316L. The layers of the prisms were exposed using two different border fill scan strategies: one scanned from the centre to the perimeter and the other from the perimeter to the centre. The goal was to reveal the effect of different heat inputs on samples featuring the same solidification shrinkage. Residual stress was characterised in one plane perpendicular to the building direction at the mid height using Neutron and Lab X-ray diffraction. Thermography data obtained during the build process were analysed in order to correlate the cooling rates and apparent surface temperatures with the residual stress results. Optical microscopy and micro computed tomography were used to correlate defect populations with the residual stress distribution. The two scanning strategies led to residual stress distributions that were typical for additively manufactured components: compressive stresses in the bulk and tensile stresses at the surface. However, due to the different heat accumulation, the maximum residual stress levels differed. We concluded that solidification shrinkage plays a major role in determining the shape of the residual stress distribution, while the temperature gradient mechanism appears to determine the magnitude of peak residual stresses. KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - LPBF KW - AISI 316L KW - Online Process Monitoring KW - Thermography KW - Residual Stress KW - Neutron Diffraction KW - X-ray Diffraction KW - Computed Tomography PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-512903 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/met10091234 VL - 10 IS - 9 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-51290 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian T1 - Combining diffraction methods to non-destructively characterize through thickness residual stress gradients in L-PBF IN718 N2 - Laser based Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) is an additive manufacturing technique that has been continuously developed in the past years. It offers unparalleled design freedom and the resulting mechanical properties match, in some cases even exceed, those of materials processed by conventional manufacturing techniques. Nonetheless the process is prone to create Residual Stresses (RS) resulting from the sequential melting and solidification of the material. RS can reduce load bearing capacity and generate unwanted distortions thus diminishing the potential of L-PBF. This research activity aimed at characterizing the RS state in Inconel 718 L-PBF specimens using multiple diffraction methods. The microstructure as well as the surface and bulk residual stresses were investigated. The RS analysis was performed using X-ray, synchrotron and neutron diffraction methods to provide information at different depths within the specimen. The measurements were performed at the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM), the EDDI beamline at BESSY II synchrotron and E3 line at BER II neutron reactor of the Helmholtz-Zentrum für Materialien und Energie (HZB) Berlin. The results revealed a depth depending RS state. The longitudinal and transverse stress components measured by X-ray and synchrotron at the surface agree well, exhibiting stress values around the yield strength of the material. In addition, synchrotron mapping showed gradients along the width and length of the sample for the longitudinal and transverse stress components. Lower RS values compared to surface RS were measured in the bulk of the material using neutron diffraction. The longitudinal stress component in the bulk was tensile and gradually decreased towards the edge of the specimen. The normal component however did not change significantly along the specimen dimensions and was of compressive nature. The transversal component was almost negligible. The results indicate that a stress re-distribution takes place during the deposition of the consecutive layers, which has to be further investigated. T2 - First European Conference on Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactured Materials CY - Trondheim, Norway DA - 09.09.2019 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Residual Stress KW - Diffraction PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49804 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 laser powder bed fusion of 316L leads to the formation of large residual stress. In this presentation, different stress relieve treatments were employed to assess their potential to relax the residual stress. The residual stress was determined by X-ray and neutron diffraction. The results give insights on the range of relaxation one can obtain by employing low and high temperature heat treatments and relates the relaxation to changes in the microstructure. T2 - Online-Sitzung des Fachausschusses 13 - Eigenspannungen CY - Online meeting DA - 08.12.2021 KW - AGIL KW - Residual Stress KW - X-ray and Neutron Diffraction KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Stainless Steel PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53947 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kromm, Arne T1 - Residual stress formation in selective laser melted parts of Alloy 718 N2 - Additive manufacturing (AM) by selective laser melting (SLM) offers ample scope for producing geometrically complex parts as compared to the traditional subtractive manufacturing strategies. However, the residual stresses which develop during the process can limit the application of SLM parts because they can reduce the load bearing capacity as well as induce unwanted distortion depending on the boundary conditions specified in manufacturing. This study aims at the characterization of residual stresses in SLM parts by using different measurement techniques. The material used is the nickel based super Alloy 718. Microstructure as well as surface and bulk residual stresses were characterised. For residual stress analysis X-ray, synchrotron and neutron diffraction were applied. The results show different residual stress states dependent on the penetration depth in the sample offered by the different measurement techniques. Samples of Alloy 718 manufactured by SLM process can show high tensile residual stresses in the surface as high as the yield strength of the wrought alloy. Residual stresses in the bulk show considerably lower stress values. T2 - 1st International Congress on Welding, Additive Manufacturing and associated non-destructive testing - ICWAM CY - Metz, France DA - 17.05.2017 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Selective Laser Melting KW - Residual stresses PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-40345 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ávila Calderón, Luis T1 - Low cycle fatigue behavior and failure mechanisms of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V N2 - Despite of the significant advances in AM process optimization there is still a lack of experimental results and understanding regarding the mechanical behavior and microstructural evolution of AMparts, especially in loading conditions typical for safety-relevant applications e.g. in the aerospace or power engineering. Within the scope of the presented investigations, a characterization of the fatigue behavior of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V in the low cycle fatigue regime was carried out in the range of 0.3 to 1.0 % strain amplitude at room temperature, 250°C and 400°C. The Ti-6Al-4V specimens are machined out of lean cylindrical rods, which were fabricated using powder laser metal deposition (LMD) with an improved build-up strategy. The improved strategy incorporates variable track overlap ratios to achieve a constant growth in the shell and core area. The low-cycle-fatigue behavior is described based on cyclic deformation curves and strain-based fatigue life curves. The lifetimes are fitted based on the Manson-Coffin-Basquin relationship. A characterization of the microstructure and the Lack-of-Fusion (LoF)-defect-structure in the as-built state is performed using optical light microscopy and high-resolution computed tomography (CT) respectively. The failure mechanism under loading is described in terms of LoF-defects-evolution and crack growth mechanism based on an interrupted LCF test with selected test parameters. After failure, scanning electron microscopy, digital and optical light microscopy and CT are used to describe the failure mechanisms both in the longitudinal direction and in the cross section of the specimens. The fatigue lives obtained are comparable with results from previous related studies and are shorter than those of traditionally manufactured (wrought) Ti-6Al-4V. In this study new experimental data and understanding of the mechanical behavior under application-relevant loading conditions (high temperature, cyclic plasticity) is gained. Furthermore, a better understanding of the role of LoFdefects and AM-typical microstructural features on the failure mechanism of LMD Ti-6Al-4V is achieved. T2 - First European Conference on Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactured Materials (ESIAM19) CY - Trondheim, Norway DA - 09.09.2019 KW - High Temperature Testing KW - Titanium KW - Ti-6Al-4V KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Computed Tomography KW - Microstructure KW - Tensile Properties KW - Low Cycle Fatigue PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49492 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane T1 - Advanced Characterization and On-Line Process Monitoring of Additively Manufactured Materials and Components N2 - Additive manufacturing (AM) techniques have risen to prominence in many industrial sectors. This rapid success of AM is due to the freeform design, which offers enormous possibilities to the engineer, and to the reduction of waste material, which has both environmental and economic advantages. Even safety-critical parts are now being produced using AM. This enthusiastic penetration of AM in our daily life is not yet paralleled by a thorough characterization and understanding of the microstructure of materials and of the internal stresses of parts. The same holds for the understanding of the formation of defects during manufacturing. While simulation efforts are sprouting and some experimental techniques for on-line monitoring are available, still little is known about the propagation of defects throughout the life of a component (from powder to operando/service conditions). This Issue was aimed at collecting contributions about the advanced characterization of AM materials and components (especially at large-scale experimental facilities such as Synchrotron and Neutron sources), as well as efforts to liaise on-line process monitoring to the final product, and even to the component during operation. The goal was to give an overview of advances in the understanding of the impacts of microstructure and defects on component performance and life at several length scales of both defects and parts. KW - Non-destructive Testing KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Materials Characterization KW - Online Monitoring KW - Residual Stress KW - Thermography KW - Computed Tomography PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-556833 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/met12091498 VL - 12 IS - 9 SP - 1 EP - 3 PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Schweiz AN - OPUS4-55683 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 - 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 - Sprengel, Maximilian T1 - The relaxation of macroscopic residual stresses in laser powder bed fused stainless steel 316L N2 - The processing of stainless steel 316L using the additive manufacturing process Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) can widen its field of application due to a strong increase in Yield strength, without making major compromises on the ductility nor its outstanding corrosion and oxidation properties. Furthermore, improved designs that either reduce the weight or optimise the function of a part can be obtained using LPBF. These benefits are however counterbalanced by the proneness of LPBF to inducing high Residual Stresses (RS) during manufacturing. The characterisation and monitoring of these RS are of paramount importance for the wider acceptance of the LPBF process. This study focuses on the relaxation of the initial macroscopic RS present in an LPBF 316L as-built prism that undergoes various routes of manufacturing steps to achieve different specimen geometries and stress relieving treatments. The RS are determined using Angle-Dispersive (AD) and Time-of-Flight (TOF) neutron diffraction. The results reveal high tensile RS close to the surfaces and compressive RS near the centre of the as-built parts. The reduction in size and change of geometry heavily impact the stress ranges of the remaining RS, with lower stress ranges in cylindrical shaped compared to rectangular shaped specimens. Also, the application of different stress relieving heat treatments showed that heat-treating temperatures above 800 °C are necessary to obtain a strong relaxation in LPBF 316L. T2 - The second European Conference on the Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactured Materials CY - Online meeting DA - 08.09.2021 KW - Residual Stress KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Neutron Diffraction PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53263 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Evans, Alexander T1 - Residual stresses in am review and oulook of activities at BAM N2 - Critical discussion of residual stress Analysis in additive manufacturing from examples in literature and an overview of activities at BAM T2 - Workshop on Fatigue of Additive Manufactured Metallic Components CY - BAM, Berlin, Germany DA - 16.05.2019 KW - Diffraction KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Residual stress PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49843 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian T1 - Determination and assessment of residual stress in laser powder bed fused stainless steel N2 - This presentation shows the effect of geometry scaling on the formation and distribution of the residual stress in laser powder bed fused 316L. T2 - BMDK - Doktorandenseminar der Otto-Von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg CY - Online meeting DA - 26.01.2022 KW - Stainless Steel KW - AGIL KW - Residual Stress KW - X-ray and Neutron Diffraction KW - Additive Manufacturing PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-54261 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Evans, Alexander T1 - Residual stresses and micromechanical properties of additively manufactured metals: why do we need a paradigm shift? N2 - An overview of the challenges and successes in the methodology to characherise residual stresses and micromechnical properties in additively manufactured metals T2 - CAM2 Annual Seminar 2022 - 5-year journey CY - Gothenburg, Sweden DA - 24.10.2022 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Residual stress KW - AGIL KW - MANUFACT KW - Micromechnical properties PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56466 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Absorption and refraction tomography: Characterization and Non-destructive Testing of Micro-structured Materials N2 - The combination of tomographic, microstructural data with other experimental techniques and with modeling is paramount, if we want to extract the maximum amount of information on material and component properties. In particular, quantitative image analysis, statistical approaches, direct discretization of tomographic reconstructions represent concrete possibilities to extend the power of the tomographic 3D representation to insights into the material and component performance. This logic thread equally holds for industrial and academic research, and valorizes expensive experiments such as those carried out at synchrotron sources, which cannot be daily repeated. I will show a few examples of possible use of X-ray tomographic data for quantitative assessment of damage evolution and microstructural properties, as well as for non-destructive testing. Examples of micro-structured inhomogeneous materials will be given, such as Composites, Ceramics, Concrete, and Additively manufactured parts. I will also show how X-ray refraction computed tomography (CT) can be highly complementary to classic absorption CT, being sensitive to internal interfaces. Additionally, I will present a new technique in our portfolio, Neutron Diffraction, which is extremely well suited to the study of internal stresses, both residual and under external load. T2 - Seminare der EMPA CY - EMPA, Dubenddorf, Switzerland DA - 10.10.2017 KW - Computed Tomography KW - X-ray Refraction KW - Neutron Diffraction KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Image Analysis PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-42699 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Evans, Alexander T1 - Ageing in additively manufactured metallic components: from powder to mechanical failure” an overview of the project agil N2 - An overview of the BAM funed Focus Area Materials Project "AGIL" will be presented. AGIL focussed on the stdiy of the ageing characteristics of additively manufactured austenitic stainless steel with a "powder to mechanical failure" Approach. Recent Highlights are presented and a perspective for future studies. T2 - Workshop on Additive Manufacturing CY - BAM, Berlin, Germany DA - 13.05.2019 KW - Residual stress KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Non-destructive testing KW - Microstructure characterisation KW - Tensile testing KW - Fatigue KW - Crystal Plasticity Modelling KW - Crack propagation PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49823 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Thiel, Erik T1 - AM activities at BAM with focus on process monitoring N2 - The presentation gives an overview of current projects in additive manufacturing at BAM. In particular, the results of the ProMoAm project were presented. T2 - VAMAS - Materials Issues in Additive Manufacturing CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 25.06.2018 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Laser Metal Deposition KW - Thermography KW - Data Fusion KW - In-situ monitoring PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-45620 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 - Sprengel, Maximilian T1 - Heat treatment induced residual stress relaxation in additively manufactured L-PBF 316L stainless steel N2 - Residual stress relaxation as a function of heat treatment strategies in laser based powder bed fused 316l samples. T2 - Eleventh Joint BER II and BESSY II User Meeting CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 04.12.2019 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Residual Stress KW - Neutron Diffraction KW - 316L PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49851 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - In-Situ Compression CT on Additively Manufactured in 625 Lattice Structures N2 - The porosity and the surface roughness are recently discussed problems for SLM parts. The influence of SLM process parameters on porosity is well studied for different materials. Nevertheless, the build angle (i.e. the angle between part orientation and build plate) needs to be understood as an additional SLM process parameter, as it has been shown, that the microstructure and hence the mechanical performance of various materials depend on the build angle. The inherent build angle of each strut as a part of a lattice structure is the motivation to investigate the influence of the build angle on the porosity and roughness on round-shaped (1 mm diameter) struts by means of CT. Conventional Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) has the limitation towards small and round shaped samples. The need for Computed Tomography (CT) regarding investigations of SLM parts will increase because no other non-destructive technique allows the assessment of complex geometries with inner laying surfaces. We used CT to assess the pores and the strut surface. Seven struts out of the nickel alloy Inconel 625 with build angles from 30° to 90° were studied. It was found that the number of pores is smaller, and the size of pores is larger for the 90° strut. In case of 30° strut, the number of pores is increased towards down-skin side, additionally, this strut orientation showed to have the largest number of attached powder particles. The elongated pores exist exclusively near the strut surface. While the roughness at the down-skin surface is highly depending of the biud angle, the roughness at the up-skin surface is the same for all struts. The mechanisms of pore and surface roughness formation is not mainly driven by gravity. T2 - ISAM Konferenz 2019 CY - Dresden, Germany DA - 29.01.2019 KW - Computed Tomography KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Metals KW - Microstructure PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47327 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kromm, Arne T1 - Residual stress formation in selective laser melted parts of alloy 718 N2 - Additive Manufacturing (AM) through the Selective Laser Melting (SLM) route offers ample scope for producing geometrically complex parts compared to the conventional subtractive manufacturing strategies. Nevertheless, the residual stresses which develop during the fabrication can limit application of the SLM components by reducing the load bearing capacity and by inducing unwanted distortion, depending on the boundary conditions specified during manufacturing. The present study aims at characterizing the residual stress states in the SLM parts using different diffraction methods. The material used is the nickel based superalloy Inconel 718. Microstructure as well as the surface and bulk residual stresses were characterized. For the residual stress analysis, X-ray, synchrotron and neutron diffraction methods were used. The measurements were performed at BAM, at the EDDI beamline of -BESSY II synchrotron- and the E3 line -BER II neutron reactor- of the Helmholtz-Zentrum für Materialien und Energie (HZB) Berlin. The results reveal significant differences in the residual stress states for the different characterization techniques employed, which indicates a dependence of the residual state on the penetration depth in the sample. For the surface residual stresses, longitudinal and transverse stress components from both X-ray and synchrotron agree well and the obtained values were around the yield strength of the material. Furthermore, synchrotron mapping disclosed gradients along the width and length of the sample for the longitudinal and transverse stress components. On the other hand, lower residual stresses were found in the bulk of the material measured using neutron diffraction. The longitudinal component was tensile and decreased towards the boundary of the sample. In contrast, the normal component was nearly constant and compressive in nature. The transversal component was almost negligible. The results indicate that a stress re-distribution takes place during the deposition of the consecutive layers. Further investigations are planned to study the phenomenon in detail. T2 - Forschungsseminar OvGU Magdeburg CY - Magdeburg, Germany DA - 15.11.2018 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Selective Laser Melting KW - Residual Stresses PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46876 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Characterization of Additive Manufacturing Materials at BAM N2 - The combination of tomographic, microstructural data with other experimental techniques and with modeling is paramount, if we want to extract the maximum amount of information on material and component properties. In particular, quantitative image analysis, statistical approaches, direct discretization of tomographic reconstructions represent concrete possibilities to extend the power of the tomographic 3D representation to insights into the material and component performance. This logic thread equally holds for industrial and academic research and valorizes expensive experiments such as those carried out at synchrotron sources, which cannot be daily repeated. I will show a few examples of possible use of X-ray tomographic data for quantitative assessment of damage evolution and microstructural properties, as well as for non-destructive testing. Examples of micro-structured inhomogeneous materials will be given, such as Composites, Ceramics, Concrete, and Additively manufactured parts. I will also show how X-ray refraction computed tomography (CT) can be highly complementary to classic absorption CT, being sensitive to internal interfaces. Additionally, I will show how Neutron Diffraction, which is extremely well suited to the study of internal stresses, both residual and under external load, can well be coupled to the microstructural framework gained by CT, allowing understanding the microstructure-property relationships in materials. Finally, I will show that BAM is very active in standardization and certification, including production of Reference Materials and Methods. T2 - Skoltech Determination of the microscopic residual stress CY - Moscow, Russia DA - 20.11.2019 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Computed Tomography KW - Neutron Diffraction KW - X-ray refraction techniques KW - Composites PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49929 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bhadeliya, Ashok T1 - High Temperature Fatigue Crack Growth in Nickel-Based Alloys Refurbished by Additive Manufacturing and Brazing N2 - Hybrid additive manufacturing plays a crucial role in the restoration of gas turbine blades, where e.g., the damaged blade tip is reconstructed by the additive manufacturing process on the existing blade made of a parent nickel-based alloy. However, inherent process-related defects in additively manufactured material, along with the interface created between the additively manufactured and the cast base material, impact the fatigue crack growth behavior in bi-material components. This study investigates the fatigue crack growth behavior in bi-material specimens of nickel-based alloys, specifically, additively manufactured STAL15 and cast alloy 247DS. The tests were conducted at 950 °C with stress ratios of 0.1 and -1. Metallographic and fractographic investigations were carried out to understand crack growth mechanisms. The results revealed significant retardation in crack growth at the interface. This study highlights the potential contributions of residual stresses and microstructural differences to the observed crack growth retardation phenomenon, along with the conclusion from an earlier study on the effect of yield strength mismatch on crack growth behavior at a perpendicular interface in bi-material specimens. T2 - Superalloys 2024 Conference CY - Champion, PA, USA DA - 08.09.2024 KW - Fatigue crack growth KW - Bi-material structure KW - Nickel-based alloys KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Brazing PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61047 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - How 3D X-ray Imaging and Residual Stress Analysis contribute to safety of materials and structures N2 - The safety of materials and structures can be detrimentally influenced by residual stresses (RS) and defect populations (voids or other features leading to failure) if they are not correctly accounted for in the design. Therefore, the accurate characterization of these features and the consideration of their impact is crucial for the safe design of components. The ability to characterize these features non-destructively enables the direct correlation on resulting mechanical performance. 3D X-ray computed tomography (XCT) is used to resolve and quantitively analyze microstructural features (i.e., voids, porosity). This is often used to assess the capability of the manufacturing route, i.e., additive manufacturing (AM). The non-destructive nature of the method also enables the study of the evolution of damage in materials from such microstructural features [1]. Using in-situ methods such as compression or tension, the propagation of damage from initial microstructure can be assessed, aiding our understanding of which features are detrimental to safety [3]. Diffraction based residual stress analysis methods including high energy X-ray and neutron diffraction can be used to study the residual stress gradients from the surface, subsurface and into the bulk non-destructively. These methods can be used to study the influence of heat treatments on residual stress and can be combined with XCT results to correlate the interaction of residual stresses with microstructural features (i.e., void clusters). This talk will give an overview of the capabilities and opportunities of 3D XCT and diffraction based residual stress analysis to close the gap in our understanding of material degradation on mechanical performance, enabling manufacturers to adjust their designs accordingly for safety critical applications. A particular focus will be made on examples where the two advanced techniques are combined to enhance such understanding. T2 - MaterialsWeek 2025 CY - Frankfurt am Main, Germany DA - 02.04.2025 KW - Neutron Diffraction KW - Residual Stress KW - X-ray Computed Tomography KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Large Scale facilites KW - Creep KW - Defects KW - BAMline PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-62895 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 -