Rapid Quality Assessment in Additive Manufacturing: New Procedure Accelerates Build Quality Assessment. White paper
- Auburn Univ., AL (United States). National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME)
- Auburn Univ., AL (United States). National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Accelerated growth of the additive manufacturing (AM) industry in recent years is accompanied by a rising need for methods to quickly assess quality at-scale. Current practices for quality inspection include nondestructive test methods and destructive testing of witness coupons, which are artifacts built alongside the actual part. However, these methods can be costly and time-consuming. Recognizing this need, the Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) initiated a project led by its partner, Auburn University, to develop rapid testing procedure using asbuilt samples tested in torsion to quantitatively assess build quality. The presented work developed a rapid testing procedure using as-built samples tested in torsion to quantify small variances for assessing build quality.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Auburn Univ., AL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- ASTM International
- DOE Contract Number:
- NA0003525
- OSTI ID:
- 1817320
- Report Number(s):
- SAND2021-8006R; 698688
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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