Real Time Controller for Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing

用于激光粉末床熔融增材制造的实时控制器

• 批准号: 567540-2021
• 负责人: Elbestawi, Mohamed
• 金额: $ 9.11万
• 依托单位: McMaster University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Idea to Innovation
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=728739
• 关键词: Real; Time; Controller; Laser; Powder

Our group has recently developed and validated several monitoring and control strategies for the Laser Powder Bed Fusion process in Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) using sensory information namely acoustic emission as well as pyrometer and IR camera for temperature measurement. The aim of this real-time controller is to significantly improve the repeatability, reliability and quality of the additively manufactured parts particularly in the aerospace, automotive, and medical device industries. The real-time controller uses artificial intelligence tools, specifically machine learning and deep learning for on-line defect detection and process control. Defects are identified in real-time without the need for destructive testing of a finished part. This is essential for enhancing the quality of the parts produced and optimizing the manufacturing process including cost effectiveness. The controller will be developed in Canada resulting in wider adoption of the metal additive manufacturing technologies in Canadian industry. The next step toward fulfilling this vision is to demonstrate the applicability of this technology as an add on to current industrial additive manufacturing machines (3D printers). This new technology is needed for increasing the capabilities of current industrial 3D printers and the adoption of AM technologies in industry, as well as meeting the increased demand for additively manufactured part certification in industry.

我们的团队最近开发并验证了增材制造（3D 打印）中激光粉末床融合过程的几种监控策略，使用传感信息（即声发射）以及用于温度测量的高温计和红外摄像机。该实时控制器的目的是显着提高增材制造零件的可重复性、可靠性和质量，特别是在航空航天、汽车和医疗器械行业。实时控制器使用人工智能工具，特别是机器学习和深度学习来进行在线缺陷检测和过程控制。实时识别缺陷，无需对成品零件进行破坏性测试。这对于提高生产零件的质量和优化制造工艺（包括成本效益）至关重要。该控制器将在加拿大开发，从而使金属增材制造技术在加拿大工业中得到更广泛的采用。实现这一愿景的下一步是展示该技术作为当前工业增材制造机器（3D 打印机）的附加技术的适用性。这项新技术需要提高当前工业 3D 打印机的功能和增材制造技术在工业中的采用，以及满足工业中对增材制造零件认证不断增长的需求。