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The software assesses the quality of parts in real time, without the need for expensive characterization equipment.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Researchers have developed artificial intelligence (AI) software for powder bed 3D printers that assesses the quality of parts in real time without the need for expensive characterization equipment. The software, named Peregrine, supports the advanced manufacturing "digital thread" that collects and analyzes data through every step of the manufacturing process, from design and feedstock selection, to print build and material testing.
Capturing that information creates a digital "clone" for each part, providing data from the raw material to the operational component. That data is then used to qualify the part and to inform future builds across multiple part geometries and with multiple materials, achieving new levels of automation and manufacturing quality assurance.
The digital thread supports the factory...