melt pool
3D Printing News Unpeeled: Phase3D, Color Rather Than Thermal Cameras for Melt Pool Monitoring
In situ monitoring firm Phase3D got a two-year $1.25 million contract from the AFRL. It hopes to use structured light scanners, its Fringe in-situ management software while working with VRC…
AddUp to Introduce Metal 3D Printing Visualization Software via Interspectral
AddUp, the French original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of metal powder bed fusion (PBF) machines, will work together with Swedish software firm Interspectral to develop on visualization and monitoring for additive…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: January 9, 2022
After a long break, we’re back with our first 3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup of 2022! Things are starting back up a little slowly, with less than ten webinars…
Analytical Melt Pool Model Developed for LPBF Metal 3D Printing
The physics that occur within metal laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) systems are complex, comprised of numerous variables. Many of those variables have an effect on the melt pool, where…
Sigma Labs’ First Contract for Newest 3D Printing Quality Control Software Goes to Coherent
Headquartered in New Mexico, Sigma Labs, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGLB) is one of the best-known developers of commercial in-process quality assurance (IPQA) software for additive manufacturing of metals. The company’s PrintRite3D…
Austria: Researching Melt Pool Stability During 3D Printing of Unsupported Steel Components
Austrian researchers have come together to study influences on the melt pool in additive manufacturing processes, detailing their findings in the recently published ‘Stability of a Melt Pool during 3D…
Sisma Introduced New 3D Printing and Powder Management Systems at formnext 2019
At last year’s formnext, Italian company Sisma released its EVERES ZERO and EVERES UNO DLP 3D printers. This year, Sisma had even more product launches at the show, starting with…
NIST Achieving Better Laser Powder Bed Fusion 3D Printing Melt Pool Control By Implementing Laser Control
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) 3D printing uses a focused, high power laser to selectively melt geometric patterns into metal powder and build an almost fully dense, freeform object. The process,…
High-Speed Cameras Used to Monitor 3D Printing Process
3D printing, particulalry laser-powder bed fusion or L-PBF, requires a great deal of monitoring to avoid defects and flaws in the final parts. In a thesis entitled “Process Monitoring for…
Heat Sources Compared for Laser Powder Bed Fusion 3D Printing Simulation
Laser powder bed fusion 3D printing requires a great deal of effort to make sure that quality parts are being produced – and there are a lot of things that…
