TY - JOUR
T1 - A comparative study on the effect of multi-machine manufacturing on additively manufactured part qualities
AU - Rajpal, Yogesh
AU - Uímhurchadha, Sinéad M.
AU - Quinn, Paul
AU - Raghavendra, Ramesh
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Enterprise Ireland and Irish Manufacturing Research Centre for funding of this project through the Innovation Partnership Project Scheme (IP 2016 0555).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This paper presents a comparative study on the effect of multi-machine laser powder bed fusion manufacturing on the quality of 316L stainless steel parts. Within industry, often the same additive manufacturing machines are used for research and development of components as are used for production. However, there is a challenge in terms of determining how the machine set-up and resulting part quality from one machine translates to another machine. This work determines the effect of varying machines and operators on the resultant part qualities. A build plate with specimens designed for the quantification of key material parameters was designed and manufactured on three different EOS M280 machines at different locations. This research shows the requirement to develop optimised part parameters for each AM machine and also the requirement for the standardisation of powder bed packing, which directly affect the build quality.
AB - This paper presents a comparative study on the effect of multi-machine laser powder bed fusion manufacturing on the quality of 316L stainless steel parts. Within industry, often the same additive manufacturing machines are used for research and development of components as are used for production. However, there is a challenge in terms of determining how the machine set-up and resulting part quality from one machine translates to another machine. This work determines the effect of varying machines and operators on the resultant part qualities. A build plate with specimens designed for the quantification of key material parameters was designed and manufactured on three different EOS M280 machines at different locations. This research shows the requirement to develop optimised part parameters for each AM machine and also the requirement for the standardisation of powder bed packing, which directly affect the build quality.
KW - 316L stainless steel
KW - AM Product Development
KW - Additive manufacturing
KW - Cross-site manufacturing
KW - Metrology
KW - Process Quality
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85109652650
SN - 2067-3604
VL - 13
SP - 166
EP - 175
JO - International Journal of Modern Manufacturing Technologies
JF - International Journal of Modern Manufacturing Technologies
IS - 1
ER -