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Laser Induced Phased Arrays (LIPA) to detect nested features in additively manufactured components

Pieris, Don; Stratoudaki, Theodosia; Javadi, Yashar; Lukacs, Peter; Catchpole-Smith, Sam; Wilcox, Paul D.; Clare, Adam; Clark, Matt

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Authors

Don Pieris

Theodosia Stratoudaki

Yashar Javadi

Peter Lukacs

Sam Catchpole-Smith

Paul D. Wilcox

ADAM CLARE adam.clare@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Manufacturing Engineering

MATT CLARK matt.clark@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Applied Optics



Abstract

© 2019 The Authors. Additive manufacturing (AM) has the capability to build complex parts with internal features, which have many advantages over conventionally manufactured parts. This makes AM an alternative for advanced manufacturing sectors. AM components suffer from defects due to the lack of understanding in the build process. This makes the adaptation of AM in safety-critical industries, such as aerospace, problematic. The current AM work flow calls for costly off-line inspections to qualify components as defect-free. The layer by layer nature of the AM provides an opportunity for an on-line inspection to take place. This can provide early detection of defects as well as information for optimization and repair of the build. Laser Induced Phased Arrays (LIPA) present themselves as a viable remote, non-destructive, ultrasonic technique capable of being implemented as part of an on-line inspection of AM. Lasers are used to generate and detect ultrasound and a phased array is synthesized in post-processing. This paper demonstrates the capability of LIPA to successfully detect and locate features within AM components off-line. Cylindrical features as small as 0.2 mm in diameter and 26 mm above the inspection surface were detected using LIPA and verified using X-ray computed tomography (XCT).

Citation

Pieris, D., Stratoudaki, T., Javadi, Y., Lukacs, P., Catchpole-Smith, S., Wilcox, P. D., …Clark, M. (2020). Laser Induced Phased Arrays (LIPA) to detect nested features in additively manufactured components. Materials and Design, 187, Article 108412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2019.108412

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 7, 2019
Online Publication Date Dec 11, 2019
Publication Date Feb 1, 2020
Deposit Date Dec 19, 2019
Publicly Available Date Dec 19, 2019
Journal Materials and Design
Print ISSN 0261-3069
Electronic ISSN 0264-1275
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 187
Article Number 108412
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2019.108412
Keywords Additive Manufacturing; Laser Induced Phased Array; Non-destructive; Non-contact; Selective Laser Melting; Geometrical Accuracy
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3602280
Publisher URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127519308500
Additional Information This article is maintained by: Elsevier; Article Title: Laser Induced Phased Arrays (LIPA) to detect nested features in additively manufactured components; Journal Title: Materials & Design; CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2019.108412; Content Type: article; Copyright: © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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