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Spatially Resolved Acoustic Spectroscopy Towards Online Inspection of Additive Manufacturing (2019)
Journal Article
Pieris, D., Patel, R., Dryburgh, P., Hirsch, M., Li, W., Sharples, S., …Clark, M. (2019). Spatially Resolved Acoustic Spectroscopy Towards Online Inspection of Additive Manufacturing. Insight - Non-Destructive Testing & Condition Monitoring, 61(3), 132-137. https://doi.org/10.1784/insi.2019.61.3.132

High-integrity engineering applications such as aerospace will not permit the incorporation of components containing any structural defects. The current generation of additive manufacturing (AM) platforms yield components with relatively high level... Read More about Spatially Resolved Acoustic Spectroscopy Towards Online Inspection of Additive Manufacturing.

Spatially Resolved Acoustic Spectroscopy Towards Online Inspection of Additive Manufacturing (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Milesh Pieris, D., Patel, R., Dryburgh, P., Hirsch, M., Li, W., Sharples, S. D., …Clark, M. (2018). Spatially Resolved Acoustic Spectroscopy Towards Online Inspection of Additive Manufacturing. In 57th Annual Conference of the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing

High-integrity engineering applications such as aerospace will not permit the incorporation of components containing any structural defects. The current generation of additive manufacturing platforms yield components with relatively high levels of... Read More about Spatially Resolved Acoustic Spectroscopy Towards Online Inspection of Additive Manufacturing.

Imaging material texture of as-deposited selective laser melted parts using spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy (2018)
Journal Article
Patel, R., Hirsch, M., Dryburgh, P., Pieris, D., Achamfuo-Yeboah, S., Smith, R., …Clark, M. (2018). Imaging material texture of as-deposited selective laser melted parts using spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy. Applied Sciences, 8(10), Article 1991. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8101991

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a production technology where material is accumulated to create a structure, often through added shaped layers. The major advantage of additive manufacturing is in creating unique and complex parts for use in areas wher... Read More about Imaging material texture of as-deposited selective laser melted parts using spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy.

Targeted rework of powder bed fusion additive manufacturing (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Dryburgh, P., Patel, R., Catchpole-Smith, S., Hirsch, M., Parry, L., Smith, R. J., …Clare, A. T. (2018). Targeted rework of powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. In Proceedings of LPM2018 - the 19th International Symposium on Laser Precision Microfabrication (#18/030)

There is a clear industrial pull to fabricate high value components using premium high temperature aerospace materials by additive manufacturing. Inconveniently, the same materials’ properties which allow them to perform well in service render them... Read More about Targeted rework of powder bed fusion additive manufacturing.

Targeted rework strategies for powder bed additive manufacture (2017)
Journal Article
Hirsch, M., Dryburgh, P., Catchpole-Smith, S., Patel, R., Parry, L., Sharples, S., …Clare, A. (2018). Targeted rework strategies for powder bed additive manufacture. Additive Manufacturing, 19, 127-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2017.11.011

A major factor limiting the adoption of powder-bed-fusion additive manufacturing for production of parts is the control of build process defects and the effect these have upon the certification of parts for structural applications. In response to thi... Read More about Targeted rework strategies for powder bed additive manufacture.

Meso-scale defect evaluation of selective laser melting using spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy (2017)
Journal Article
Hirsch, M., Catchpole-Smith, S., Patel, R., Marrow, P., Li, W., Tuck, C., …Clare, A. T. (2017). Meso-scale defect evaluation of selective laser melting using spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 473(2205), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2017.0194

Developments in additive manufacturing technology are serving to expand the potential applications. Critical developments are required in the supporting areas of measurement and in process inspection to achieve this. CM247LC is a nickel superalloy th... Read More about Meso-scale defect evaluation of selective laser melting using spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy.

Assessing the capability of in-situ nondestructive analysis during layer based additive manufacture (2016)
Journal Article
Hirsch, M., Patel, R., Li, W., Guan, G., Leach, R. K., Sharples, S. D., & Clare, A. T. (2017). Assessing the capability of in-situ nondestructive analysis during layer based additive manufacture. Additive Manufacturing, 13, 135-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2016.10.004

Unlike more established subtractive or constant volume manufacturing technologies, additive manufacturing methods suffer from a lack of in-situ monitoring methodologies which can provide informationrelating to process performance and the formation of... Read More about Assessing the capability of in-situ nondestructive analysis during layer based additive manufacture.

Loose powder detection and surface characterization in selective laser sintering via optical coherence tomography (2016)
Journal Article
Guan, G., Hirsch, M., Syam, W. P., Leach, R. K., Huang, Z., & Clare, A. T. (2016). Loose powder detection and surface characterization in selective laser sintering via optical coherence tomography. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 472(2191), Article 20160201. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2016.0201

Defects produced during selective laser sintering (SLS) are difficult to non-destructively detect after build completion without the use of X-ray-based methods. Overcoming this issue by assessing integrity on a layer-by-layer basis has become an area... Read More about Loose powder detection and surface characterization in selective laser sintering via optical coherence tomography.