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Feature-based characterisation of signature topography in laser powder bed fusion of metals (2017)
Journal Article
Senin, N., Thompson, A., & Leach, R. K. (2018). Feature-based characterisation of signature topography in laser powder bed fusion of metals. Measurement Science and Technology, 29(4), Article 045009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/aa9e19

The use of state-of-the-art areal topography measurement instrumentation allows for a high level of detail in the acquisition of topographic information at micrometric scales. The three-dimensional geometric models of surface topography obtained from... Read More about Feature-based characterisation of signature topography in laser powder bed fusion of metals.

Feature-based characterisation of laser powder bed fusion surfaces (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Senin, N., Thompson, A., & Leach, R. K. (2017). Feature-based characterisation of laser powder bed fusion surfaces.

A novel algorithmic pipeline for the automated identification and dimensional/geometric characterisation of topographic formations of interest (surface features) is proposed, specifically aimed at the investigation of signature features left by laser... Read More about Feature-based characterisation of laser powder bed fusion surfaces.

Characterisation of the topography of metal additive surface features with different measurement technologies (2017)
Journal Article
Senin, N., Thompson, A., & Leach, R. K. (2017). Characterisation of the topography of metal additive surface features with different measurement technologies. Measurement Science and Technology, 28(9), Article 095003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/aa7ce2

© 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd. The challenges of measuring the surface topography of metallic surfaces produced by additive manufacturing are investigated. The differences between measurements made using various optical and non-optical technologies, incl... Read More about Characterisation of the topography of metal additive surface features with different measurement technologies.

Results from an interlaboratory comparison of areal surface texture parameter extraction from X-ray computed tomography of additively manufactured parts (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Townsend, A., Racasan, R., Bills, P., Thompson, A., Senin, N., Leach, R. K., & Blunt, L. (2017). Results from an interlaboratory comparison of areal surface texture parameter extraction from X-ray computed tomography of additively manufactured parts.

This paper presents the results of the CT-STARR (CT-Surface Texture for Additive Round Robin) interlaboratory comparison. The study compares the results obtained for the extraction of areal surface texture data per ISO 25178-2 from five X-ray compute... Read More about Results from an interlaboratory comparison of areal surface texture parameter extraction from X-ray computed tomography of additively manufactured parts.

Focus variation measurement of electron beam melted surfaces (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Newton, L., Senin, N., & Leach, R. (2017). Focus variation measurement of electron beam melted surfaces.

Electron beam melting (EBM) is a promising additive manufacturing process which is seeing increasing use in high value manufacturing sectors such as aerospace [1]. With its layer-by-layer approach, EBM can allow the creation of parts of complex shape... Read More about Focus variation measurement of electron beam melted surfaces.

X-ray computed tomography of additively manufactured metal parts: the effect of magnification and reconstruction sampling on surface topography measurement (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Thompson, A., Körner, L., Senin, N., Lawes, S., Leach, R., & Maskery, I. (2017). X-ray computed tomography of additively manufactured metal parts: the effect of magnification and reconstruction sampling on surface topography measurement.

X-ray computed tomography (XCT) has recently become recognised as a viable method of surface topography measurement for additively manufactured (AM) metal parts [1–5]. AM is capable of producing internal features that are inaccessible to other surfac... Read More about X-ray computed tomography of additively manufactured metal parts: the effect of magnification and reconstruction sampling on surface topography measurement.

Topography of selectively laser melted surfaces: A comparison of different measurement methods (2017)
Journal Article
Thompson, A., Senin, N., Giusca, C. L., & Leach, R. K. (2017). Topography of selectively laser melted surfaces: A comparison of different measurement methods. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 66(1), 543-546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2017.04.075

Selective laser melting (SLM) of metals produces surface topographies that are challenging to measure. Multiple areal surface topography measurement technologies are available, which allow reconstruction of information rich, three-dimensional digital... Read More about Topography of selectively laser melted surfaces: A comparison of different measurement methods.

Measurement of internal surfaces of additively manufactured parts by X-ray computed tomography (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Thompson, A., Körner, L., Senin, N., Lawes, S., Maskery, I., & Leach, R. K. (2017). Measurement of internal surfaces of additively manufactured parts by X-ray computed tomography.

Recent advances in X-ray computed tomography (XCT) have allowed for measurement resolutions approaching the point where XCT can be used for measuring surface topography. These advances make XCT appealing for measuring hard-to-reach or internal surfac... Read More about Measurement of internal surfaces of additively manufactured parts by X-ray computed tomography.

Combined inkjet printing and infrared sintering of silver nanoparticles using a swathe-by-swathe and layer-by-layer approach for 3-dimensional structures (2017)
Journal Article
Vaithilingam, J., Simonelli, M., Saleh, E., Senin, N., Wildman, R. D., Hague, R. J. M., …Tuck, C. J. (2017). Combined inkjet printing and infrared sintering of silver nanoparticles using a swathe-by-swathe and layer-by-layer approach for 3-dimensional structures. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9(7), 6560-6570. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b14787

Despite the advancement of additive manufacturing (AM)/3-dimensional (3D) printing, single-step fabrication of multifunctional parts using AM is limited. With the view of enabling multifunctional AM (MFAM), in this study, sintering of metal nanoparti... Read More about Combined inkjet printing and infrared sintering of silver nanoparticles using a swathe-by-swathe and layer-by-layer approach for 3-dimensional structures.