About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2026)
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| Symposium
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2026 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2026)
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| Presentation Title |
Adaptive Feedforward Control of Mass Flow Oscillations in Powder Blown Directed Energy Deposition
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| Author(s) |
Neel Shah, Zachary Brunson, Jin Yeon Kim, Aaron Stebner |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Neel Shah |
| Abstract Scope |
Consistent powder mass flow is critical to part quality in blown powder Directed Energy Deposition (PB-DED), yet rotary feeders exhibit two persistent instabilities: periodic oscillations driven by hopper mechanics and stochastic parameter drift from powder compaction and settling. We demonstrate a control architecture that tightly couples feedforward and feedback strategies: a feedforward controller derived from a sinusoidal model of rotor-coupled mass flow dynamics provides proactive disturbance cancellation, while a Lyapunov-based Model Reference Adaptive Control (MRAC) layer closes the loop by continuously updating model parameters in response to stochastic powder settling dynamics. Real-time experiments on an Optomec LENS 840 with FPGA-based control demonstrate successful parameter drift tracking and a 31–64% reduction in steady-state mass flow standard deviation across a seven-step setpoint sequence compared to open-loop operation.
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| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Undecided |