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 |
Creating a Custom Optical Diagnostic for Advancing Liquid Metal Jetting |
| Author(s) |
Dylan Levine, Viktor Sukhotskiy, Eric Elton, Nicholas Watkins, Jason Jeffries, Andrew Pascall |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Dylan Levine |
| Abstract Scope |
Liquid metal jetting is a metal additive manufacturing technique that involves jetting molten metal droplets at high frequencies to build solid metal parts. Real-time diagnostics are essential to ensure consistency and quality in the metal jetting process. As such, we are developing a high-speed optical diagnostic system to identify the following jetting performance metrics down to the level of individual ejections on a custom pneumatic printhead: droplet volume and diameter, mass flow rate, and droplet velocity. By connecting these measurements to crucible pressure, wire feed rate, and other process control parameters, we aim to enable real-time in-line process control. A key advantage of this approach over commercial systems is its flexibility for custom optomechanical and software integration with any jetting platform. Future work will focus on improved processing throughput and expanding measurement capabilities.
Prepared by LLNL under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. LLNL-CFPRES-2019022 |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Undecided |