| About this Abstract | 
   
    | Meeting | 2021 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2021) | 
   
    | Symposium | Special Session | 
   
    | Presentation Title | Multi-modal In-situ Monitoring Data Analysis for Overhang Features Built with Laser Powder Bed Fusion | 
   
    | Author(s) | Ndeye Yande Yande Clarisse Ndiaye, Zhuo  Yang, Simin  Li, Jennifer  Li, Yan  Lu, Brandon  Lane, Ho Yeung | 
   
    | On-Site Speaker (Planned) | Ndeye Yande Yande Clarisse Ndiaye | 
   
    | Abstract Scope | Part geometry in the powder bed fusion process decides the cross-section of layer slices which impact the mechanism of the support structure. The overhang down-skin surface receives support purely from powders showing poor geometric accuracy and surface roughness. This study collects in-situ coaxial melt pool and layerwise overview images to investigate the dimensional deviations in overhang regions based on a part designed with several overhang features. Statistical analysis within crossed layers and modalities is conducted to retrieve common features and find correlations between multi-modal observations. Both the layerwise pixel (LWP) index and melt pool monitoring (MPM) index strongly correlate to the overhang features of different gradients. The LWP index at the overhang down-skin region is noticeably higher than in the regular region, similar to the MPM index on microscale regional analysis. The results match the observations from XCT scan and provide a way to do fast anomaly detection in real-time. | 
   
    | Proceedings Inclusion? | Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |