Review of post-process optical form metrology for industrial-grade metal additive manufactured parts

The scope of this review is to investigate the main post-process optical form measurement technologies available in industry today and to determine whether they are applicable to industrial-grade metal additive manufactured parts. An in-depth review of the operation of optical three-dimensional form...

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Main Authors: Stavroulakis, P.I., Leach, Richard K.
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Published: American Institute of Physics 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32748/
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description The scope of this review is to investigate the main post-process optical form measurement technologies available in industry today and to determine whether they are applicable to industrial-grade metal additive manufactured parts. An in-depth review of the operation of optical three-dimensional form measurement technologies applicable to metal additive manufacturing is presented, with a focus on their fundamental limitations. Looking into the future, some alternative candidate measurement technologies potentially applicable to metal additive manufacturing will be discussed, which either provide higher accuracy than currently available techniques but lack measurement volume, or inversely, which operate in the appropriate measurement volume but are not currently accurate enough to be used for industrial measurement.
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spelling nottingham-327482020-05-04T17:47:43Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32748/ Review of post-process optical form metrology for industrial-grade metal additive manufactured parts Stavroulakis, P.I. Leach, Richard K. The scope of this review is to investigate the main post-process optical form measurement technologies available in industry today and to determine whether they are applicable to industrial-grade metal additive manufactured parts. An in-depth review of the operation of optical three-dimensional form measurement technologies applicable to metal additive manufacturing is presented, with a focus on their fundamental limitations. Looking into the future, some alternative candidate measurement technologies potentially applicable to metal additive manufacturing will be discussed, which either provide higher accuracy than currently available techniques but lack measurement volume, or inversely, which operate in the appropriate measurement volume but are not currently accurate enough to be used for industrial measurement. American Institute of Physics 2016-04-06 Article PeerReviewed Stavroulakis, P.I. and Leach, Richard K. (2016) Review of post-process optical form metrology for industrial-grade metal additive manufactured parts. Review of Scientific Instruments, 87 (4). 041101/1-041101/15. ISSN 1089-7623 Additive manufacturing Surface texture measurement http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4944983 doi:10.1063/1.4944983 doi:10.1063/1.4944983
spellingShingle Additive manufacturing
Surface texture measurement
Stavroulakis, P.I.
Leach, Richard K.
Review of post-process optical form metrology for industrial-grade metal additive manufactured parts
title Review of post-process optical form metrology for industrial-grade metal additive manufactured parts
title_full Review of post-process optical form metrology for industrial-grade metal additive manufactured parts
title_fullStr Review of post-process optical form metrology for industrial-grade metal additive manufactured parts
title_full_unstemmed Review of post-process optical form metrology for industrial-grade metal additive manufactured parts
title_short Review of post-process optical form metrology for industrial-grade metal additive manufactured parts
title_sort review of post-process optical form metrology for industrial-grade metal additive manufactured parts
topic Additive manufacturing
Surface texture measurement
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32748/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32748/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32748/