Real-time monitoring and quality assurance for laser-based directed energy deposition: integrating co-axial imaging and self-supervised deep learning framework
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Published:2023-12-21
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ISSN:0956-5515
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Container-title:Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
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language:en
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Short-container-title:J Intell Manuf
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Pandiyan VigneashwaraORCID, Cui Di, Richter Roland Axel, Parrilli Annapaola, Leparoux Marc
Abstract
AbstractArtificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a promising solution for real-time monitoring of the quality of additively manufactured (AM) metallic parts. This study focuses on the Laser-based Directed Energy Deposition (L-DED) process and utilizes embedded vision systems to capture critical melt pool characteristics for continuous monitoring. Two self-learning frameworks based on Convolutional Neural Networks and Transformer architecture are applied to process zone images from different DED process regimes, enabling in-situ monitoring without ground truth information. The evaluation is based on a dataset of process zone images obtained during the deposition of titanium powder (Cp-Ti, grade 1), forming a cube geometry using four laser regimes. By training and evaluating the Deep Learning (DL) algorithms using a co-axially mounted Charged Couple Device (CCD) camera within the process zone, the down-sampled representations of process zone images are effectively used with conventional classifiers for L-DED process monitoring. The high classification accuracies achieved validate the feasibility and efficacy of self-learning strategies in real-time quality assessment of AM. This study highlights the potential of AI-based monitoring systems and self-learning algorithms in quantifying the quality of AM metallic parts during fabrication. The integration of embedded vision systems and self-learning algorithms presents a novel contribution, particularly in the context of the L-DED process. The findings open avenues for further research and development in AM process monitoring, emphasizing the importance of self-supervised in situ monitoring techniques in ensuring part quality during fabrication.
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Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Artificial Intelligence,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Software
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