Reconstruction of Microscopic Thermal Fields from Oversampled Infrared Images in Laser-Based Powder Bed Fusion

Autor: Thomas B. O. Rockett, Jon R. Willmott, Magnus Anderson, Iain Todd, Leigh Russell Stanger, Matthew Davies, Alistair Lyle, Hector Basoalto
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Sensors, Vol 21, Iss 4859, p 4859 (2021)
Sensors
Volume 21
Issue 14
ISSN: 1424-8220
Popis: This article elucidates the need to consider the inherent spatial transfer function (blur), of any thermographic instrument used to measure thermal fields. Infrared thermographic data were acquired from a modified, commercial, laser-based powder bed fusion printer. A validated methodology was used to correct for spatial transfer function errors in the measured thermal fields. The methodology was found to make a difference of 40% to the measured signal levels and a 174 °C difference to the calculated effective temperature. The spatial gradients in the processed thermal fields were found to increase significantly. These corrections make a significant difference to the accuracy of validation data for process and microstructure modeling. We demonstrate the need for consideration of image blur when quantifying the thermal fields in laser-based powder bed fusion in this work.
Databáze: OpenAIRE