Toward Smart Monitoring of Additive Manufacturing

Abstract

Additive manufacturing holds great promise for improving maintenance and sustainment operations for the military; however, concerns about part reliability persist. In this report, we discuss how smart (i.e., with machine learning) monitoring can play a role in improving confidence in 3-D-built parts. In particular, we develop and investigate a simple prototype monitoring system composed of a 3-D polymer extrusion printer and several cameras powered by real-time computer vision software and hardware. We believe that, in the future, smart monitoring will play a critical role in the certification of 3-D-printed parts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2019
Accession Number
AD1080523

Entities

People

  • Kelly T. Kirk
  • Michael S. Lee
  • Samuel J. Edwards

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Additives (Chemicals)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Intelligence Software
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Vision
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Fabrication
  • Fused Deposition Modeling
  • Information Science
  • Machine Learning
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Printing
  • Selective Laser Sintering
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Software Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy