Repeatability and Stability of AM

CRP year	2020
Budget	£185k
Project Reference No.	34751-06
Technical Lead	Emmanuel Muzangaza
AM process & materials used	EOS M400-4: Inconel 718; Renishaw 500q: Ti6Al4V; AddUP FormUp 350: Maraging Steel; Trumpf TruPrint 3000: AlSi10Mg

summary

Despite the advancement of additive manufacturing (AM), one of the challenges that is still faced by the AM community is clarity on how to assess the AM technology readiness level for use. The scope of this project is currently focusing on four different metal laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) platforms.

The main reasons for demonstrating a process or technology is repeatable, reproducible and stable are to:

• Ensure safety of the product for the consumers, operators, public, assets and the environment,
• Ensure products manufactured with multiple AM platforms produce consistent results as per design and manufacture intent,
• Demonstrate the product assurance and ensure the component or part is manufactured accordingly for the intended application.

deliverables

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