In-situ Part Quality Improvement by Adaptive Laser Control (cw +pw) in LPBF
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How can the as-built part quality be improved with minimum deterioration of process productivity by adaptive laser control?
Challenge and Motivation
- Use of continuous (cw) contour exposure leads to sintered powder (surface roughness) and heat hotspots at filigree structures (geometric deviation) leading to increased need for subtractive post-processing
- Pulsed (pw) contour exposure expected to improve surface roughness and geometric accuracy, but lacks productivity compared to cw exposure
Objective
- Transfer of pw processing strategy to higher layer thickness(es)
- Comparison of build part surface properties to state of the art