Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine
Vol. 7 No. S1 (2025): Trans. AMMM Supplement
https://doi.org/10.18416/AMMM.2025.25062053%20

Material Properties, Structural Designs, and Printing Technologies, ID 2053

X-ray inspection and pore-classification in additive manufacturing: A systematic study on Al-alloys

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Kevin Eickhoff (VisiConsult X-ray Systems & Solutions GmbH, Stockelsdorf, Germany), Rafael Meinhardt (Fraunhofer Research Institution for Additive Manufacturing Technologies IAPT, Hamburg, Germany), Stefan Grottker (Fraunhofer Research Institution for Additive Manufacturing Technologies IAPT, Hamburg, Germany), Frank Herold (VisiConsult X-ray Systems & Solutions GmbH, Stockelsdorf, Germany)

Abstract

In recent years, additive manufacturing (AM) of metals gains more and more interest in the automotive and aerospace industries as well as medicine. Thus, the associated component analysis - especially with focus on safety aspects - has become increasingly important. In this context, the non-destructive evaluation of the porosity within the material and its minimization by optimization of AM-printing parameters are of great interest. In addition to overall porosity and density reduction, this study emphasizes the classification of pore types. This allows to categorize the material and accordingly improve the printing processes, where the combined usage of artificial intelligence (AI) opens the door for an efficient way of material development optimization.

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Eickhoff, K., Meinhardt, R., Grottker, S., & Herold, F. (2025). X-ray inspection and pore-classification in additive manufacturing: A systematic study on Al-alloys . Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine, 7(S1), 2053 . https://doi.org/10.18416/AMMM.2025.25062053