Metal powder bed fusion process chains: an overview of modelling techniques

S Afazov, A Roberts, L Wright, P Jadhav… - Progress in Additive …, 2022 - Springer
Metal powder bed fusion (MPBF) is not a standalone process, and other manufacturing
technologies, such as heat treatment and surface finishing operations, are often required to …

Review of the influence of noise in X-ray computed tomography measurement uncertainty

Á Rodríguez-Sánchez, A Thompson, L Körner… - Precision …, 2020 - Elsevier
Different aspects of noise in X-ray computed tomography (XCT) for industrial purposes are
examined. An overview of the most common noise metrics is given, together with a …

Advances in the metrological traceability and performance of X-ray computed tomography

W Dewulf, H Bosse, S Carmignato, R Leach - CIRP Annals, 2022 - Elsevier
X-ray computed tomography (XCT) is increasingly being used for evaluating quality and
conformance of complex products, including assemblies and additively manufactured parts …

[HTML][HTML] An adaptive thresholding algorithm for porosity measurement of additively manufactured metal test samples via X-ray computed tomography

J Lifton, T Liu - Additive Manufacturing, 2021 - Elsevier
If additively manufactured metal parts are to be used as performance critical components in
the aerospace and other high-value industries, then non-destructive methods for measuring …

Additive manufacturing and non-destructive testing of topology-optimised aluminium components

S Senck, M Happl, M Reiter, M Scheerer… - Nondestructive …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Additive manufacturing (AM) unlocks novel industrial possibilities in relation to design
optimisation for lightweight structures, eg in aerospace applications. However, the inherent …

Practical part-specific trajectory optimization for robot-guided inspection via computed tomography

F Bauer, D Forndran, T Schromm… - Journal of Nondestructive …, 2022 - Springer
Robot-guided computed tomography enables the inspection of parts that are too large for
conventional systems and allows, for instance, the non-destructive and volumetric …

Charting the course towards dimensional measurement traceability by X-ray computed tomography

M Ferrucci, E Ametova - Measurement Science and Technology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Long synonymous with medical imaging, x-ray computed tomography (CT) is proving its
worth in industrial applications such as material characterization, defect analysis, and …

Scanning trajectory optimisation using a quantitative Tuybased local quality estimation for robot-based X-ray computed tomography

G Herl, J Hiller, A Maier - Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Robotic CT systems allow complex scanning trajectories. This work presents a workflow to
automatically calculate optimised scanning trajectories for robotic CT systems. In particular …

Assessing the effect of sample orientation on dimensional X-ray computed tomography through experimental and simulated data

H Villarraga-Gómez, A Amirkhanov, C Heinzl, ST Smith - Measurement, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper evaluates the dimensional accuracy of industrial X-ray computed tomography
(CT) measurements in function of the sample's orientation within the measurement volume …

Fast algorithms based on empirical interpolation methods for selecting best projections in Sparse-view X-ray computed tomography using a priori information

V Bussy, C Vienne, V Kaftandjian - NDT & E International, 2023 - Elsevier
To ensure the safety of critical parts in mass production, non-destructive techniques are
increasingly considered. Industrial Computed Tomography (CT) is a unique tool to inspect a …