Predicting Defects in Laser Powder Bed Fusion using in-situ Thermal Imaging Data and Machine Learning

Sina Malakpour Estalaki, Cody S. Lough, Robert G. Landers +2

Variation in the local thermal history during the laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) process in additive manufacturing (AM) can cause microporosity defects. in-situ sensing has been pr…