Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2023, 25(4):B285-B293 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2023.065

Thermographic Mapping of the Melt Pool of the Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process

Jiři Sika ORCID...1, Vladimír Kindl ORCID...2, Michal Křížek ORCID...1, Tomáš Kavalíř ORCID...1, Michal Frivaldský ORCID...3, *
1 Regional Technological Institute, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
2 Regional Innovation Centre for Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
3 Department of Mechatronics and Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia

The article describes an advanced test stand for measuring temperatures during the 3D printing for additive manufacturing. Based on mathematical procedures, it analyzes the impact energy of the laser beam used in metal 3D printing.

Keywords: additive manufacturing, 3D print, laser, measurement, temperature, thermo-camera
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This contribution has been prepared within the project ITI CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/18_069/0010040, “Research of additive technologies for future application in mechanical engineering practice-RTI plus” under the auspices of the National Sustainability Programme I of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic aimed at supporting research, experimental development and innovation and within the project OP VVV Electrical Engineering Technologies with High-Level of Embedded Intelligence CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/18_069/0009855.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Received: April 13, 2023; Accepted: June 28, 2023; Prepublished online: July 12, 2023; Published: October 24, 2023  Show citation

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Sika, J., Kindl, V., Křížek, M., Kavalíř, T., & Frivaldský, M. (2023). Thermographic Mapping of the Melt Pool of the Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 25(4), B285-293. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2023.065
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