Special Interest Group Meeting : Quality Control for Additive Manufacturing
23-24 January 2017

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Quality Control for Additive Manufacturing
23-24 January 2017
MTC (Manufacturing Technology Centre), Ansty Park, Coventry, UK

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Monday January 23rd 2017

08:15-09:00Registration
09:00-09:15Welcome Talk
Ken Young, Executive Director, MTC, UK
Richard Leach, University of Nottingham, UK
 09:15-09:45Keynote 1: Development of the UK strategy for additive manufacturing by Phill Dickens (Professor of Manufacturing Technology), The University of Nottingham, UK
09:45-10:15Session 1 Dimensional metrology & NDT – state-of-the-art review
“Dimensional metrology & NDT for additive manufacturing” by Filippo Zanini, University of Padua, IT
10:15-10:45Coffee & networking
10:45-12:15 Session 1 Dimensional metrology & NDT
10:45-11:05“Non-destructive volumetric control of additive manufactured parts: alternatives methods to X-ray tomography” by Anne-Françoise Obaton, Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d’Essais (LNE), FR
11:05-11:25“Geometric shape deformation control for additive manufacturing” by Q. Sean Huang, Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California, US
11:25-11:45“A Renishaw solution-approach to AM part quality” by Michael McClelland, Renishaw, UK
11:45-12:05“A non-contact, information-rich, fast strategy for complex form measurement” by Petros Stavroulakis, Patrick Bointon, Nicholas Southon, Richard Leach, Manufacturing Metrology Team, The University of Nottingham, UK
12:05-12:25‘Simultaneous integrity & dimensional CT inspection’ by Nick Brierley, NDT Team, MTC, UK
12:30-13:30Lunch
13:30-14:00Session 2 Surface metrology – state-of-the-art review

“State-of-the-art in surface metrology for additive manufacturing”, by Nicola Senin, Manufacturing Metrology Team, The University of Nottingham, UK

14:00-15:45 Session 2 Surface Metrology
14:00-14:20“A fresh approach to surface metrology for additive manufacture”, by Adam Thompson, Nicola Senin, Lewis Newton, Carlos Gomez, Richard Leach, Manufacturing Metrology Team, The University of Nottingham, UK
14:20-14:40“Extracting surface topography data of AM parts from computer tomography systems” by Liam Blunt, University of Huddersfield, UK
14:40-15:00
15:00-15:20“Characterization of laser powder-bed fusion processes via in-process and post-process measurements” by John Ziegert, Bin Zhang, Zachary Reese, Angela Davies, Chris Evans, UNCC, US
15:20-15:40“Effects of build angle and processing on surface measurements”, by Evangelos Chatzivagiannis, Bethan Smith, NDT and AM teams, MTC, UK
15:40-16:00“Precision for additive metal manufacturing (PAM^2)” by Ann Witvrouw, KU Leuven, BE
16:00-16:30Coffee & networking
16:30-18:00Tour
18:30-21:00Dinner @ MTC

Tuesday January 24th 2017

08:30-09:00Keynote 2: From powder to part – why AM needs a TQM system from starting material to built component by Nicola Jones, LPW Technology, UK
09:00-09:30Session 3 In-process metrology & NDT – state-of-the-art review
“Technology landscape for in-process NDT for additive manufacturing” by Ben Dutton, NDT team, MTC, UK
09:30-10:00Coffee & networking
 10:00-12:00 Session 3 In-process metrology & NDT
10:00-10:20“Approaches for AM in-process inspection using SRAS and OCT”, by Adam Clare, Advanced Component Engineering Laboratory, The University of Nottingham, UK
10:20-10:40“In-situ monitoring and machine learning” by Iain Todd, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK
10:40-11:00“Process control for wire-arc additive manufacturing” by Stephen T Newman, University of Bath, UK
11:00-11:20“High-speed imaging of the powder-bed and shield gas during metal PBF additive manufacture” by Andrew J. Moore, Heriot-Watt University, UK
11:20-11:40“Spatio-temporal detection of defects is SLM by using in-situ high-speed vision” by Marco Grasso, Bianca M. Colosimo, Politecnico De Milano, IT
11:40-12:00“The integration of a vision based in-process inspection system within the CassaMobile project” by Xiaoxiao Han, Loughborough University, UK
 Commercial Session
12:00-12:05 Alicona
12:05-12:10 Lambda Photometrics
12:10-12:15 Olympus
12:15-12:20 Added Scientific
12:20-12:25 Zeiss
12:25-12:30 Renishaw
12:30-12:35 HiETA Technologies
12:45-13:45Lunch
13:45-14:15Keynote 3 “Standards for AM”
“Standards landscape for additive manufacturing” by Alex Price, BSI, UK
14:15-15:15Session 4: Open forum and discussions
15:15-15:30Coffee & networking
 15:30-17:10 Session 4 Metrology for process control
15:30-15:50‘Quality control of metal powders used in powder bed additive layer manufacturing’ by Jason Dawes, Powder Management team, MTC, UK
15:50-16:10“X-ray tomography for additive manufacturing: from metrology to in situ process control” by Peter D. Lee, Alex C.L. Leung, MXIF, University of Manchester, UK
16:10-16:30“Feedback control and process monitoring of direct laser deposition” by Mark Ward, University of Birmingham, UK
16:30-16:50“Qualification of wire + arc additive manufacture: measurement requirements” by Stewart Williams, Welding Science and Engineering, School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, UK
16:50-17:10“Current challenges for AM volume production” by Desi Bacheva, HiETA Technologies Ltd, UK
 17:10-17:20Closing remarks
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