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Measurements of Melt Pool Geometry and Cooling Rates of Individual Laser Traces on IN625 Bare Plates

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The complex physical nature of the laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) process warrants use of multiphysics computational simulations to predict or design optimal operating parameters or resultant part qualities such as microstructure or defect concentration. Many of these simulations rely on tuning based on characteristics of the laser-induced melt pool, such as the melt pool geometry (length, width, and depth). Additionally, many of numerous interacting variables that make the LPBF process so complex can be reduced and controlled by performing simple, single-track experiments on bare (no powder) substrates, yet still produce important and applicable physical results. The 2018 Additive Manufacturing Benchmark (AM Bench) tests and measurements were designed for this application. This paper describes the experiment design for the tests conducted using LPBF on bare metal surfaces, and the measurement results for the melt pool geometry and melt pool cooling rate performed on two LPBF systems. Several factors, such as accurate laser spot size, were determined after the 2018 AM Bench conference, with results of those additional tests reported here.

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  1. Certain commercial equipment, instruments, or materials are identified in this paper in order to specify the experimental procedure adequately. Such identification is not intended to imply recommendation or endorsement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, nor is it intended to imply that the materials or equipment identified are necessarily the best available for the purpose.

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  1. Engineering Laboratory, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

    Brandon Lane, Jarred Heigel, Jordan Weaver & Thien Phan

  2. Physical Measurement Laboratory, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

    Ivan Zhirnov, Vladimir Khromschenko & Sergey Mekhontsev

  3. Materials Measurement Laboratory, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

    Richard Ricker, Mark Stoudt & Lyle Levine

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Lane, B., Heigel, J., Ricker, R. et al. Measurements of Melt Pool Geometry and Cooling Rates of Individual Laser Traces on IN625 Bare Plates. Integr Mater Manuf Innov 9, 16–30 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40192-020-00169-1

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