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Applying nondestructive testing to quality control of additive manufactured parts

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Possibilities, application domains, advantages, and limitations are considered for currently used physical methods of nondestructive testing of additive manufactured parts. The methods are classified according to the physical principle of operation.

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    N. P. Aleshin, M. V. Grigor’ev, N. A. Shchipakov, M. A. Prilutskii & V. V. Murashov

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Original Russian Text © N.P. Aleshin, M.V. Grigor’ev, N.A. Shchipakov, M.A. Prilutskii, V.V. Murashov, 2016, published in Defektoskopiya, 2016, No. 10, pp. 63–75.

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Aleshin, N.P., Grigor’ev, M.V., Shchipakov, N.A. et al. Applying nondestructive testing to quality control of additive manufactured parts. Russ J Nondestruct Test 52, 600–609 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061830916100028

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