Journal
MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6501/aa7ce2
Keywords
surface metrology; 3D topographic features; additive manufacturing; metal powder-bed fusion
Funding
- EPSRC [EP/M008983/1, EP/L01534X/1]
- 3TRPD Ltd.
- EC [FP7-PEOPLE-MC 624770 METROSURF]
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/M008983/1, 1507342] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/M008983/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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The challenges of measuring the surface topography of metallic surfaces produced by additive manufacturing are investigated. The differences between measurements made using various optical and non-optical technologies, including confocal and focus-variation microscopy, coherence scanning interferometry and x-ray computed tomography, are examined. As opposed to concentrating on differences which may arise through computing surface texture parameters from measured topography datasets, a comparative analysis is performed focussing on investigation of the quality of the topographic reconstruction of a series of surface features. The investigation is carried out by considering the typical surface features of a metal powder-bed fusion process: weld tracks, weld ripples, attached particles and surface recesses. Results show that no single measurement technology provides a completely reliable rendition of the topographic features that characterise the metal powder-bed fusion process. However, through analysis of measurement discrepancies, light can be shed on where instruments are more susceptible to error, and why differences between measurements occur. The results presented in this work increase the understanding of the behaviour and performance of areal topography measurement, and thus promote the development of improved surface characterisation pipelines.
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