... comparison of the AM process with other manufacturing methods, utilizing a multi-criteria decision-making approach to determine the most favorable method for the component. This study also includes the manufacturing of the component and an evolution of the quality control results to ascertain the component’s...

... 18 11 2024 01 03 2025 10 04 2025 © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Additive manufacturing Image processing In-Situ monitoring Real-time error correction Quality control Additive manufacturing (AM...

... Source: Table courtesy of Mahesh et al. (2004) Additive manufacturing Design for additive manufacturing Multi-criteria decision-making Selection of AM technique Quality control Full factorial design With the need for generating novel designs which are difficult...

..., the near-optimal process plan needs to be translated into machine code (e.g. STEP-NC). (QA: A6) Validate process stability: validate the status of the process, as well as the thermal characteristics of the melt pools and the layers. For quality control, unwanted phenomena (e.g. balling effect...

... of defects hinder the broad adaption of AM procedures. These factors arouse concerns regarding the quality of the products produced with AM and the utilization of quality control (QC) techniques constitutes a must to further support this emerging technology. This paper aims to assist researchers to obtain...

... that micro-CT is an effective method of identifying both porosity and additive agglomeration within printed parts, meaning it can be used for quality control of micro-composites and to validate the homogeneity of the polymer/additive mixture prior to printing. Originality/value This is believed...

... of assessing the shape accuracy of straight through holes is relatively cheap, is widely available and can be applied to the features of other shapes produced by three-dimensional printing. Quality control Direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) technology Empirical models Image processing software Small...

.... Ketai He can be contacted at: heketai@ustb.edu.cn 02 05 2019 23 07 2019 02 09 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Quality control Additive manufacturing Support vector machine (SVM) Fused deposition modelling...

...-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Quality control Additive manufacturing Scanning electron microscopy Electron beam melting Porosity Optical...

.... This paper is organized as follows. Section 2 starts by conducting a comprehensive review of the literature studies on progress of quality control, issues and challenges regarding quality improvement in seven different AM techniques. Next, Section 3 provides classification of the research findings...

...Hsin-Chieh Wu; Tin-Chih Toly Chen Purpose This study aims to investigate issues of quality and quality control (QC) in three-dimensional (3D) printing by reviewing past work and current practices. Possible future developments are also discussed. Design/methodology/approach After a discussion...

... Grazia Violante can be contacted at: mariagrazia.violante@polito.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Rapid prototypes Lasers Sintering Quality control The use of advanced and quick inspection technologies for quality control in all stages of a product development...