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Researchers propose methods for additive manufacturing quality control

2021-06-17
(Press-News.org) Additive manufacturing offers an unprecedented level of design flexibility and expanded functionality, but the quality and process can drastically differ across production machines, according to Hui Yang, a professor of industrial engineering at Penn State. With applications in aerospace, health care and automotive industries with potential for mass customization, additive manufacturing needs quality management.

To address this concern, Yang and a team of researchers from Penn State, University of Nebraska--Lincoln and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposed the design, development and implementation of a new data-driven methodology for quality control in additive manufacturing. They published their work in the Proceedings of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

"Like an ecosystem, we have people working in isolated efforts in different areas of additive manufacturing, and systems engineers can help connect the dots to provide a framework for quality management," Yang said. "Quality is indispensable, and if we design a system-level framework of quality management from the start, then we have higher quality and better productivity at less cost. Ultimately, everyone wants to do high-precision, high-end manufacturing, but if quality suffers at any step during production, you lose the competitive advantage needed for the global market. Leveraging data to control and ensure high quality products helps keep that advantage."

The team worked together to analyze various academic papers to deduce a six sigma framework of quality control for additive manufacturing, which lead to their proposed systems engineering approach.

The method hinges on six sigma, a popular approach that uses data-driven tactics to eliminate defects, drive profits and improve quality of products. Through their detailed analysis, the team suggested that this five-step approach of defining, measuring, analyzing, improving and controlling can further the quality management when applied to additive manufacturing.

"Via the research we analyzed, we identified the critical challenges of additive manufacturing and where quality standards are lacking," Yang said. "For each step in the process, you need to identify the sticking points, which is where methods such as machine learning can come into play and help show an engineer or designer how to control the process to avoid defects."

Tim Simpson, Paul Morrow Professor in Engineering Design and Manufacturing and professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State, explained that such defects can become massive liabilities when considered in the context of mass-produced products.

"If your goal is to use additive manufacturing to make parts for a car or a plane, then that part better not fail," Simpson said.

He also noted the cost of failed parts can add up -- a failed metal build, he said, could "easily cost 10 to 20 thousand dollars and require multiple iterations along the way."

By looking for the quality gaps in the standards for mass-produced parts, Simpson said their proposed methodology is critical to ensure quality production with additive manufacturing for both high volume and custom products.

"Quality control processes and methods are established for mass production, where you make hundreds to millions of things," Simpson said. "Additive manufacturing enables customization, and the current quality control methods and accepted practices do not readily apply when you are only making one or a few of an item. We have to think differently to ensure highly quality parts."

Soundar Kumara, Allen E. Pearce and Allen M. Pearce Professor of Industrial Engineering at Penn State, noted that their review represents the state-of-the-art additive manufacturing technologies and can help researchers by providing a comprehensive understanding of the tools and techniques.

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The authors include Yang; Prahalad Rao, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering at the University of Nebraska--Lincoln; Yan Lu, NIST; Paul Witherell, NIST; Abdalla R. Nassar, associate research professor of engineering science and mechanics and mechanical engineering at Penn State; and Edward Reutzel, associate research professor engineering science and mechanics at Penn State.



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