IMTS 2018 Conference: Process Monitoring and Control in Metal 3D Printing: How to Tame the Tiger

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About the topic

Selective laser melting (SLM) of engineering metals is currently being evaluated as a manufacturing process by many leading engineering organizations, and is moving into production applications at an increasing pace. When used for prototyping, the quality of the metal parts produced is of lesser importance, and material defects or inconsistencies can be largely tolerated or ignored. When used for manufacturing end-use metal components, the consistency, repeatability, reproducibility, and reliability of the components produced by SLM are of significant importance. This presentation will highlight recent developments in laser power monitoring and melt pool monitoring, and describe how these developments can be used to monitor and document production processes for transparency and repeatability. 

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Meet your presenter 

Richard Grylls was educated in England, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science from The University of Oxford and a Ph.D. in Metallurgy from The University of Birmingham. In 1996, he moved to the U.S. and joined The Ohio State University as a post-doctoral researcher, working on a variety of high-temperature materials development programs. While at Ohio State, Grylls became the first user of the newly-commercialized Optomec LENS metal 3D printer.

In 1998 Richard joined GE Aviation in the turbine airfoil materials development group, responsible for single-crystal nickel-base superalloy development, as well as materials development for airfoil repair. He led a multidisciplinary team developing next-generation turbine engine alloys and coating systems. 

In 2001, Grylls joined Optomec to lead materials and process development and application for the LENS metal 3D Printing technology. In 2015, he joined SLM Solutions North America as their technical director. In this role, Grylls is responsible for technical leadership for the SLM Solutions metal 3D printers in the U.S.

Grylls leads the Directed Energy Deposition task group of the ASTM F42 committee, which develops standards for the metal additive manufacturing industry. He is co-inventor on 22 U.S. patents and three European patents and has co-authored 23 technical papers. He lives in Ohio and is married with five children.