Direct Metal Laser Sintering Temperature Mapping

The project required the team to create a computational way to analyze efficiently the data generated by the build process of Honeywell’s direct metal laser sintering additive manufacturing unit, which uses an EOSINT M80 3-D printer. The temperature of the material being sintered, and the rate at which the temperature changes, must be verified during printer operation. The high-powered laser used in the sintering process causes a major change in the temperature of each layer of the build. Printer data input to the software enables users to characterize the build in terms of heating and cooling rates, and peak temperature of material. The software notifies the user that analysis is complete and provides numerical and graphical data output for review and storage.