The Benefits of Industrial CT Scanning In Additive Manufacturing
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- 1. The Benefits of Industrial CT Scanning In Additive
Manufacturing
- 2. With reverse engineering, Industrial CT is able to capture
external and internal part geometry for 3D printing and laser
sintering applications. For additive manufacturing applications the
dataset is typically translated to a point cloud/polygon based file
in formats such as STL, WRL, TXT, PLY, and OBJ. With the point
cloud file you can either go directly to printing or bring it into
your CAD suite and perform modifications to the dataset prior to
printing. Note: All data is exported is only on one level as the
conversion process from RAW to point cloud format, the density gray
scale values are lost. Reverse Engineering in Additive
Manufacturing
- 3. Geometry in a limited production part is occasionally
required to be validated for an integral part of an assembly. By
identifying wall thickness issues ahead of time in the first
printed part, the design or the additive manufacturing process can
be modified to ensure the limited production run is meeting the
intended design parameters. Internal Inspection in Additive
Manufacturing
- 4. The second benefit for internal inspection is to quickly
validate the part to the CAD model for internal and external
deviations from the design. For customers requiring this piece of
mind validation on their newly manufactured part, Industrial CT is
the only non-destructive method for validating the internal
geometry in 3D to the CAD model. As a further benefit, GD&T
part print points and first article inspection (FAI) reports can
also be generated without destroying the part.
- 5. The remaining benefit for the industry is to identify
cracks, knit lines, and porosity between the intersection of resins
on multi material printers. Identifying these areas ahead of time
allows for adjustment to machine parameters prior to the first
saleable run.
- 6. JP Gignac, Account Executive JG&A Metrology Center
519-962-5300 Ext 301 JPG@JGarantmc.com www.JGarantmc.com
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