In-layer Thermal Control of a Multi-layer Selective Laser Melting Process

2021/11/01 by Liao-McPherson, Dominic, Balta, Efe C., Wüest, Ryan +2
#FOS: Electrical engineering #Systems and Control (eess.SY) #electronic engineering #information engineering

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2111.00890

Abstract

Selective Laser Melting (SLM) is an additive manufacturing technology that builds three dimensional parts by melting layers of metal powder together with a laser that traces out a desired geometry. SLM is popular in industry, however the inherent melting and re-solidification of the metal during the process can, if left uncontrolled, cause excessive residual stress, porosity, and other defects in the final printed parts. This paper presents a control-oriented thermal model of a multi-layer SLM process and proposes a structured model reduction methodology with an associated reduced order model based in-layer controller to track temperature references. Simulation studies demonstrate that the controller is able to prevent layer-to-layer heat buildup and that good closed-loop performance is possible using relatively low-order models.

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