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Spatial Mapping of Mechanical Properties: Utilising PIP Testing in Additive Manufacturing

About this event

This webinar, done in partnership with the University of Limerick, will delve into the insights gained from a comprehensive series of tests on an additively manufactured part.

This webinar will explore the findings of a groundbreaking case study that utilised PIP (Profilometry-Based Indentation Plastometry) testing to detect property variations in additively manufactured parts. Through the examination of maraging steel samples, the study compared the effectiveness of PIP testing with traditional tensile testing in understanding the mechanical properties. The results revealed significant spatial variations in the material's strength related to its distance from the build plate. Utilising PIP testing, the University of Limerick was able to accurately map these variations, providing valuable information for informed design decisions and optimising additive manufacturing processes.

Don't miss this opportunity to discover how PIP testing uncovers hidden insights into property variations, enabling the production of higher quality and consistently reliable additively manufactured parts.

To read the full case study, click here.

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    Kyriakos Kourousis Associate Professor @ University of Limerick

    Dr Kyriakos Kourousis is an Associate Professor and the Director of the postgraduate airworthiness programme offered by the School of Engineering of the University of Limerick. Dr Kourousis has 23 years of professional & research experience in the fields of metal plasticity, metal additive manufacturing and airworthiness. He is a Chartered Engineer, registered with the UK Engineering Council, and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

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    Jimmy Campbell Chief Technology Officer @ Plastometrex

    As Chief Technology Officer I have developed numerical methods for rapid extraction of mechanical properties from indentation data. These are deployed in our method to extract stress-strain curves from an indentation test, which is called Profilometry based Indentation Plastometry (PIP).

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