Modern advanced manufacturing technologies have the potential to revolutionize the way we fabricate components in the future. However, to be widely adopted by industry, adjustments to current industry methodologies and standards for part certification and qualification are needed to capture the increased complexity surrounding those manufacturing processes. Toward this goal, there is a growing research focus on developing new methodologies for certification and qualification that synthesize modeling and simulation, in-situ monitoring, and ex-situ characterization. In this context, thermal imaging has an important role to play as it can provide direct measurements of the manufactured components or of the machine itself. In this presentation, we will illustrate how thermal imaging is used to advance the field of advanced manufacturing by providing a series of examples on additive and hybrid manufacturing systems from the ORNL Manufacturing Demonstration Facility.
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