Does Euler replace CT?

Not where a part has to be CT scanned. Euler finds many of the defects CT finds, and it finds them while the build prints, so a bad build is known before it reaches CT. Critical parts in some sectors will still need CT; with Euler, that time goes to the parts that need it.

Do we have to re-qualify our process?

No. Euler only reads the images your printer already saves. It does not control the machine or change any process parameter.

What does Euler detect?

Eight defect types: obstruction, warpage, pinning, spatter, smoke, streaking, hopping and holes. Each is marked on the image of the layer where it appears. Euler does not measure temperature, the melt pool or porosity directly, but the defects and trends it sees correlate strongly with anomalies in them.

How long does it take to set up?

Euler Connect installs in about five minutes on any machine with access to the layer images. There are no sensors to fit.

Energy

Catch a bad build while it runs, not at CT

Impellers, burner tips, turbine components and heat exchangers are large parts and long builds. Euler checks every layer image your printer already takes and alerts your team while there is still time to stop the build.

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A compressor impeller with its witness coupons in 3D, with a band of defects glowing on the blades

Compressor impeller CI-180

NXG 600E - 316L · 1,262 layers

316L

Critical

Critical incident in progress

A critical defect has been detected, beginning on layer 1,240. Please review the layer images and either acknowledge or dismiss the alert.

On a long build

What changes on a long build

Today: A build that goes wrong on the second night is found when it finishes, or at CT.

With Euler: The alert reaches whoever is on call, at the layer the defect begins.

Today: Stopping a build is a judgment call made from a look through the machine window.

With Euler: The decision is made on the layer images, and recorded with the print.

Today: When a part is questioned later, nobody can say what happened on that layer.

With Euler: The layer record goes with the part.

The decision

Stop at the alert, or find it at CT

The further a build has run, the more machine time and powder go with it when it fails. Euler raises the alert while the build is still running, at the layer the defect began. What is left to decide is whether to stop.

Run on to layer 3,200

One alert, two ways the build ends.

Stopped at the alert, the plate is free for the next build and the part never reaches CT. Run on, the defect is still there when it does. CT then goes to the parts that need it.

The record

The layer record goes with the part

Every finished build has its report: layer profile, defect graphs, heatmaps, alerts and responses on one page. When a part is questioned later, open the print and see the layer where it began.

Customers

What customers say, and what was measured

“I chose to work with Euler because of the simplicity. With the Euler platform we can drastically lower inspection time. It’s easy, quick, plug-and-play, and immediately brings value.”

Rob van Loon

Manager, Additive Manufacturing, KMWE

White paper21 minof warning before a warping part hit the recoater, in the paper’s example build.That is 24 layers of notice: enough to pause the build before the collision.Read the white paper

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