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Additive Manufacturing
United States
The objective of the AMNOW Metals Challenge was to evaluate the repeatability and predictability of the Laser Powder Bed Fusion process and therefore maximize the insights from the rich AM build and post-processing data produced during the AMNOW program. The challenge participants were asked to apply artificial intelligence and data analytics to the data set, correlating material and process input data to material property data. The associated AM digital thread data analyzed during the challenge included thirty-nine (39) 316L AM builds, across four (4) machine models, six (6) machines, three (3) suppliers, two (2) heat treatments, and over eight hundred (800) test coupons.