Multimodal sensor fusion for real-time location-dependent defect detection in laser-directed energy deposition

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Hauptverfasser: Chen, Lequn, Yao, Xiling, Feng, Wenhe, Chew, Youxiang, Moon, Seung Ki
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author Chen, Lequn
Yao, Xiling
Feng, Wenhe
Chew, Youxiang
Moon, Seung Ki
author_facet Chen, Lequn
Yao, Xiling
Feng, Wenhe
Chew, Youxiang
Moon, Seung Ki
contents Real-time defect detection is crucial in laser-directed energy deposition (L-DED) additive manufacturing (AM). Traditional in-situ monitoring approach utilizes a single sensor (i.e., acoustic, visual, or thermal sensor) to capture the complex process dynamic behaviors, which is insufficient for defect detection with high accuracy and robustness. This paper proposes a novel multimodal sensor fusion method for real-time location-dependent defect detection in the robotic L-DED process. The multimodal fusion sources include a microphone sensor capturing the laser-material interaction sound and a visible spectrum CCD camera capturing the coaxial melt pool images. A hybrid convolutional neural network (CNN) is proposed to fuse acoustic and visual data. The key novelty in this study is that the traditional manual feature extraction procedures are no longer required, and the raw melt pool images and acoustic signals are fused directly by the hybrid CNN model, which achieved the highest defect prediction accuracy (98.5 %) without the thermal sensing modality. Moreover, unlike previous region-based quality prediction, the proposed hybrid CNN can detect the onset of defect occurrences. The defect prediction outcomes are synchronized and registered with in-situ acquired robot tool-center-point (TCP) data, which enables localized defect identification. The proposed multimodal sensor fusion method offers a robust solution for in-situ defect detection.
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spellingShingle Multimodal sensor fusion for real-time location-dependent defect detection in laser-directed energy deposition
Chen, Lequn
Yao, Xiling
Feng, Wenhe
Chew, Youxiang
Moon, Seung Ki
Image and Video Processing
Audio and Speech Processing
Signal Processing
Real-time defect detection is crucial in laser-directed energy deposition (L-DED) additive manufacturing (AM). Traditional in-situ monitoring approach utilizes a single sensor (i.e., acoustic, visual, or thermal sensor) to capture the complex process dynamic behaviors, which is insufficient for defect detection with high accuracy and robustness. This paper proposes a novel multimodal sensor fusion method for real-time location-dependent defect detection in the robotic L-DED process. The multimodal fusion sources include a microphone sensor capturing the laser-material interaction sound and a visible spectrum CCD camera capturing the coaxial melt pool images. A hybrid convolutional neural network (CNN) is proposed to fuse acoustic and visual data. The key novelty in this study is that the traditional manual feature extraction procedures are no longer required, and the raw melt pool images and acoustic signals are fused directly by the hybrid CNN model, which achieved the highest defect prediction accuracy (98.5 %) without the thermal sensing modality. Moreover, unlike previous region-based quality prediction, the proposed hybrid CNN can detect the onset of defect occurrences. The defect prediction outcomes are synchronized and registered with in-situ acquired robot tool-center-point (TCP) data, which enables localized defect identification. The proposed multimodal sensor fusion method offers a robust solution for in-situ defect detection.
title Multimodal sensor fusion for real-time location-dependent defect detection in laser-directed energy deposition
topic Image and Video Processing
Audio and Speech Processing
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.13596