Pool Tracker
This is an early prototype for detecting the area where metal is melted in a 3D printer.
Software inputs:
Videos of metal 3D printing such as direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), selective laser melting (SLM), etc
Software outputs:
- area of melt pool
- mean intensity (brightness) of melt pool
- radius of melt pool
Melt pool dynamics chosen from:
Clijsters, Stijn, et al. "In situ quality control of the selective laser melting process using a high-speed, real-time melt pool monitoring system." The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 75.5-8 (2014): 1089-1101. - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00170-014-6214-8
Another good paper for more info:
Everton, Sarah K., et al. "Review of in-situ process monitoring and in-situ metrology for metal additive manufacturing." Materials & Design 95 (2016): 431-445. - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127516300995
The software was developed at Meshflow Limited (Company No. 12027794) and was released under the MIT Licence on 15 June 2020.
A maintained fork of the software can be found at https://github.com/dnstanciu/pool-tracker-pro.