Additive Manufacturing

Testing Everything from Powder to Finished Parts

Over the past 30 years, additive manufacturing has progressed from simple design prototypes to full-fledged production across all metal alloy types and materials classes.  It is a fundamentally enabling technology that links digital design for performance to advanced materials science.

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Supplying the Source of Truth Data

NSL Analytical is a thought leader in testing for industrial additive manufacturing. From metal powder to metal wire to ceramic powders our services are supplying the source of truth data for feedstock characterization that manufacturers and end users need to introduce additive technologies.  We are also active in supporting standards development and delta qualification for expanded production.

NSL supports Additive Manufacturing in several major efforts:

  • Powder Physical Properties testing
  • Materials Chemistry analysis for Feedstock materials
  • Additively printed part testing and characterization

In the area of materials chemistry analysis we provide services from mass spectroscopy, ICP, Leco, XRF, and XRD testing on the complete range of additive feedstock materials.    

For part testing and characterization, we operate a fully capable metallurgical laboratory with services including metallography, SEM with remote login capability, tensile and charpy testing, and elevated temperature testing capabilities.  

NSL is supporting this with a powder analysis laboratory for techniques such as metal powder bed fusion or directed energy deposition.  

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Metal Powders, Wire, Binders & Other Feedstock Materials

  • Chemical Composition
  • Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES)
  • Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS)
  • Combustion Analysis (Carbon and Sulfur)
  • Inert Gas Fusion Analysis (Oxygen, Nitrogen and Hydrogen)
  • Trace Elemental Analysis
  • Powder Flow
  • Static Flow – Hall Flowmeter (ASTM B213)
  • Static Flow – Carney Flowmeter (ASTM B964)
  • Particle Size and Distribution
  • Laser Diffraction (ISO 13320)
  • Sieve Analysis (ASTM B214)
  • Light Scattering (ASTM B822)
  • Particle Morphology (Optical)
  • BET Surface Area
  • Nitrogen or Krypton Adsorption (ASTM B922)
  • Density
  • Skeletal Density – Helium Pycnometry (ASTM B923)
  • Apparent Density – Hall Flowmeter (ASTM B212)
  • Apparent Density – Carney Flowmeter (ASTM B417)
  • Tapped Density – Graduated Cylinder and Automatic Tapping (ASTM B527)
  • Archimedes Density – Density by water displacement
  • Moisture Analysis
  • Karl Fischer

 

Process Development

  • Chemical Composition
  • Trace Elemental Analysis
  • Powder Recycling/Oxidation Studies
  • Microstructural Evaluations
  • Mechanical Testing
  • Density
  • Powder Recycling/Oxidation Studies
  • Operational and production qualifications
  • Delta Qualification

Quality Assurance for Additive Production

  • Chemical Composition
  • Trace Elemental Analysis
  • Mechanical Testing – Tensile, Hardness, Charpy
  • Elevated Temperature Testing
  • Fracture Toughness Testing
  • Fatigue Testing
  • Density
  • Microstructural Evaluations
  • Witness Coupons

Accreditations & Approvals for Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing

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