CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Advanced Search
Home > Proceedings > Volume 10842 > Article
Paper
6 February 2019 An experimental platform for rapid melting and solidification of metal materials in space
Qi Zhang, Liang Yang, Honglin Ma, Jie Yang, Hongzhong Cao, Xueping Ding, Guoyu Wang, Shuqian Fan, Xuanming Duan
Author Affiliations +
Proceedings Volume 10842, 9th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies: Subdiffraction-limited Plasmonic Lithography and Innovative Manufacturing Technology; 1084206 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2505190
Event: Ninth International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies (AOMATT2018), 2018, Chengdu, China
Abstract
Additive manufacturing of metal parts in space is one of the potential means to realize on-orbit maintenance of aircraft. However, the basic phenomena such as the rapid melting and solidification behavior of metallic materials under the action of high-energy beams in space are unclear. It is necessary to observe those phenomena and reveal basic laws through space experiments. Therefore, an experimental platform for rapid melting and solidification of metal materials is developed. There are two parts included in this platform. A detailed design of the manufacturing system in space is described at first while the in lab experimental system on the ground is introduced also. In order to simulate the vacuum environment in space, a vacuum chamber is used to contain the core unit of the experimental system. Laser is used to melt a metal wire during the experiment while a positioning stage is adopted to shape the melted wire. The melting and solidification process is controlled automatically while it is monitored by a machine vision system at the same time.
© (2019) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Citation Download Citation
Qi Zhang, Liang Yang, Honglin Ma, Jie Yang, Hongzhong Cao, Xueping Ding, Guoyu Wang, Shuqian Fan, and Xuanming Duan "An experimental platform for rapid melting and solidification of metal materials in space", Proc. SPIE 10842, 9th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies: Subdiffraction-limited Plasmonic Lithography and Innovative Manufacturing Technology, 1084206 (6 February 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2505190
ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE
ORGANIZATIONAL
Sign in with credentials provided by your organization.
INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.
SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION
PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.
PERSONAL SIGN IN
No SPIE Account? Create one
PURCHASE THIS CONTENT
SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY
50 downloads per 1-year subscription
Members: $195
Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART
25 downloads per 1 - year subscription
Members: $145
Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART
PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE
Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available
Members: $17.00
Non-members: $21.00 ADD TO CART
PROCEEDINGS
 6 PAGES
DOWNLOAD PAPER SAVE TO MY LIBRARY
GET CITATION
Advertisement
Advertisement
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission  Get copyright permission on Copyright Marketplace
KEYWORDS
Metals
Solids
Additive manufacturing
Aerospace engineering
RELATED CONTENT
Subscribe to Digital Library
Receive Erratum Email Alert
Back to Top