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Renishaw part no:

H-5800-3919-01-A

First issued:

April 2019

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Summary of Contents for InfiniAM Spectral

Page 1: ...InfiniAM Spectral User guide H 5800 3919 01 A...

Page 2: ...erved This document may not be copied or reproduced in whole or in part or transferred to any other media or language by any means without the prior written permission of Renishaw The publication of m...

Page 3: ...9 1 Introduction 3 1 9 2 Using multiple layer thicknesses 3 1 9 3 Multi laser only crossing lasers 3 1 9 4 Multi laser only intensity 3 2 Introduction 5 2 1 Scope of supply 5 2 1 1 Standard equipment...

Page 4: ...3 Data storage back up server customer supplied 16 7 Description 17 7 1 Description 17 7 1 1 MeltVIEW 19 7 1 2 LaserVIEW 19 7 1 3 Operating principle 20 8 Commissioning and decommissioning 23 8 1 Comm...

Page 5: ...Orthographic Perspective view button 45 10 3 2 6 Selected volume dropdown 45 10 3 2 7 Sync current volume button 45 10 3 2 8 Interpolated Pixellated button 46 10 3 2 9 Change displayed data region but...

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Page 7: ...r registered trade marks of their respective owners 1 3 Warranty Equipment requiring attention under warranty must be returned to your equipment supplier Unless otherwise specifically agreed in writin...

Page 8: ...s symbol on Renishaw products and or accompanying documentation indicates that the product should not be mixed with general household waste upon disposal It is the responsibility of the end user to di...

Page 9: ...three dimensional voxels are produced from five layers the intermittent layers may not be correctly visualised in three dimensional views 1 9 3 Multi laser only crossing lasers Each MeltVIEW sensor h...

Page 10: ...InfiniAM Spectral Before you begin 4 This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 11: ...process in Renishaw AM systems 4 DataHUB software suite runs on the data collector PC and converts build data into volumes for viewing 5 InfiniAM Spectral software runs on the viewing PC and enables v...

Page 12: ...l Engineers or local governing body IIS Internet Information Services IP Internet Protocol IPA Isopropanol Alcohol ISO International Organisation for Standardisation LED Light Emitting Diode MCB Minia...

Page 13: ...aution is to tell the end user that there is a possibility of damage to the equipment if the described course of action is not followed A Caution will be in sentence case bold text 2 3 3 Note An examp...

Page 14: ...o refer to the following documents for additional information about other aspects of the InfiniAM Spectral system and Renishaw AM system Installation guide for the applicable Renishaw AM system User g...

Page 15: ...f manufacture Details of the your Renishaw AM system can be found on the serial plate on the rear of the AM system Details of the MeltVIEW module can be found on the serial plate which is visible when...

Page 16: ...InfiniAM Spectral 10 Spare parts This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 17: ...ion PC revision 4 InfiniAM Spectral hardware MeltVIEW module serial number 5 InfiniAM Spectral software version number 6 DataHUB software version number Please quote the details above Details of the A...

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Page 19: ...ATED WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT WARNING ENSURE THAT A BLANKING PLATE OR THE MELTVIEW HARDWARE MODULE IS FITTED TO THE LASER APERTURE BEFORE TURNING ON THE AM SYSTEM LASER WARNING THE MELTVIEW HARDWARE MODUL...

Page 20: ...he MeltVIEW module They are as follows Class 4 Custom laser specific label positioned on the MeltVIEW module below the cable connection Figure 1 Electrical warning label positioned on the MeltVIEW mod...

Page 21: ...he Renishaw AM system Spectrum monitoring range 700 nm to 1700 nm AM emissions monitored Plasma 700 nm to 1040 nm Melt pool 1090 nm to 1700 nm Laser 1050 nm to 1080 nm Optical configuration Co axial i...

Page 22: ...2 GB DDR4 Solid state drive Minimum N A Recommended 4 TB Hard disk drive 10 TB Ethernet 1 10 Gigabit Ethernet port 6 2 2 InfiniAM Spectral viewing PC specification customer supplied Processor Intel i7...

Page 23: ...ata collector PC has been set up and all system hardware and software has been commissioned and tested by a Renishaw Service engineer Renishaw has developed the InfiniAM Spectral system Figures 3 and...

Page 24: ...t enables the user to visually inspect data from the LaserVIEW and MeltVIEW hardware via volume files produced by DataHUB The data can be inspected either as a 3D representation at a resolution of 240...

Page 25: ...ht Emissions from both plasma and the melt pool are in the near infrared spectrum High optical magnification in a compact form factor ensures the field of view of the system is sufficiently small A ma...

Page 26: ...metal powder results in a melt pool 18 and plasma 17 Plasma and melt pool both emit in the near infrared spectrum 700 nm to 1700 nm Radiation is emitted in all directions with a small proportion propa...

Page 27: ...ussing lens 7 Mirror 8 Mirror 9 Collimation lens 10 LaserVIEW system photodiode 11 Fixed mirror 12 Dynamic focussing lens 13 Sparks 14 Powder bed 15 Droplets of molten material 16 Optical window 17 Pl...

Page 28: ...Cs 1 Single or multiple Renishaw AM systems FTP data via a 1 Gigabit or 10 Gigabit Ethernet connection 2 1 Gigabit or 10 Gigabit Ethernet connection supporting single or multiple Renishaw AM systems 3...

Page 29: ...IGN TO INDICATE THAT THE SYSTEM IS ISOLATED CARRY OUT SAFE ISOLATION PROCEDURE CHECKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH IEE STANDARDS 8 2 Decommissioning The InfiniAM Spectral system will be decommissioned by a Reni...

Page 30: ...InfiniAM Spectral 24 Commissioning and decommissioning This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 31: ...ro P4000 or better RAM memory 32 GB DDR4 Solid state drive SSD Minimum N A Recommended 4 TB Hard disk drive 10 TB Ethernet 1 10 Gigabit Ethernet port Yes 1 3 Is an InfiniAM Spectral viewing PC availab...

Page 32: ...the data collector PC does not meet this specification Note The data collector PC does not need to be a desktop machine with a monitor it can be accessed through remote desktop connection if needed 9...

Page 33: ...is progressing or after a build has been completed Note A single data collector PC can accommodate up to six AM systems on either a 1 Gigabit or 10 Gigabit Ethernet Volume files can then be loaded int...

Page 34: ...build runs The name of the folder will contain the mtt filename as well as the time the build was started Use this folder as the Build data folder Output volume folder this is the folder where the cr...

Page 35: ...small portion of the build area then it is worth adjusting these to match the build area as the smaller the build area the smaller the resulting volumes Z start and end positions the Z start position...

Page 36: ...igure 8 Beam dump LaserVIEW photodiode monitors the performance of the laser MeltVIEW plasma photodiode PD1 and MeltVIEW melt pool photodiode PD2 monitor signals from the melting process over differen...

Page 37: ...tion using the settings provided Once volume creation has been triggered it is possible either to close the application or set up volume creation for another build Note DataHUB Generator does not prov...

Page 38: ...ted using Renishaw licence manager and restart the PC 10 2 3 DataHUB Monitor DataHUB Monitor Figure 10 shows the progress of volume creation for each build that has been set up using the DataHUB Gener...

Page 39: ...ce that it should stop adding data to the volumes for that build immediately regardless of how much unprocessed data is available This is useful if an error has been made in setting up volume generati...

Page 40: ...el and voxel values are calculated using the maximum photodiode signal that falls within the area volume they encompass These volumes are useful for seeing overall trends in the build and highlighting...

Page 41: ...Spectral software simultaneously 1 Open the InfiniAM Spectral software 2 From the Home page select the New button Figure 11 3 The Select volumes page is displayed To select the volume to be viewed se...

Page 42: ...yed in the Volume Description box Figure 13 To ease later identification it is possible to add a short descriptive alias If this is not added the file path of the volume will be added automatically to...

Page 43: ...the volumes in the main viewing mode 10 3 1 InfiniAM Spectral basic navigation controls Use the following mouse controls for navigating around a volume file 1 Pan select and drag using the right mouse...

Page 44: ...displayed data button Section 10 3 2 3 4 Compare volumes button Section 10 3 2 4 5 Orthographic Perspective view button Section 10 3 2 5 6 Selected volume dropdown Section 10 3 2 6 7 Sync current volu...

Page 45: ...e 17 this opens the Load volumes dialog and enables further volumes to be loaded Figure 12 Existing volumes can also be removed 10 3 2 3 Control displayed data button 3 Control displayed data button F...

Page 46: ...sing data according to personal preference This colour scheme will be used for both the histogram and 2D 3D data display The rainbow palette is useful for inspecting data in 2D that has several distin...

Page 47: ...is being run with a dual monitor set up 10 3 2 4 Compare volumes button 4 Compare volumes button Figure 22 selecting the Compare volumes button opens a new screen which displays three views of the bu...

Page 48: ...d Compared layers The data in the comparison view is calculated by subtracting the pixel values in the compared layer from those in the reference layer This means that pixels shaded towards red have a...

Page 49: ...increment buttons or typing the required layer number into the Layer text box The height of that layer in the build is displayed in the Position box Figure 23 Selecting Sync layer locks the difference...

Page 50: ...e currently selected data ranges from each histogram are both displayed on the plot on the right side of the screen This plot updates dynamically as the palette sliders are adjusted The aim is to adju...

Page 51: ...dropdown Figure 29 this displays the alias of the currently displayed volume If no alias was provided it displays the name and location of the volume file currently displayed Use the dropdown to sele...

Page 52: ...on button 9 Change displayed data region button Figure 32 this function is useful for initial inspection of a build as it enables areas of particularly high or low signal to be easily highlighted The...

Page 53: ...2D mode only the selected data region is displayed 10 3 2 10 Close window button 10 Close window button Figure 34 selecting this closes the window and exits InfiniAM Spectral Figure 34 Close window b...

Page 54: ...plane views enable the volume data to be inspected in all dimensions in both 2D and 3D The X and Y cut plane views display data at a resolution of 240 m 0 009 in whether in 2D or 3D mode The Z cut pla...

Page 55: ...2 Show Hide in multiplanar view Figure 38 3 Flip cut plane Figure 39 4 Toggle 2D 3D Figure 40 5 Reset camera Figure 41 6 Screenshot Figure 42 7 Maximise Minimise view Figure 43 8 Cursor position Figur...

Page 56: ...he volume in front of or behind the cut plane is displayed It also flips which side of the cut plane data is shown in the multiplanar view 4 Toggle 2D 3D button Figure 40 selecting this enables a 2D o...

Page 57: ...t If the active pane is maximised the view saved will be of the maximised pane 7 Maximise Minimise view button Figure 43 This toggles whether the view occupies a quarter of the screen minimised or the...

Page 58: ...views there are two and two buttons to make small and large increments and decrements to the cut plane position Figure 46 In the X Y and Z cut plane views there is a slider that can be dragged to mak...

Page 59: ...Reset camera Figure 51 3 Screenshot Figure 52 4 Toggle build plate Figure 53 5 Maximise Minimise view Figure 54 Note The multiplanar view shows the current position of the X Y and Z cut planes and is...

Page 60: ...Reset camera button Figure 51 this resets the camera to the default viewing position 3 Screenshot button Figure 52 selecting this opens the Save screenshot dialog This enables capturing of a screensho...

Page 61: ...55 Operation 5 Maximise Minimise button Figure 54 this toggles whether the view occupies a quarter of the screen minimised or the whole screen maximised Figure 54 Maximise Minimise button...

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Page 63: ...nd what is happening with the progress of volume generation If volume generation hangs or something goes wrong and causes the service to crash then go to the Windows start menu and open Services Scrol...

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Page 65: ...CARRIED OUT ISOLATE AT THE MAINS POWER SUPPLY BY MOVING THE MAIN SWITCH TO THE 0 OR OFF POSITION AND LOCK IT OFF WITH A PERSONAL PADLOCK ATTACH A VISIBLE WARNING SIGN TO INDICATE THAT THE SYSTEM IS IS...

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