For many years Optomec has offered real time process monitoring to control the size of the melt pool in its stand-alone LENS metal 3D printers and is now making this same technology available in its LENS print engine for integration with CNC mills, lathes, robots, laser cutters and welding systems.
SmartAM technology consists of special focusing optics and a melt pool sensor that are housed within the modular LENS print engine deposition head. The sensor monitors the build process while control software automatically adjusts laser power to keep the melt pool area constant.
