Interspectral expands AM Explorer suite with MONITOR, DETECT, QUALIFY

Interspectral, a SaaS provider, based in Norrköping, Sweden, has announced the expansion of its software suite to three main products: AM Explorer MONITOR, AM Explorer DETECT and AM Explorer QUALIFY. Users are able to adopt either one product or the full suite into their current workflow.

“Together, these products form what we believe is the most comprehensive solution for process monitoring and quality control on the market, supporting demanding end users across a wide range of applications – from in-situ monitoring and automated anomaly detection to advanced root cause analysis – all within a single suite,” stated Thomas Rydell, Product Manager, Interspectral.

AM Explorer works with most machines on the market. At Formnext, the company is demonstrating use cases from AddUp, Freemelt, Colibrium Additive, EOS, IRPD, Nikon SLM Solutions, Renishaw, Trumpf, and Velo3D, amongst others.

In a post on LinkedIn, Rydell detailed examples of each product during the production of a propellant tank developed by space defence company Dark and service provider MMB VOLUM-e, Blangy-sur-Bresle, France, produced on an EOS M400-4 Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB) Additive Manufacturing machine.

AM Explorer MONITOR

AM Explorer MONITOR collects, analyses, and stores all data available from the connected machine. Live data is presented in an interactive, device-agnostic dashboard. Once the build is complete, all data is summarised and delivered to the user.

MONITOR is also intended to seamlessly integrate with a customer’s IT environment. With a REST API and industry‑standard protocols such as MQTT, users can connect MONITOR to existing platforms including production dashboards, MES, and data storage solutions.

In the exemplified use case by MMB VOLUM-e, MONITOR connected to the EOS M400-4 machine via EOSCONNECT and gathered metadata, events and logs, powder bed images, Optical Tomography data (including laser correction data from Smart Fusion), KPVs, reports, and more.

The data was used to develop a digital twin, each layer of which was analysed via GPU-accelerated machine learning. If KPVs fall outside of the limits defined, the machine will issue a warning; if an error is detected on the powder bed, the user receives a notification.

AM Explorer DETECT

AM Explorer DETECT is Interspectral’s modular, AI‑powered product for anomaly detection. DETECT employs a suite of advanced machine learning and image analysis techniques to detect, locate, classify, and characterise anomalies in image‑based data such as powder bed images and OT.

DETECT works with AM Explorer MONITOR for in‑situ workflows and AM Explorer QUALIFY for offline workflows. It is GPU‑accelerated and capable of handling high‑resolution images quickly in effort to ensure problems are detected in a timely fashion.

DETECT is available as an off‑the‑shelf product, typically trained and optimised for a specific machine type, requiring no training or data sharing. Interspectral also offers customisation of DETECT modules, where customers can collaborate with the company to develop a model tailored to their machine, sensor, or specific application.

AM Explorer QUALIFY

In AM Explorer QUALIFY, users can perform in‑depth analysis using visualisation and data fusion capabilities. To build a digital twin, data from every step of the process is combined, including:

• Pre‑build data: Simulations, design files, scan paths, etc
• Process monitoring data: Powder bed images, KPVs, Optical Tomography, melt pool monitoring, depth sensors, eddy current, etc
• Post‑build analysis: CT scans, laser metrology, etc

This approach is intended to offer users the complete picture of a build, enabling a variety of use cases, from quick QA reviews or a detailed root cause analyses.

Interspectral’s offerings can be viewed at Formnext in Hall 11.1, booth B38.

www.interspectral.com