I-Form’s Process Development research focuses on capturing multi-sensor data from manufacturing to enable new insights on the influence of processing variables and materials properties on end-product characteristics. Our researchers are focussed on topics that are fundamental to ‘right first time’ manufacturing, which is critical to reducing production costs, increasing reliability and improving performance.

Using Additive Manufacturing as a demonstrator technology, we are deploying and validating new in-situ process monitoring techniques, which when combined with final part inspection/characterisation data, will result in a greater understanding of the multiple process parameters that must be controlled in order to produce the perfect end product.

Projects under this theme include:

1. Multi-sensor process monitoring for enhanced control of product properties, such as microstructure and surface morphology
2. New manufacturing processing parameter range and compositions of select materials to improve sustainability and physical properties
3. Post processing development for tailored bulk and surface properties
4. Multi-Material Printing Process Development, including Ink production, printing and sintering control

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