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AutoML-driven diagnostics of the feeder motor in fused filament fabrication machines from direct current signals

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  • Sean Rooney

    (Castle Point on Hudson)

  • Emil Pitz

    (Castle Point on Hudson)

  • Kishore Pochiraju

    (Castle Point on Hudson)

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Part defects in additive manufacturing are more frequent compared to machining or molding. Failures can go unnoticed for hours, wasting resources and extending process cycle times. This paper describes a Machine Learning based method for automated sensing of onset failure in additive manufacturing machinery. Investigations are conducted on a Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) 3D printer, and the same methods are then applied to a digital light processing 3D printer. The investigation focuses on signal-based analysis, specifically passive sensing of stepper motors relating DC current measurements to the torque on a stepper, as opposed to any active acoustic interrogation of the part. Passive methods are used to characterize the loading on a feeder stepper in an FFF machine, forming a model that can identify early signs of filament-based failure with 85.65% 10-fold cross-validation accuracy. Efforts show filament breakage can be detected minutes before material runout would cause a defect, allowing ample time to pause, correct, or control the print. The machine learning pipeline was not naively conceived but optimized through automated machine learning.

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  • Sean Rooney & Emil Pitz & Kishore Pochiraju, 2025. "AutoML-driven diagnostics of the feeder motor in fused filament fabrication machines from direct current signals," Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Springer, vol. 36(3), pages 1999-2016, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joinma:v:36:y:2025:i:3:d:10.1007_s10845-024-02332-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s10845-024-02332-3
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