Enhancing the competitiveness of European powder metallurgy SMEs by an improved QA tool based on latest digital radiographic achievements (additivemanufacturing)
Acronym: Dira-Green
Funding body: European Commission
Status: Completed
The aim of the DIRA-GREEN project is to develop a highly effective non-destructive testing (NDT) system to inspect ‘green parts’ of the powder metallurgy (PM) manufacturing process, to result in a higher-level quality assurance alongside savings in material, time and energy. This will be achieved by developing a fast and reliable inspection tool based on digital radiography for the inspection of green parts.
There is a clear need within the industry for a rapid, non-invasive instrument capable of determining the porosity of ferrous and nonferrous ‘green parts’. The DIRA-GREEN project will devleop an NDT technique using digital radiography to enable online quality assurance of ‘green parts’, by monitoring compacted material porosity and identifying microscopic cracks.