Additive Manufacturing Powders: SPOS vs. Laser Diffraction Comparison

RECORDED WEbinar

Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, has become a building block of industry 4.0 – and particle sizing has become a building block of AM. Many 3D printing processes make use of either polymers or powder metals, which means that they depend on an accurate particle size distribution. Without the right particle size distribution, finished parts can suffer from poor quality and processability.

Techniques such as laser diffraction and single particle optical sizing can perform particle size analysis, but which offers the best advantage?

During this AZO Materials webinar, sponsored by Entegris, we’ll cover:

  • The importance of particle sizing
  • Different particle sizing techniques
  • Interpreting data from SPOS and laser diffraction
  • The importance of fines and tails


Speaker:

Mark Bumiller | 
Technology Manager, Advanced Materials Handling, Entegris

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This presentation will be delivered by Mark Bumiller, a technology manager for Advanced Materials Handling at Entegris. With over 40 years of experience in the field of particle size analysis, Mark has published more than a dozen papers in the field. He’s served on numerous expert and executive committees, including USP 788, the International Fine Particle Research Institute, and the Particle Technology Forum of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Mark currently serves within ISA as a member of Technical Committee 24, writing standards for particle size and zeta analysis.