How to Apply Optical Tomography in Additive Manufacturing (AM) Process

Additive manufacturing is the process of producing three-dimensional objects in a layer-by-layer technique. Due to its ability to produce complex parts directly without any additional machining, it has found a valuable place in the manufacturing sector of the industry with applications ranging from producing minutely detailed body implants to the nose of spacecrafts. Since many shapes and complexities can be produced, it is difficult to test these products for defects using conventional methods. To overcome this difficulty and to analyze the parts nondestructively, optical tomography is used.