Argonne’s hot new camera

The addition of a new infrared camera at Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source narrows the gap between basic and applied research in additive manufacturing. The new camera allows Argonne researchers to delve into the detailed dynamics of 3D printing by measuring thermal signatures across surfaces in real time. Argonne was the first U.S. national laboratory to integrate a metal 3D printing apparatus into a beamline, or photon path, for x-ray diagnostics. Adding the high-speed infrared camera to a synchrotron beamline is another first, and enables researchers to more closely replicate the deposition processes that occur on a real manufacturing floor.