@article{10902/21826, year = {2021}, month = {4}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/21826}, abstract = {Plasma spectroscopic techniques focused on the analysis of the plasma background radiation have been studied to enable an efficient on-line monitoring of a laser metal deposition process. The influence of different process parameters and elements, such as laser power, process speed, powder feeding rate and different powder and substrate compositions has been analyzed by means of several experimental trials. The resulting cladding patch analyzes via visual inspection and macrographs have been correlated with their associated spectroscopic monitoring signals. These studies have indicated that on-line quality monitoring of the laser metal deposition process is feasible by means of the proposed solutions, avoiding the identification and use of plasma emission lines. The latter improves the computational performance and avoids, not only the identification of each emission line, but also their specific sensitivity to certain defects. Spectral correlation techniques have also been proposed for monitoring purposes, thus enabling a more quantitative analysis}, organization = {This work was supported in part by the Project “Noves tecnologies de laser cladding per a processos de conformat” (RD15-1-0098) funded by ACCIO (Generalitat de Catalunya) via FEDER funds. This work was also supported by projects PID2019-107270RB-C21/ AEI / 10.13039/501100011033.}, publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.}, publisher = {IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 2021, 27(6), 7701108}, title = {Laser metal deposition on-line monitoring via plasma emission spectroscopy and spectral correlation techniques}, author = {Valdiande Gutiérrez, José Julián and Mirapeix Serrano, Jesús María and Nin, Jaume and Font, Eloi and Seijas, Carlos and López Higuera, José Miguel}, }