From Process Signals to Inspection Evidence in LMD

In LMD, process signals can include images, videos, pyrometry, machine logs, parameter histories, operator notes, and geometry measurements. AI can help organize these signals and detect unusual patterns.

The useful question is not whether a signal looks unusual. The useful question is what physical risk the signal may represent and which inspection method can confirm or reject that risk.

A practical workflow links monitoring signals to suspected failure modes, then links those failure modes to dimensional inspection, NDT, metallography, hardness, mechanical testing, or functional testing.