Head of Additive Manufacturing - Metals Group
Materials and Processes Department
E-Mail: r.bernhard@lzh.dePhone: +49 511 2788-369
Short-Bio
Study of mechanical engineering at the Technischen Universität Clausthal, graduated as Master of Science in 2018.
Since October 2018, Robert Bernhard was working at the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. as a scientific employee.
Since 2021, he has been heading the Additive Manufacturing - Metals Group in the Materials and Processes Department.
Main Research Areas
- Process development laser deposition welding with metal powder (DED-LB/M)
- Process development powder bed methods (PBF-LB/M)
- Production of multi-material joints and processing of special materials (pseudo-alloys, copper-based, titanium, and magnesium materials)
- Process monitoring and control for quality assurance in additive laser processes
- Implementation of machine learning (ML) and image recognition for process control
- Development of customized laser processes and system technology
LZH publications
Journal articles (reviewed) (10)
Advances in powder bed based Additive Manufacturing of metal-glass-hybrid-components
Procedia CIRP
111
111-114
2022
Residual oxygen content and powder recycling: effects on microstructure and mechanical properties of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V parts
Int. J. Adv. Manuf. Tech.
1-17
2022
Determination of optimum process parameters for different Ti-6Al-4V powders processed by Laser-based Powder Bed Fusion
Procedia CIRP
111
134-137
2022
Laser-based powder bed fusion of Ti-6Al-4V powder modified with SiO2 nanoparticles
Int. J. Adv. Manuf. Tech.
3-4
122
1679-1694
2022
Single-crystal repair of high-pressure single-crystal turbine blades for industrial conditions
Procedia CIRP
111
233-236
2022
Entwicklung einer intelligenten Prozessüberwachung und Regelung zum Laserauftragschweißen von Multimaterial-Verbindungen
Tagungsband 4. Symposium Materialtechnik
2021
Defect detection in additive manufacturing via a toolpath overlaid melt-pool-temperature tomography
J. Laser Appl.
32
022055
2020
Journal articles (non-reviewed) (3)
Selektives Laserstrahlschmelzen von Magnesiumlegierungen im industriellen Umfeld
DVS-Berichte
382
2022
Additive manufacturing of coppermolybdenum pseudoalloys
SPIE Proceedings Vol. 11349: 3D Printed Optics and Additive Photonic Manufacturing
113490C
2020
Conference papers (13)
Advances in powder bed based Additive Manufacturing of metal-glass-hybrid-components
12th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies (LANE)
04.-08. September
Fürth
2022
Laserbasierte additive Fertigung für neue Anwendungen
Mitgliederversammlung des Bezirksverbandes Süd-Ost-Niedersachsen des DVS e.V.
11. Oktober
Wöltingerode
2022
ML-Schmelzbadidentifikation kombiniert mit intelligenter Regelung für Laser Metal Deposition in der Additiven Fertigung
Laser in der Elektronikproduktion und Feinwerktechnik (LEF)
15. Februar
online
2022
Determination of Optimum Process Parameters for Different Ti-6Al-4V Powders Processed by Laser-Based Powder Bed Fusion
12th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies (LANE)
04.-08. September
Fürth
2022
Selektives Laserstrahlschmelzen von Magnesiumlegierungen im industriellen Umfeld
DVS Congress
21. September
Koblenz
2022
Single-Crystal Repair of High-Pressure Single-Crystal Turbine Blades for Industrial Conditions
12th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies (LANE)
04.-08. September
Fürth
2022
Discoloration of AISI 420 stainless steel in dependence of inter layer time during Laser-based Powder Bed Fusion
12th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies (LANE 2022)
04.-08. September
Fürth
2022
Design of Additively Manufacturable Injection Molds with Conformal Cooling
12th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies (LANE 2022)
04.-08. September
Fürth
2022
Entwicklung einer intelligenten Prozessüberwachung und Regelung zum Laserauftragschweißen von Multimaterial-Verbindungen
Niedersächsisches Symposium Materialtechnik
25.-26. Februar
online
2021
Additive manufacturing of LMD nozzles for multi-material processing
11th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies (LANE)
07.-10. September
online
2020
3D-printed, low-cost, lightweight optomechanics for a compact, low-power solid state amplifier system
SPIE Photonics West: LASE
01.-06. Februar
San Francisco
2020
Koaxiales Laser-Pulver-Auftragschweißen mit zentraler Schweißgutzufuhr über ein Kapillarröhrchen zur Steigerung der Pulverausnutzung
Konstruktion für die Additive Fertigung
29. September
online
2020
Process development for additive multi-material components
Lasers in Manufacturing (LiM)
24.-27. Juni
München
2019
Book chapters (3)
Koaxiales Laser-Pulver-Auftragschweißen mit zentraler Schweißgutzufuhr über ein Kapillarröhrchen zur Steigerung der Pulverausnutzung
In:
Konstruktion für die Additive Fertigung 2020
Springer Vieweg
Berlin, Heidelberg
225-243
2021