This paper describes a preliminary method for the classification of annealed and unannealed polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) components manufactured using a material extrusion three-dimensional (3D) printing process. PEKK is representative of a class of high-performance thermoplastics that are increasingly employed as feedstocks for use in 3D printing. PEKK components may be used continuously at elevated temperatures, are chemically resistant, and able to withstand large mechanical loads. These properties render PEKK suitable as a metal component replacement in aerospace applications, high-temperature industrial applications, and surgical implants. The structure of PEKK is semi-crystalline with the specific crystallinity correlating to the final properties during application, making determination of this property crucial. This study compares three different signal processing techniques intended to distinguish annealed (high crystallinity) from unannealed (low crystallinity) components using backscattered ultrasound. The first is energy-based and is unable to detect annealing. The second two are based on different entropies of the backscattered signal: a limiting form of Renyi's entropy and a limiting form of joint entropy. The joint entropy values for the annealed and unannealed specimens fall into two non-overlapping intervals and have a statistical separation of two standard deviations.
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