ICT - TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW
Solutions for Surface Finishes on Additively Manufactured Metal Parts Doris Schulz Schulz.Presse.Text, Korntal, Germany
doris.schulz@pressetextschulz.de
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Opening photo: Various automated and automatable post-processing methods are available for treating the surfaces of additively manufactured parts, by means of which required surface finishing quality can be reproducibly assured.
T
he diversity of printing technologies
reproducible, automated post-processing
addition to the most widely used methods of
and materials used for additive
(ref. Opening photo).
laser melting (SLM/DMLS) and electron beam
manufacturing is growing steadily.
Additive metal processing is currently
melting. These printing technologies make
Nevertheless, cleaning and surface finishing
undergoing rapid development. In the
it possible to produce parts using, amongst
of printed metal parts still represents a
meantime, processes which make use
other materials, traditional MIM powders and
challenge in many cases. New and further
of binder-based systems such as metal
to sinter them subsequently, or to melt down
developed processes permit reliable,
injection moulding (MIM) are available in
MIM-bound metal rods.
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N. 57 - MAY/JUNE 2019 - international PAINT&COATING magazine