Postprocessing
For Automated Machining Business, 3D Printing’s Value-Add Keeps Adding Up
Through robot grippers, assembly aids, custom kits and coolant hardware, additive manufacturing impacts every stage of production.
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Protolabs’ Vapor Smoothing Produces 3D Printed Parts With Enhanced Surface Finish
Process gives users all the advantages of additive manufacturing for parts while still achieving a surface finish that is comparable to injection molding.
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A Conversation on Finishing's Role in Additive Manufacturing: AM Radio #12
Conventional finishing techniques like electroplating and powder coating have a role to play in AM. Stephanie Hendrixson and Scott Francis discuss how additive will go farther with finishing on the latest episode of AM Radio.
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Prototyping Is More Than Printing: The Cool Parts Show Bonus
We hear from students who carried out other steps, beyond the 3D printing, that went into evaluating a complex metal AM component.
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3D Printed Tool for Machining Electric Vehicle Motors: The Cool Parts Show #39
Additive manufacturing achieves a large-diameter cutting tool light enough for fast, precise machining of the motor housing’s stator bore.
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PostProcess, Alphacam Partner to Expand Access to Automated 3D Postprinting in Germany
Alphacam’s in-house printing service — which manufactures components with FDM, PolyJet, LPBF, BMD, DLP/P3 and SAF technology — will also utilize the PostProcess solution for its own operations.
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Pulsed Electrochemical Machining as Postprocessing for AM
Pulsed electrochemical machining is a production metal AM-ready form of postprocessing with short cycle times and long tool life.
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10 Trends from Formnext 2021
The largest trade show for additive manufacturing technology returned with an in-person format this November. Editors Peter Zelinski and Stephanie Hendrixson share sights and trends from the event.
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Formlabs Launches Postprocessing Form Wash L, Form Cure L
The automated, postprocessing machines provide users with a streamlined workflow for large-format 3D printing.
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Inside a Large-Scale Metal Additive Manufacturing Facility: AM Radio #7
This large medical manufacturer added metal 3D printing to its wide range of machining processes, and has since grown its AM division to include 30 printers. On this episode of AM Radio, we discuss how metal AM operates at such a large scale.
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