Postprocessing
AM 101: What Is Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP)? (Includes Video)
Hot isostatic pressing has long been used for metal castings, but is now being applied as a valuable method for closing porosity in metal 3D printed parts.
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Plasmatreat Openair-Plasma Offers Safe Surface Cleaning, Activation
The atmospheric plasma solutions include high-efficiency plasma cleaning, activation and nanocoating of surfaces.
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It’s HIP to Be Additive: Advancing 3D Printed Metals with Hot Isostatic Pressing
Aalberts Surface Technologies-Accurate Brazing is preparing to serve additive manufacturing tomorrow by proving out HIPing recipes at its Center of Excellence today.
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Materialise Expands CO-AM Platform With 7 Technology Partners, Magics Integration
With the addition of the seven new partners, Materialise says it delivers on the promise to connect and automate all steps of the AM process, including automating design, labeling, machine monitoring and postprocessing.
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Saint-Gobain, AMT Partner to Fuel 3D Printing Postprocessing Growth
The companies will apply the Norton application technologies and systems approach to enable the development of a Technology Upgrade Package (TUP) for AMT’s PostPro chemical vapor smoothing (CVS) process.
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AMT’s PostPro Pure Offers Sustainable Vapor Smoothing Chemistry
Formnext 2022: This FDA-approved chemistry offers a green approach for vapor smoothing 3D printed parts.
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Aircraft Engine MRO: How Additive Manufacturing Plus Robotic Finishing Will Expand Capacity for Blade Repair
AM offers the chance to bring fast, automated processing to individualized, part-by-part restoration of turbomachinery. A cell developed by Acme Manufacturing and Optomec is able to automatically repair 85,000 unique aircraft engine blades per year.
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PostProcess, EOS Create Partnership for Automated Depowdering
The strategic partnership is designed to enable more sustainable automation through the additive manufacturing workflow.
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Zortrax Powerful Trio Is Complete Resin 3D Printing, Postprocessing System
Formnext 2022: The company says this comprehensive system consists of the Zortrax Inkspire 2 UV-LCD 3D printer, Zortrax Cleaning Station and Zortrax Curing Station.
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Solukon’s SPR-Pathfinder Software for Automatic Depowdering
Formnext: It is said the algorithm-based SPR-Pathfinder calculates the ideal motion sequence for the most complex geometries, finding the best path to enable the powder to flow out completely.
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