About the Report
The special report, titled Post-Processing of AM and 3D-Printed Parts, provides a broad range of methods and techniques for finishing parts made by additive manufacturing (AM), also referred to as 3D printing. Most parts made by AM require some form of post-processing.
Organizations involved with AM have vast amounts of post-processing knowledge and experience, yet little systematic documentation is available. This has led to countless companies “reinventing the wheel” and spending time and money unnecessarily to complete jobs. This report has detailed information on methods of post-processing for most types of AM parts. The 43-page publication is available in digital form.
Post-Processing of AM and 3D-Printed Parts report includes six tables and 81 images and illustrations. It was created by a team of experts at Wohlers Associates—same group that produced Wohlers Report 2021, the undisputed, industry-leading report on AM for 26 years.
內容簡介來源:
Table of Contents
PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO POST-PROCESSING
PART 2: POLYMER SUPPORT MATERIAL REMOVAL
- Single material system
- Break-away support material
- Soluble support
- Vat photopolymerization
- Material jetting
- Powder bed fusion
PART 3: METAL SUPPORT MATERIAL REMOVAL
- Laser powder bed fusion
- Electron beam melting
- Metal binder jetting
- Manual removal
- Wire EDM removal
- Electrochemical removal
- Metal material extrusion
- Part removal from build plate
- Support material removal
PART 4: SURFACE FINISHING
- Abrasive flow machining
- Anodizing
- Machining and grinding
- Media blasting
- Passivating and phosphating
- Plasma and ion-beam cleaning
- Plasma spraying
- Shot peening
- Strengthening gypsum parts
- Strengthening MEX parts
- Hiding layer lines with textures
- Vapor smoothing
- Manual vapor smoothing
- Automated vapor smoothing
- High-speed centrifugal barrel finishing
PART 5: COLORING AND COATING
- Dyeing
- Painting and clear coating
- Hydrographics
- Wrapping
- Metalizing polymer parts
- Electroplating
- Physical vapor deposition
PART 6: HEAT TREATMENT
- Residual stress relief
- Annealing
- Case hardening
- Gas nitriding
- Precipitation hardening
- Hot isostatic pressing
- Sintering
PART 7: SUMMARY