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ActOn Finishing partnerships with MTC to develop mass finishing processes for additive manufactured parts
ActOn Finishing partnerships with The MTC to develop mass finishing processes for additive manufactured parts
The MTC have acquired the ActOn “High Energy Polishing Machine” CPM-10 model and ActOn’s consumables to undertake in-house work. The partnership also allows the engineers both from the MTC and ActOn to work together by utilising ActOn’s subcontract finishing facility to develop and optimise finishing processes on additive manufactured components.
Ruaridh Mitchinson, Research Engineer at the MTC comments:
“The CPM-10 has provided invaluable insight into finishing both EBM and SLM AM parts. This has provided the MTC with a low cost means to efficiently and effectively conduct R&D into surface finishing of additive manufactured parts.”
The MTC has the capability to manufacture metal additive manufactured components through either: Laser Sintering or Electron Beam Melting. After the manufacturing process some surface finishing can be required.
High energy machines are used to reduce surface roughness, deburr and polish parts. The action of these machines relies on the high “g” force and velocity at which the media chips come in contact with the processed components. In most cases, the results achieved via high energy finishing cannot be achieved in a standard vibratory process. This particularly applies on applications that include achieving a high surface finish, a mirror finish and the rapid removal of manufacturing defects.
Our high energy technology is known to be significantly faster than traditional finishing methods and produces superior finishes. It is one of the most efficient batch finishing methods. When processing large or fragile additive manufactured components, individual compartments within the barrel ensure parts are processed without the concerns of any contact. This method ensures zero risk of impingement.
To learn more about ActOn’s finishing technology please visit www.acton-finishing.co.uk. For more information about The Manufacturing Technology Centre please visit www.the-mtc.org.
ActOn Finishing partnerships with The MTC to develop mass finishing processes for additive manufactured parts
The MTC have acquired the ActOn “High Energy Polishing Machine” CPM-10 model and ActOn’s consumables to undertake in-house work. The partnership also allows the engineers both from the MTC and ActOn to work together by utilising ActOn’s subcontract finishing facility to develop and optimise finishing processes on additive manufactured components.
Ruaridh Mitchinson, Research Engineer at the MTC comments:
“The CPM-10 has provided invaluable insight into finishing both EBM and SLM AM parts. This has provided the MTC with a low cost means to efficiently and effectively conduct R&D into surface finishing of additive manufactured parts.”
The MTC has the capability to manufacture metal additive manufactured components through either: Laser Sintering or Electron Beam Melting. After the manufacturing process some surface finishing can be required.
High energy machines are used to reduce surface roughness, deburr and polish parts. The action of these machines relies on the high “g” force and velocity at which the media chips come in contact with the processed components. In most cases, the results achieved via high energy finishing cannot be achieved in a standard vibratory process. This particularly applies on applications that include achieving a high surface finish, a mirror finish and the rapid removal of manufacturing defects.
Our high energy technology is known to be significantly faster than traditional finishing methods and produces superior finishes. It is one of the most efficient batch finishing methods. When processing large or fragile additive manufactured components, individual compartments within the barrel ensure parts are processed without the concerns of any contact. This method ensures zero risk of impingement.
To learn more about ActOn’s finishing technology please visit www.acton-finishing.co.uk. For more information about The Manufacturing Technology Centre please visit www.the-mtc.org.
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