Additive Manufacturing post processing
Vixen Post Processing solutions add consistency, control and repeatability to your process
The additive manufacturing industry (AM) is transforming the way we can produce components, and is making previously impossible or difficult to produce parts a reality. This is not only allowing for quicker results when rapid prototyping, but is also now changing the way traditional manufacturing is undertaken.
Our wet blasting process is the perfect process solution for many of the post processing requirements of AM component producers, such as efficient surface preparation of complex shapes, geometries and channels, which are often the very reason that AM is the chosen manufacturing process. Parts such as electric battery cooling components for vehicles, or aerospace engine parts and lattice structures.
Benefits for Post Processing AM Parts
Regardless of your need to process individual components, batch process or mass finish, the benefits of wet blasting are the same across our manual and automatic solutions.
Wet blasting by its very nature is an ideal post processing solution for AM but there are also some very specific benefits for the industry:
- Wet blasting eliminates the production of dust that may occur in other finishing methods which also means no explosive risk or need for ATEX compliance that is needed with some materials and methods.
- The process achieves result by way of flow across the surface, making it ideal for complex shapes and channels.
- The surface smoothing removes excess or loosely adhered powders creating the highest of cleanliness levels.
- The process flow over the surface also aids the removal of striation lines on the parts.
- Achieves required surface Ra
- Ideal surface prep for follow on processes such as coating as the process achieves a highly reactive surface giving the ideal surface adherence properties.
- Highly controllable, consistent, and repeatable process
- Uniform results
- Wide range of medias available
- Potential to remove process steps by consolidating into one.
- Full control on surface roughness requirements
Process Driven Solutions AM Post Processing
Our aim is to work with you and supply you the process and solution to meet your requirements. This can be done with our manual or automatic solutions.
We will work with you to understand your needs, and offer the best solutions available to meet your requirements. Whilst we do have standard machines in both manual and automatic configurations, we also have the ability to design and manufacture completely bespoke solutions for your exact requirements.
The next step on our journey is to setup some FREE sample processing trials to show you’re the results achievable on your parts. Contact us below to discuss your needs.
We also design and manufacture washing equipment which in many cases complements our wet blasting solutions.
In many applications we have implemented solutions that incorporate both blasting and washing in a one step process which can remove handling steps and increase efficiency.