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SKIN

IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF MATERIALS PROCESSED WITH ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING THROUGH POST-PROCESSES

Field
Regional
Date
01/01/2017 - 30/06/2018
Industry
  • Manufactura
Budget
142144
Funded by

IVACE

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PROJECT INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

It has been demonstrated that the surface finish obtained with additive manufacturing technologies is very rough, both in plastic and metal and this greatly limits the industrial applications being necessary to develop finishing processes adjusted to additive manufacturing.The main objective of this project is the improvement of the surface quality of additive manufacturing parts in order to improve their mechanical performance, these processes will be developed industrially for metal parts manufactured in EBM technologies and polymeric parts manufactured in SLS technology. In this way, it is intended to obtain broad-spectrum surface improvement pathways that solve this limitation and further enhance the industrial use of additive manufacturing.

It has been demonstrated that the surface finish obtained with additive manufacturing technologies is very rough, both in plastic and metal and this greatly limits the industrial applications being necessary to develop finishing processes adjusted to additive manufacturing.The main objective of this project is the improvement of the surface quality of additive manufacturing parts in order to improve their mechanical performance, these processes will be developed industrially for metal parts manufactured in EBM technologies and polymeric parts manufactured in SLS technology. In this way, it is intended to obtain broad-spectrum surface improvement pathways that solve this limitation and further enhance the industrial use of additive manufacturing.

Impact

SKIN project: The objective of the SKIN project is the development of post-processes to improve the surface of parts manufactured by additive manufacturing technologies, both in plastic and metal, by improving process parameters from the same technology, design of chemical and mechanical processes, ending with a characterization of the results obtained to be implemented in an optimized product design methodology.

Contact information

José Ramón Blasco Puchades
Department Manager

AIDIMME

Technological capabilities

Robotics
Additive manufacturing