Post Processing Methods used to Improve Surface Finish of Products which are Manufactured by Additive Manufacturing Technologies: A Review

The Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes open the possibility to go directly from Computer-Aided Design (CAD) to a physical prototype. These prototypes are used as test models before it is finalized as well as sometimes as a final product. Additive Manufacturing has many advantages over the traditi...

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Published in:Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India) Series C 2018-08, Vol.99 (4), p.481-487
Main Authors: Kumbhar, N. N., Mulay, A. V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Additive manufacturing
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
Article of Professional Interest
CAD
Computer aided design
Engineering
Industrial and Production Engineering
Literature reviews
Mechanical Engineering
Physical properties
Process parameters
Product development
Rapid prototyping
Surface finish
Surface properties
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Summary:The Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes open the possibility to go directly from Computer-Aided Design (CAD) to a physical prototype. These prototypes are used as test models before it is finalized as well as sometimes as a final product. Additive Manufacturing has many advantages over the traditional process used to develop a product such as allowing early customer involvement in product development, complex shape generation and also save time as well as money. Additive manufacturing also possess some special challenges that are usually worth overcoming such as Poor Surface quality, Physical Properties and use of specific raw material for manufacturing. To improve the surface quality several attempts had been made by controlling various process parameters of Additive manufacturing and also applying different post processing techniques on components manufactured by Additive manufacturing. The main objective of this work is to document an extensive literature review in the general area of post processing techniques which are used in Additive manufacturing.
ISSN:2250-0545
2250-0553
DOI:10.1007/s40032-016-0340-z