The ideal grinding tool set for finishing 3D printing products
3D printing and additive manufacturing processes give modern companies the capability to respond flexibly to markets and customer wishes. The most individual customer requirements can be realised directly and in detail. This is one of the fastest growing markets in Germany.
Flexible processes like 3D printing are creating new, revolutionary possibilities for established manufacturing processes and giving developers, planners and industrial designers a wealth of seemingly limitless design options. The demand for these fast and individual procedures is growing steadily, especially as manufacturing can often be undertaken in regional environments.
The post-treatment should not be ignored, however. There are as many different surface finishes as there are printable materials. LUKAS has developed a tool set especially for the perfect finishing of additively manufactured parts.
The EasyFinish 3D tool set from LUKAS contains ten attachments with a 3mm basic shank for surface finishing. All attachments can be used with just one machine to optimise the finishing process and workflow for 3D printed products. LUKAS leaves nothing to be desired.
The EasyFinish 3D tool set contains the following attachments:
- Four burrs for removing supporting structures: Specially developed shapes allow for optimised use for all kinds of 3D printed products. An ideal burr variant is available for every angle: The EasyFinish 3D tool set includes a burr with spur gear teeth and a guide pin, a smoothening burr and a rim shape burr.
- Three NDW mounted points in varying shapes for many different surfaces: An optimised aluminium oxide mixture ensures a perfect finish for 3D printed materials and products. This abrasive mixture consists, among other things, of extremely tough and splintery grains for an especially high material removal rate. It allows cleaning and machining even in the narrowest tolerance ranges. The ideal mixture was developed with proven tool and mould-making know-how.
- Three polishing points for fine to gloss polishing of even the smallest surfaces: Their different shapes and sizes offer flexibility for every application.
It is therefore the perfect tool team, specially developed for machining 3D printed components. One set – the solution for practically every problem that arises when finishing additively manufactured parts.
Additive manufacturing processes have become increasingly widespread in recent years. Economic advantages, as well as greater flexibility in the production of batches and in realising complex geometric shapes and geometries, make 3D manufacturing more and more interesting.
However, despite the finest printing processes and optimal CAD files, it is unavoidable that the production parts usually have to be finished manually. With particularly complex shapes and geometries, the surface finishing can therefore be exceedingly time-consuming.
This is why LUKAS made every effort to put together a tool attachment set that makes the finishing process much easier: The EasyFinish 3D tool set simplifies handling the challenges that arise in the surface finishing of 3D printed products. A specialist team at LUKAS decided, after conducting many tests, that the ideal combination of tools comprises three special NDW mounted points, three P2 polishing points and four burrs.
The EasyFinish 3D tool set is available in an attractive set box for safely storing and transporting all the ten tools with a 3mm shank. The uniform shank means that they can be used with just one machine.
The mounted points of the three different point shapes are made from an aluminium oxide mixture optimised for all metal 3D printing materials. The combination of abrasives with extremely tough and splintery grits allows high removal rates to be achieved.
From fine to gloss polishing of even the smallest surfaces – the P2 polishing point team offers two shapes to be able to adapt to handle any application. Their soft rubber bond allows for very soft grinding and ideally prepares additively manufactured components and shapes for later use.
The set also contains four burrs: Their specially developed shapes simplify the finishing of 3D printed products. The profiles of the burrs are especially suitable for removing supporting structures as they offer the right variant for every angle.
The combination of burrs, each with spur gear teeth and a guide pin, a rim shape burr and another burr for smoothening let you achieve successful results.
Additive manufacturing offers many benefits: Production costs can often be reduced, especially where small series runs are concerned, and it can speed up the so-called product creation process to a considerable extent. But as ideal as everything might seem, new challenges also arise.
This is because in additive manufacturing practically no product can be taken directly from the machine and used without finishing or given to the end customer. Even after the products or components have been taken out of the 3D printer and largely cleaned of loose material, production material residues or impurities and webs can still be found in its cavities and filigree structures which have to be removed. The surface treatment in particular is notorious as being one of the most time-consuming finishing steps as it is usually intended to imitate the material quality of conventional production processes.
What are the advantages of the tools in the EasyFinish 3D set?
Special 3D printing burrs enable professional machining as if under laboratory conditions. The geometries of the attachments, which are specially adapted to the typical characteristics of 3D printing, and the optimised toothing of the burrs enable pinpoint machining just like with a scalpel. The user saves effort, working time and superfluous work steps when removing excess material. With the LUKAS-ERZETT EasyFinish 3D tool set, users are perfectly equipped for finishing 3D printed products of all types and shapes. Regardless of the material – the mounted points, polishing points and burrs for universal use are your finishing problem-solver.