Better quality, lower costs! LUKAS tools for finishing in additive manufacturing
Future-oriented. LUKAS-ERZETT is dedicated to saving time and costs in additive manufacturing finishing processes. As one of the technological leaders in the manufacture of powerful and innovative production tools in application fields such as the automotive and aerospace industries, LUKAS can also provide you with customised solutions for finishing processes in additive manufacturing.
Covering technologies like 3D printing, additive manufacturing is now encountered in many more sectors of industry than one might think. This manufacturing process is ideal for producing prototypes, as well as for small and medium-sized series production runs. Additive manufacturing is even being used with ever greater success in large-scale series production scenarios. However, only in the rarest cases do workpieces and manufactured parts come out of the 3D printer ready for use.
Time-consuming and cost-intensive surface finishing is today one of the biggest challenges in additive manufacturing. Precision and flexibility are called for. LUKAS experts specialise in working towards achieving high-quality, at times extremely complex finishing of 3D printed products with greater speed, precision and efficiency.
As an expert for surface processing with many years’ experience in the fields of milling, grinding, polishing and cutting, LUKAS is also a competent and reliable partner for future-oriented and innovative technologies such as additive manufacturing. The broad product range offers solutions for many special situations.
Whether removing supporting structures, smoothening stepping effects on bevels and radii, producing flat surfaces or cleaning bores and the final polishing – the requirements for efficient, high-quality and cost-reduced finishing in additive manufacturing are manifold. These requirements can be perfectly fulfilled by using effective LUKAS tools specially developed for this purpose.
With its high quality standards, LUKAS not only focuses on manufacturing and marketing its products, but also offers expert consulting services for grinding, milling, polishing and cutting tools, as well as an extensive range of optimised accessories. Backed by years of close collaboration with renowned 3D printing companies, you too can benefit from the specialist and industry knowledge of the experts at LUKAS to jointly find productive solutions for your projects for the finishing of additively manufactured products.
Precise, yet time-saving finishing of the often delicate, thin-walled 3D printed workpieces not only contributes to reducing costs, but is also decisive where the quality and grade of the end result are concerned. Of particular significance here are the quality, performance and application optimisation of the tools being used.
Generally speaking, the process for finishing 3D printed products can be summarised in four steps:
- Removal of supporting structures
In the first finishing step, the supporting structures caused by 3D printing frequently have to be carefully removed. Naturally without leaving any damage to the component. - Rough processing of the surfaces
In the second step, the surfaces are roughly finished. This involves finely reworking previously removed connecting points of the supporting structures, smoothening any existing stepping structures, or roughly adapting the surface of the component. - Fine machining of the surfaces
To further optimise and finely grind hard-to-reach areas in this step, tools are used that are characterised by their special geometry and finer grit sizes or toothing compared to those used for rough processing. - Surface finishing
In the final step of finishing 3D printed products, the finishing touches are put to the machined surfaces. Special polishing tools in various shapes, sizes and degrees of fineness are used since they allow even the smallest, practically inaccessible areas of the additively manufactured workpiece to be machined to ensure the desired high surface quality.
You too can benefit from the 80 years of specialist and industry knowledge of the LUKAS experts for precise surface finishing. The EasyFinish 3D tool set from LUKAS-ERZETT simply makes finishing in 3D printing processes easier and more efficient. With the 10-piece EasyFinish 3D tool set in proven LUKAS quality, you are ideally prepared for practically every requirement of time- and cost-saving 3D finishing. LUKAS also offers individual expert advice on the theme of finishing in additive manufacturing. Draw on all of LUKAS-ERZETT’s experience to make finishing in additive manufacturing easier, more efficient and more cost-effective. More information can be found at https://lukas-erzett.com/de/additive-fertigung/