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  • There are a large variety of secondary services that can and in some cases should be performed depending on the alloy being printed.

    For Surfaces:

    • Finish CNC (3- and 5-axis milling)
    • Turning
    • Wire EDM
    • Polishing
    • Plating
    • Passivation
    • Anodizing
    • Tapping and Reaming
    • Hardware Installation
    • Powder Coating
    • Assembly

    For Heat Treatments:

    • Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP)
    • Solution Annealing
    • Aging
    • Stress Relieving
    • NADCAP

    For Powder Analysis:

    • Chemistry
    • Particle Size Analysis
    • Traceability

    For Testing:

    • Tensile Bar Pull
    • Rockwell Hardness
    • X-Ray
    • Stress Testing

Post Processes

There are a large variety of secondary services that can and in some cases should be performed depending on the alloy being printed.

For Surfaces:

  • Finish CNC (3- and 5-axis milling)
  • Turning
  • Wire EDM
  • Polishing
  • Plating
  • Passivation
  • Anodizing
  • Tapping and Reaming
  • Hardware Installation
  • Powder Coating
  • Assembly

For Heat Treatments:

  • Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP)
  • Solution Annealing
  • Aging
  • Stress Relieving
  • NADCAP

For Powder Analysis:

  • Chemistry
  • Particle Size Analysis
  • Traceability

For Testing:

  • Tensile Bar Pull
  • Rockwell Hardness
  • X-Ray
  • Stress Testing

Technical Info

Layer thickness for all builds is commonly at 40μm and can be increased to 60 μm and decreased to 20μmParts can be printed in a single piece as large as 15” x 15” x 15”

Tolerances for as-printed parts are + 0.010” throughout

Wall thickness should be designed at 0.030” (supported)

Wall thickness should be designed at 0.039” (unsupported)

Minimum feature size 0.015” but 0.020” is optimal

Minimum hole size is 0.030” and in some cases can be as thin as 0.022”

Lettering should be designed at 0.19” tall or deep with a minimum font size of 14

Fillets are valuable in that they reduce stress which tends to occur with DMLS metal 3D printing

Improved tolerances can be achieved by adding approximately 0.045” worth of stock to all areas where finish CNC is desired. Finish CNC can achieve improved tolerances of + 0.0005”

Tech Sheets