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Fraunhofer Institute, Sirris Investigate Technical Coatings for Additive Manufacturing

Report lacquering and polishing as most efficient technique for surface optimization.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

In a joint project, researchers from the Belgian NPO Sirris and the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP have investigated technical coatings for additive manufacturing with promising results.   AM describes the construction of an object layer by layer using a 3D-model. The technologies vary but 3D printing is probably the best known. However, selective laser sintering, stereolithography or material jetting play important roles in the AM market.    While the first AM tech...

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