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Error During Part Finishing

The document discusses factors that influence the accuracy of parts produced through rapid prototyping after finishing operations. It identifies two main factors: (1) the varying amount of material that must be removed from surfaces, which depends on the rapid prototyping process and part orientation, and (2) the finishing technique used, with techniques allowing better dimensional control like milling having less impact on accuracy than sanding. The document provides examples showing how part orientation can lead to uneven material distribution needing removal. It concludes that accurately removing varying amounts of material across a part's surfaces is difficult without reducing dimensional accuracy.

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Error During Part Finishing

The document discusses factors that influence the accuracy of parts produced through rapid prototyping after finishing operations. It identifies two main factors: (1) the varying amount of material that must be removed from surfaces, which depends on the rapid prototyping process and part orientation, and (2) the finishing technique used, with techniques allowing better dimensional control like milling having less impact on accuracy than sanding. The document provides examples showing how part orientation can lead to uneven material distribution needing removal. It concludes that accurately removing varying amounts of material across a part's surfaces is difficult without reducing dimensional accuracy.

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13-Apr-18

Error during Part Finishing

Rapid Prototyping
UME 847

RP part finishing
• Some RP applications such as fabrication of exhibition quality
models, tooling or master patterns for indirect tool production
require additional finishing to improve the surface appearance of
the part.
• To achieve this, the stair-step effect on important surfaces has to be
removed. Usually, this is done by sanding and polishing RP models,
which leads to changes in feature shapes, dimensions and positions.
•
• The model accuracy after finishing operations is influenced mostly
by two factors,
(1) the varying amount of material that has to be removed and
(2) the finishing technique adopted.

These two factors determine to what extent the dimensional accuracy


of RP models will be reduced during finishing.

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Varying amount of material


• During the data preparation stage, the RP model
shapes are approximated with the comers of the stair-
steps.

• Each RP process reproduces the comers and the stair-


steps with a different resolution. Hence, the amount of
material that has to be removed to improve the surface
finish will vary depending on the RP process employed.

• Also, the amount of material to be removed on


surfaces of the same model can vary due to the
selected part build orientation.

• Figure (a) shows a surface profile of a SL model where


the stair-steps can be seen.
• Figure (b) depicts another surface of the same model
but with a minimal stair-step effect.
• The former was built facing upwards and the latter
downwards. As a result of the part build orientation,
varying amounts of cured resin are left for removal
around the periphery.
• In practice, it is very difficult to remove a varying
amount of material from the surfaces of the same
model without reducing the model accuracy.

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Finishing technique
• A number of processes can be employed to finish RP models,
for example, wet and dry sanding, sand blasting, coating,
spraying, infiltration with special solutions, machining, etc.
• Each technique has specific technological capabilities and can
be characterized by the achievable dimensional accuracy and
surface roughness.
• The techniques that assure better dimensional control during
the finishing operation will have less impact on model
accuracy.
• For instance, models finished employing milling will have less
influence on accuracy than those using manual wet sanding
or sand blasting.

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