Precisely Shaped 3D-Printed Metal Parts (IMAGE)

Saarland University

Precisely Shaped 3D-Printed Metal Parts

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Professor Dirk Bähre (l., here with Stefan Wilhelm from his research group) and his research team at Saarland University have developed a non-contact method of transforming metal parts fabricated by a 3D printer into high-precision technical components for specialist applications. The novel method enables them to process parts made from strong, lightweight metals to produce precision-finished components with complex geometries and dimensional tolerances of a few thousandths of a millimetre. The team of manufacturing technologists combine metal 3D printing and electrochemical machining (ECM).

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Oliver Dietze

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