PostProcess Technologies Inc’s technology automates the final stage of additive manufacturing (support removal and surface finish) to allow for the production of customer-ready 3D-printed parts. Automation in this third step of additive manufacturing is fundamental to scaling for mass customisation, as parts do not arrive off the printer customer-ready.
Rösler offers a comprehensive surface finishing product line for traditional manufacturing. Now, the company will be the only surface finishing supplier offering solutions tailored to the unique needs of both traditional manufacturing and additive manufacturing, the news release states. This strategy also enables Rösler to expand its offering beyond surface finishing and into a broader post-processing scope, including 3D post-print support material removal.
Says Bruno Bourguet, managing director, PostProcess Technologies International: “The additive space is rapidly growing, especially in Europe, and, as such, the demand for an automated post-printing solution is accelerating. Rösler is a unique partner for PostProcess, bringing expertise in finishing systems with a broad European footprint, thousands of existing customers, and a strong presence across a range of industries that will greatly benefit from PostProcess' proprietary and integrated software, hardware, and chemistry solution.”
Adds Stephan Rösler, president and C.E.O., Rösler Oberflächentechnik GmbH: “This marks a significant strategic expansion for Rösler into additive manufacturing and reinforces our commitment as one of the most progressive manufacturing solution providers to stay at the forefront of finishing technology for all manufacturing.”
Bourguet continues: “While we have an immediate solution to automate post-printing for support removal and surface finish for all 3D print technologies, the real power of the PostProcess technology is that it is software-driven.
“Our technologies are already at work at many blue-chip customers in the USA, removing the post-printing bottleneck and enabling the scaling of 3D printing for Industry 4.0. We are excited by the very high interest in our solutions, expressed by customers from many market segments worldwide, and we are now pleased to satisfy this demand and bring our products to Europe."”
PostProcess opened its first international office earlier this year in Sophia-Antipolis, a technology hub near Nice, France.
