Investigation into Surface Finish of Parts Built by the EnvisionTec PerFactory Rapid Prototyping Process

Philip Hackney; G K Chinnaswamy; A C Arulraj; B. T. Nair

Investigation into Surface Finish of Parts Built by the EnvisionTec PerFactory Rapid Prototyping Process

Philip Hackney, G K Chinnaswamy, A C Arulraj, B. T. Nair

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Abstract

The PerFactory® technique from Envisiontec is unique in its method of manufacturing parts in discrete voxels, compared to the technique of smooth laser contouring implemented in the traditional SLA process. This method of approximating the contours with “Voxels” (3 dimensional pixels) has a pronounced effect on surface finish of the finished part. This work investigates the effect of pixel size, and also build angle and build direction on surface finish of parts built on the Envisiontec RP machine. A high surface finish is important because, apart from offering surfaces of high quality, it also helps to reduce post-processing time and to increase accuracy.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	6th National Conference on Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Tooling and Rapid Manufacturing - Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, High Wycombe Duration: 15 Jun 2005 → …

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Conference	6th National Conference on Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Tooling and Rapid Manufacturing
Abbreviated title	CRDM2005
City	High Wycombe
Period	15/06/05 → …

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

Perfactory process
surface finish
layer thickness
orientation
pixels

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