Flexible and automated finishing and post-processing cell for high value AM components - FlexiFinish

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The FlexiFinish project addresses the significant challenges faced by industry surrounding the ability to finishsurfaces on complex parts, in a controlled and cost effective manner. This is also becoming a significant barrierto the wider uptake of additive parts within the Aerospace industry and beyond. In order to address this, theFlexiFinish project will create a fully automated cell which includes a number of finishing (laser polishing andadaptive linishing) and post processing technologies (shot peening). The cell will be enclosed, and will useadaptive toolpath software alongside inspection technologies (roughness and dimensional) to allow automatedfinishing of multiple parts' geometris. A database of finishing strategies and approaches will also be created,and constantly updated to improve quality. This will not only improve current capability, but will reduce costsand timescales from existing approaches