PostProcess Technologies Teams with Great Lakes Dental to Automate Surface Finishing and Powder Removal for Dental Applications
BUFFALO, NY, USA -- June 3, 2020 - PostProcess Technologies Inc., the first and only provider of automated and intelligent post-printing solutions for industrial 3D printing, announced their collaboration with Great Lakes Dental Technologies, one of North America’s largest orthodontic laboratories, to unlock previously unachievable powder removal and surface finishing results for custom-printed dental products.
As an early adopter of additive manufacturing and reseller for Stratasys and 3D Systems dental solutions, Great Lakes has implemented PolyJet, DLP, and SLS 3D print technologies in their own facilities. As most custom dental solutions are specifically fitted to an individual’s mouth, traditional mass production manufacturing techniques are virtually irrelevant in the product development process. Without an automated post-printing solution, Great Lakes Dental struggled to surface finish and remove excess powder with the accuracy necessary to achieve the desired comfort and function.
Streamlining Great Lakes Dental’s workflow, the PostProcess™ RADOR™ Surface Finishing solution automates both their powder removal and surface finishing SLS post-print needs. The patent pending RADOR utilizes software intelligence, hardware, and advanced vibratory technology to dually remove powder from and burnish printed parts via suspended rotational force (SRF) technology.
Regarding the scalability unlocked by PostProcess Technologies, James R. Kunkemoeller, President and CEO of Great Lakes Dental Technologies said, “The RADOR has not only improved our efficiencies but has allowed us to produce a superior product while maintaining our valued workforce. Great Lakes' forward-thinking mentality has always driven us to look for ways to improve business sustainability, competitiveness, and workforce retention."
“As a fellow early technology adopter hailing from Western New York, our business relationship with Great Lakes Dental has been a natural fit,” commented Nate Harris, Vice President of Sales, North America, PostProcess Technologies. “While dental in additive manufacturing scales into a projected $9 billion industry over the next decade, we look forward to helping more companies enable scalable post-printing for their business with our full-stack solutions.”
Read more in the Case Study published by PostProcess at: postprocess.com/great-lakes-dental/
About PostProcess Technologies:
PostProcess Technologies is the only provider of automated and intelligent post-processing solutions for 3D printed parts. Founded in 2014, PostProcess removes the bottleneck in the third step of 3D printing – post-processing – through patent-pending software, hardware, and chemistry technologies. Customers span many industries, including aerospace, automotive, consumer goods, defense, and medical. For more information, visit www.postprocess.com.
About Great Lakes Dental:
Beginning as a small orthodontic laboratory in 1964, Great Lakes Dental Technologies now operates as one of North America’s largest orthodontic laboratories, offering more than 4000 products and services. As a veteran of additive manufacturing for more than ten years now, Great Lakes executes distribution, on-site education and training, and in-house manufacturing of retainers, orthodontic appliances, TMJ splints, sleep appliances and more. For more information, visit www.greatlakesdentaltech.com.
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