Matsuura appointed UK reseller of Dyemansion 3D Finishing Systems

Matsuura Machinery has been appointed as an authorised reseller of DyeMansion finishing systems. Based in Munich, Germany, DyeMansion is a leader in additive manufacturing finishing systems that transform raw, 3D printed polymer parts into high-value consumer and industrial products.

DyeMansion’s 3D finishing systems, combined as a three–stage Print-to-Product workflow, are compatible with leading powder-bed technologies; HP, Ricoh, EOS, 3D Systems, Voxeljet, Farsoon or Prodways and specially optimised for PA11, PA12, PA6 or TPU based materials, providing an automated process to cleaning, surfacing and colouring a wide variety of 3D printed parts.

Interested parties can view live 3D printing on the HP Multi Jet Fusion 3D printer and DyeMansion process finishing at Matsuura’s Technical Facility in Leicestershire, by appointment.

Roger Howkins, managing director at Matsuura Machinery, commented: “Our association with DyeMansion completes our technical offer to the UK market in 3D printing – in a variety of shapes and sizes and now any colour, making us the one stop applications and products specialist for companies investing in UK plastics additive manufacturing.”

Greg Gracki, sales partner manager at DyeMansion added: “We are glad to welcome Matsuura to our 3D family. Supplying them not only with all our systems, but also with the appropriate training and knowledge, we are sure that they will be able to revolutionise the UK’s Industrial market with their 3D offer.”

DyeMansion’s three–stage Print-to-Product workflow:

Step 1: DyeMansion Powershot C – Cleaning. Producing completely powder-free parts. Highly efficient, damage preventative part cleaning of AM plastics. The automatic process only takes around 10 minutes for one run and leaves engineers hands-free from manual cleaning. The cleaning process assures the safety for the whole geometry, preventing the surface from being burnt or scratched.

Step 2: DyeMansion Powershot S – Surfacing. PolyShot Surfacing (PSS) technology delivers a comparable surface quality, transforming rough powder-based plastics into long-lasting, finished products.

Step 3: DyeMansion DM60 – Colouring. With over 170 RAL colours available and the ability to customise colours to achieve corporate colours.

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