Force-controlled burnishing process for high surface integrity on additive manufactured parts

Additive manufactured components provide a new level of shape flexibility. However, this process has shortcomings in surface quality and dimensional accuracy. As a result post-processing is often necessary. In this paper, a combined finishing operation of machining shaping and force-controlled burnishing is used for prismatic form elements. Therefore, a corresponding control strategy was implemented for this on a CNC machine tool. The focus lies on the process characteristics between the pre-machined surface structures and the force-controlled machining and in the resulting surface properties. The aim of the work is the investigation and application of the process combination on additive manufactured metallic structural elements.