# Mastering Post Processing for Polymer Additive Manufacturing

- Show: [Additive Snack](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack)
- Published: 2021-06-08
- Length: 22m
- Episode: 2
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2021-06-08-mastering-post-processing-for-polymer-additive-manufacturing
- Listen: https://share.transistor.fm/s/7a065f7d

## Summary

Felix Ewald, CEO and co-founder of DyeMansion, explains why post-processing is a critical value driver in polymer additive manufacturing, arguing that it must be integrated into the design phase rather than treated as an afterthought. He details the 'triangle of complexity' (design, print/material, and finish) and outlines specific post-processing technologies like automated depowdering, shot blasting, and chemical smoothing. Ewald also discusses how DyeMansion evolved from a failed consumer product startup into a B2B equipment provider, highlighting the eyewear industry as a key success case where post-processing transforms raw prints into high-value final products.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2021-06-08-mastering-post-processing-for-polymer-additive-manufacturing#t=6) Introduction and DyeMansion's Origin Story
- [4:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2021-06-08-mastering-post-processing-for-polymer-additive-manufacturing#t=275) The Eyewear Case Study and Value Creation
- [6:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2021-06-08-mastering-post-processing-for-polymer-additive-manufacturing#t=391) The Triangle of Complexity in Additive Manufacturing
- [7:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2021-06-08-mastering-post-processing-for-polymer-additive-manufacturing#t=471) Depowdering and Surface Finishing Technologies
- [10:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2021-06-08-mastering-post-processing-for-polymer-additive-manufacturing#t=647) Coloring Methods and Application-Specific Workflows
- [17:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2021-06-08-mastering-post-processing-for-polymer-additive-manufacturing#t=1033) Strategic Advice for Developers and Future Episodes

## Topics

- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- DyeMansion (company)
- EOS (company)
- Additive Snack (other)
- America Makes (company)
- Through Your Mind (company)
- Deutsche Bank (company)

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- [Post print: The dirty little secret of additive manufacturing](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-11-29-post-print-the-dirty-little-secret-of-additive-manufacturing) (The Manufacturing Executive)
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