Norck: Achieve Smooth, Professional Finishes with Vapor Smoothing

Norck delivers expert vapor smoothing services to enhance the surface quality and performance of your 3D printed parts. Ideal for prototypes, end-use components, and applications across consumer products, medical, and industrial sectors.

Capabilities for Vapor Smoothing Excellence:

• Specialized Vapor Smoothing Systems: Utilizing controlled environments and chemical solvents to smooth and improve the surface finish of compatible 3D printed plastics.
• Compatible Materials: Smoothing ABS, some nylons, polycarbonates, and other thermoplastics commonly used in 3D printing.
• Finishing Versatility: Achieve a spectrum of finishes from semi-matte to glossy, depending on process parameters and desired aesthetics.
• Improved Functionality: Vapor smoothing can reduce surface porosity, increasing part strength, leak resistance, and biocompatibility when applicable.

Norck's Engineering Edge: It's About Performance & Aesthetics

• Design Considerations: We can advise on how part geometry and 3D printing parameters may affect the achievable surface finish after smoothing.
• Material Compatibility: Guidance on selecting 3D printing materials that are both suitable for your application and achieve optimal results with vapor smoothing.
• Process Optimization: Tailoring smoothing cycles to match your specific 3D printed material, desired surface finish, and part functionality requirements.
• Diverse Applications: Providing vapor smoothing solutions for functional prototypes, consumer-facing products, medical devices, and other parts where surface quality matters.

Why Choose Norck for Vapor Smoothing?

• Professional, Polished Parts: Enhance the visual appeal and tactile feel of your 3D printed prototypes and products.
• Improved Surface Properties: Reduce friction, improve chemical resistance, and achieve airtight or watertight parts for specific applications.
• Post-Processing for Diverse 3D Printing: Suitable for parts made with FDM, SLS, and other additive manufacturing technologies.
• Complete Finishing Solutions: Combine vapor smoothing with sanding, painting, dyeing, and other services for fully customized results.
• Your Finishing Partner: Expert support to optimize the surface quality, functionality, and appearance of your 3D printed components.

It is a post-process for 3D printed parts with a coarse surface finish to smooth visual aspects and enhance their mechanical properties. Vapor smoothing uses chemical vapor solvents to smooth the 3D-printed part by melting the surface.

Vapor Smoothing is used over other conventional post-processing methods due to:

   •   Better appearance (shiny instead of sugar-cubes-like surface finishing)
   •   Improved homogeneity of the material

Although there are disadvantages to using Vapor Smoothing:

   •  Smoothed features
   •  Minimum wall thickness

The 3D printed part is hung in a sealed chamber, which releases dissolvent fumes that melt the piece's external surface. Vapor smoothing can fill cavities, smooth sugar-cubes like surfaces, and enhance a part's appearance,

It is used with most polymers and elastomers, such as:

   •  ABS
   •  PP
   •  PC
   •  PLA
   •  PETG
   •  PA 12
   •  ASA

Parts and assemblies should follow specific design rules to be printed correctly. Norck offers engineering services that will help you confirm your design for 3D printing.

Norck is a technology-powered manufacturing leader specializing in CNC machining, 3D printing, sheet metal fabrication, and injection molding. Our intelligent, data-driven approach ensures exceptional quality, optimized costs, and seamless supply chain management for companies worldwide.

Key Services:

• Precision CNC Machining: High-quality custom parts and components.
• Advanced 3D Printing: Rapid prototyping and complex production parts.
• Sheet Metal Fabrication: Custom fabrication solutions across materials.
• Injection Molding: Scalable production for plastic parts.

Why Choose Norck?

• AI-Powered Manufacturing: Data and AI optimize our processes for superior quality, minimized costs, and supply chain visibility
• Vast Production Capacity: Our extensive partner network in Europe and the US guarantees both low and high-volume production.
• End-to-End Expertise: Our team of engineers, data scientists, and product developers ensure design for manufacturability and unparalleled service
• Single-Source Solution: Norck streamlines your supply chain, reduces overhead, enhances purchasing power, and delivers just-in-time results.

Experience the Norck difference. Get a quote fast for your manufacturing needs today!