Additive Manufacturing

Cleaning & Verification
for 3D-Printed Parts

Trapped powder, sintering residue, and support-material contamination are the hidden challenge of metal and polymer additive manufacturing. Jetsons removes contamination from internal channels and complex geometries, then verifies it is gone.

Vacuum Ultrasonic Powder Removal NVR Verified No Minimums
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The Additive Challenge

The Powder Has to Come Out

Metal additive parts come off the build plate with residual powder packed into internal channels, lattice structures, and blind passages. Polymer parts carry support-material residue and partially-sintered particles. This trapped contamination is a functional and safety problem: it sheds in service, contaminates downstream fluid systems, and fails cleanliness inspection.

Conventional cleaning cannot reach where additive contamination hides. The internal geometries that make additive parts valuable are exactly what make them difficult to clean. This is the problem Jetsons is built to solve.

  • Residual metal powder in internal channels and conformal cooling passages
  • Partially-sintered particles in lattice and gyroid structures
  • Support-material residue from polymer and metal builds
  • Machining and post-processing contamination
  • Handling and packaging contamination before final delivery
3D printed lattice structure
Lattice and internal-channel geometries trap powder where conventional cleaning cannot reach
Our Approach

How We Clean Additive Parts

A combination of methods specifically suited to the internal geometries and contamination types unique to additive manufacturing.

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Vacuum Ultrasonic Cleaning

Vacuum-assisted ultrasonic cleaning evacuates air from internal passages, then draws cleaning fluid into blind holes, conformal channels, and dead-end features that standard ultrasonic cannot fill. The single most effective method for internal additive geometry.

Internal channels
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Complex Geometry Cleaning

Lattices, gyroids, and intricate internal features require cleaning techniques tuned to dislodge particles without damaging delicate structures. We adapt our process to your specific build geometry.

Lattice & gyroid
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Powder & Support Removal

Targeted removal of residual metal powder, partially-sintered particles, and support-material residue from both metal (DMLS, SLM, EBM) and polymer (SLS, MJF) additive processes.

Metal & polymer
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Particle-Sensitive Finishing

For additive components destined for fluid, optical, or precision-mechanical service, we clean and verify to sub-micron particulate levels so loose particles do not shed in operation.

Sub-micron
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NVR & Gravimetric Verification

We confirm contamination removal with non-volatile residue testing and gravimetric analysis, giving you documented, defensible proof that the powder and residue are actually gone.

Documented proof
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Prototype & Low-Volume

Whether you have one printed prototype or a low-volume production batch, we take the job. No minimum quantities, no being told your run is too small to bother with.

No minimums
Why Additive Teams Choose Jetsons

Built for How Additive Actually Works

Additive manufacturing is iterative. You print, test, revise, and reprint. Build volumes are small, geometries change constantly, and timelines are tight. Large certified production cleaning shops are not built for this. They want high-volume, repeat, frozen-design work with long lead times.

Jetsons is built for the additive reality: one-off prototypes, evolving designs, fast turnaround, and direct technical conversation about your specific contamination challenge. We work the way additive teams work.

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What We Bring to Additive Work

No minimums — prototypes and one-offs welcome
Vacuum ultrasonic for internal channel cleaning
In-house verification — NVR, particle count, IEST-1246
Fast turnaround matched to iterative build cycles
Engineering support for your contamination spec
Direct communication — talk to the people doing the work
Verification

Proof the Contamination Is Gone

Cleanliness verification lab

Removing powder is only half the job. Proving it is gone is what lets you ship with confidence. Jetsons verifies additive part cleanliness in-house using non-volatile residue testing, automatic particle counting, and gravimetric analysis, with results documented to IEST-STD-CC1246 cleanliness levels.

Every additive cleaning job can ship with a certificate of cleanliness documenting the verification method, acceptance criteria, and result, which is documentation your customer, quality team, or end application requires.

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From Print to Verified Part

Where We Fit in Your Workflow

You design and print the part. We handle what comes next: removing the powder and support material, cleaning the internal geometry, and verifying the result so the part is ready for inspection and use.

3D printing workflow: design, print, clean, inspect, and verify
Design · Print · Clean · Inspect · Verify

Got a Printed Part
with Trapped Powder?

Send it to us. We will clean the internal geometry, verify it is contamination-free, and document the result. No minimums, no being told it is too small.

Send Us Your Parts (919) 803-7507 service@jetsons.us