Additive manufacturing (AM) has transformed production across industries, yet challenges remain in achieving optimal part quality. This paper explores post-processing techniques to enhance AM component quality, focusing on addressing surface roughness, dimensional accuracy, and material properties. A comprehensive review identifies and evaluates thermal, chemical, and mechanical post-processing methods, emphasizing their effects on AM technologies like SLS, FDM, and SLA. The study highlights the importance of tailored post-processing to mitigate defects, optimize surface finish, and improve mechanical properties. Novel post-processing procedures are proposed to achieve superior quality while minimizing fabrication time and costs. Techniques such as cleaning, surface finishing, heat treatment, support removal, surface coating, electropolishing, and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) are integrated into the AM workflow to enhance part quality. The findings contribute to knowledge advancement and offer practical implications for manufacturers and researchers aiming to improve AM quality standards. Post-processing is crucial for refining AM components, ensuring they meet stringent quality and functional requirements across industries. Challenges include achieving consistent results, labor intensity, and cost, which impact the efficiency and scalability of post-processing operations.Additive manufacturing (AM) has transformed production across industries, yet challenges remain in achieving optimal part quality. This paper explores post-processing techniques to enhance AM component quality, focusing on addressing surface roughness, dimensional accuracy, and material properties. A comprehensive review identifies and evaluates thermal, chemical, and mechanical post-processing methods, emphasizing their effects on AM technologies like SLS, FDM, and SLA. The study highlights the importance of tailored post-processing to mitigate defects, optimize surface finish, and improve mechanical properties. Novel post-processing procedures are proposed to achieve superior quality while minimizing fabrication time and costs. Techniques such as cleaning, surface finishing, heat treatment, support removal, surface coating, electropolishing, and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) are integrated into the AM workflow to enhance part quality. The findings contribute to knowledge advancement and offer practical implications for manufacturers and researchers aiming to improve AM quality standards. Post-processing is crucial for refining AM components, ensuring they meet stringent quality and functional requirements across industries. Challenges include achieving consistent results, labor intensity, and cost, which impact the efficiency and scalability of post-processing operations.