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How 3D Printing Work
3 Steps of 3D printing. The First Step is the preparation just before printing, when you design a 3D file of the object you want to print. This 3D ...
How FDM Printers Work
The model or part is produced by extruding small flattened strings of molten material to form layers as the material hardens immediately after extrusi...
How SLA Printers Work
Unlike the desktop printer you use to print documents, SLA machines don't extrude ink or some other liquid onto a surface. Instead an SLA machine star...
How DLP Printers Work
Digital Light Processing is a 3d printing process where a projector is used to cure photopolymer resin. Very similar to SLA where the only difference ...
How SLS Printers Work
An additive manufacturing layer technology, SLS involves the use of a high power laser (for example, a carbon dioxide laser) to fuse small particles o...
How PJP Printers Work
Objet’s patented PolyJet inkjet technology works by jetting state-of-the-art photopolymer materials in ultra-thin layers (16µ) onto a build tray la...
How MJP Printers Work
MJP or MultiJet Printing is an inkjet printing process that uses piezoprinthead technology to deposit either photocurable plastic resin or casting wax...
Material Options in FDM 3D Printing
PLA PLA (Polylactic Acid) is one of the two most commonly used desktop 3D printing materials (with the other being ABS). It is the ‘default’ re...
Material Options in SLA DLP 3D Printing
Castable Resin Castable resin allows you to take the high resolution 3D Printin SLA or DLP process. 3d printed object will later on use for investm...
Material Options in SLS SLM DMLS Printers
Almost all metal alloys will get printed through this Technology. SLS, SLM, and DMLS this all three technology is almost same. Metal powder will get m...