3D Printing Types!
Right now! there are a lot of 3D Printing Technology types and every year there are more types added to the list when merging 3D Printing technologies with existing manufacturing techniques & fields, the most common types based on technology used are;
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Stereo lithography (SLA).
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Digital Light Processing (DLP).
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Selective Laser Sintering (SLS).
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Selective Laser Melting (SLM).
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Electronic Beam Melting (EBM).
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Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM).
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Binder Jetting (BJ).
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Material Jetting (MJ).
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FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling)
/ FFF (Filament Filament Fabrication)
​A Thermoplastic string (Filament) is extruded through a melting nozzle (Hot end) to extrude molten Thermoplastic line that draws the shape lines into a layer, then the 3D shape is created by adding layers above each other.
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The most common 3D Printing type.
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Started at the 80's, and start it's wide spread in the last 5 years.
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Using Thermoplastic materials.
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Used for home & industrial Thermoplastic applications.
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+ Surface finish, Colors and wide choices of materials.
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- Some time Brittle, not sustainable for mechanical stress.​