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Section 31 · Workshop

3D printing

The essentials

Checked against 3D printing.

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Additive manufacturing
industrial synonym for 3D printing based on material addition
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Fused deposition modeling (FDM)
most common process as of 2020 using thermoplastic filament
03
Complex shapes
geometry allowing for hollow parts or internal truss structures
04
Liquid Metal Recorder
1971 patent for a continuous inkjet metal device
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XYZ plotter
Hideo Kodama's 1980 invention for plastic models
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Raytheon Technologies Patent
1982 method using powdered metal and laser energy
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Bill Masters' patent
first 3D printing patent filed July 2, 1984 (US 4665492)
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Stereolithography process
1984 filing by Le Méhauté, de Witte, and André
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Chuck Hull's stereolithography
1984 patent for a system using photopolymers and radiation or lasers
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Agile tooling
modular design to produce tools via 3D printing for quick prototyping