3D printing technologies
DFM analysis for stereolithography
In design for additive manufacturing (DFAM), there are both broad themes (which apply to many additive manufacturing processes) and optimizations…
Applications of 3D printing
3D printing has many applications. In manufacturing, medicine, architecture, and custom art and design. Some people use 3D printers to…
Contour crafting
Contour crafting is a building printing technology being researched by Behrokh Khoshnevis of the University of Southern California's Information Sciences…
Construction 3D printing
Construction 3D Printing (c3Dp) or 3D Construction Printing (3DCP) refers to various technologies that use 3D printing as a core…
Laser engineered net shaping
Laser powder forming, also known by the proprietary name (laser engineered net shaping) is an additive manufacturing technology developed for…
Electron-beam freeform fabrication
Electron-beam freeform fabrication (EBF3) is an additive manufacturing process that builds near-net-shape parts requiring less raw material and finish machining…
Sheet lamination manufacturing
Laminated object manufacturing (LOM) is a rapid prototyping system developed by Helisys Inc. (Cubic Technologies is now the successor organization…
Selective laser sintering
Selective laser sintering (SLS) is an additive manufacturing (AM) technique that uses a laser as the power source to sinter…
Selective laser melting
Selective laser melting (SLM) or direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) is a rapid prototyping, 3D printing, or additive manufacturing (AM)…
Electron-beam additive manufacturing
Electron-beam additive manufacturing, or electron-beam melting (EBM) is a type of additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, for metal parts. The…
Powder bed and inkjet head 3D printing
Powder bed and inkjet 3D printing, known variously as "binder jetting" and "drop-on-powder" – or simply "3D printing" (3DP) –…
Robocasting
Robocasting or Direct Ink Writing (DIW) is an additive manufacturing technique in which a filament of a paste (known as…
Solid ground curing
Solid ground curing (SGC) is a photo-polymer-based additive manufacturing (or 3D printing) technology used for producing models, prototypes, patterns, and…
Continuous Liquid Interface Production
Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP; originally Continuous Liquid Interphase Printing) is a proprietary method of 3D printing that uses photo…
Stereolithography
Stereolithography (SLA or SL; also known as stereolithography apparatus, optical fabrication, photo-solidification, or resin printing) is a form of 3D…