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3D Printing - Coggle Diagram
3D Printing
Where is it used?
Inventors
easily build working models
Doctors
joint replacements, hearing aids, and custom fits
Astronauts
print equipment
instead of waiting
Now
mass-produced
in factories
Future
3D printed products
at home
How
squirt each slice
as a thin layer of liquid
harden immediately
printing surface lowers
repeat
stocks
chocolate, metal, plastic, wax, etc
another kind
plastic powder
laser traces a shape
heat sticks together
printing surface lowers
more power rolls across
ceramic / metal
What
same principle with 2D printers
extra dimension
3D image
send to printer
interpret it as slices
print on top of the other