Layered manufacturing processes

Commercial

• Photolithography

• Fused deposition

• Laser sintering

• Laminated paper

Research

• Selective laser sintering (UT Austin)

• 3D printing (MIT)

• Shape deposition manufacturing (CMU/Stanford)

“Look and feel” prototype

Complex 3D shapes

direct from CAD model

Engineering materials (metals,

ceramics, strong polymers)

Graded materials

Embedded components

Not quite direct from CAD model...

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