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3D Printing with FDM: How it Works

Submitted by btomasino on Mon, 12/10/2012 - 11:22am
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A 3D printer is a machine that creates objects from plastic or other materials using an additive manufacturing process. Additive manufacturing produces objects in a succession of layers from the bottom, up. This is the opposite of traditional subtractive manufacturing processes. .


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