{"id":91521,"date":"2020-04-02T14:27:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T06:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/facfox.com\/?post_type=kb&p=91521"},"modified":"2020-04-02T14:27:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T06:27:07","slug":"how-the-industrial-3d-printers-work-on-powder-liquid-metal-plastic","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/docs\/kb\/how-the-industrial-3d-printers-work-on-powder-liquid-metal-plastic","title":{"rendered":"How The Industrial 3D Printers Work On Powder & Liquid, Metal & Plastic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Unfortunately, many people imagine an <\/span>FDM 3D printer and low-quality plastic models when they hear \u2018\u20193D printing\u2019\u2019. But this technology has come a long way in a short amount of time. <\/span><\/p>\n

Nowadays, there are whole factories providing you with Additive Manufacturing at the highest standards and quality, capable of mass-producing goods. So, how do different types of industrial 3D printers work?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Traditional FDM 3D printers<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Fused Deposition Modeling was developed in the 80s and brought a new revolution to rapid prototyping. At first, it wasn\u2019t very cost-effective, however, it was fast. Now everyone can get a desktop 3D printer and produce simple models in their own house.<\/p>\n

FDM 3D printers<\/a> use plastic filament. The filament comes in a thin thread. It is pushed into a nozzle where it\u2019s heated up, becoming flexible. The nozzle extrudes the filament out in the shape of your model, layer by layer.<\/p>\n

FDM printers are capable of pretty thin layers, however, they will also be visible.<\/p>\n