3D Printing: Definition, Operation and Applications

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3D Printing
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Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Definition/ Explanation of 3D Printing......................................................................................2
Operation of 3D Printing............................................................................................................5
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Introduction
3D printing refers to all the procedures where the materials are solidified or joined
with the control of computer systems for the successful creation of any three dimensional or
3D objects, with all the materials that are being added together (Espalin et al. 2014). The
objects in the 3D printing could be of any specific geometry or shapes and are eventually
produced with the help of a 3D model or any other electronic data sources like AMF or
Additive Manufacturing File. There are several technologies such as DTL or
stereolithography and FDM or fused deposit modelling. Hence, unlike the removed material
from the stock within the process of conventional machining, the technology or additive
manufacturing or 3D printing is responsible for building and constructing the three
dimensional object from the CAD model or computer aided design and any AMF file by
properly adding the materials one after another (Compton and Lewis 2014).
The following report provides a brief discussion on the entire concept of 3D printing.
The report highlights various significant features of it with relevant details. The proper and
the significant explanation of this particular technology will be eventually given here.
Furthermore, the complete working principle of the 3D printing will also be explained here.
Definition/ Explanation of 3D Printing
3D printing or the additive manufacturing is the significant procedure by which 3D or
three dimensional solid objects are made from any specific digital file. The complete creation
of the 3D printed object can be solely achieved with the help of several additive processes.
Within any additive process, the object could be created by simply laying down the various
successive material layers until this object is being created (Barnatt 2013). Each of every
successive material layer could be viewed as finely sliced horizontal cross section of that