First, Fused
Deposit Modelling (FDM) is an additive manufacturing technique that creates
patterns by melting layers of materials together. In plain English, an FDM 3D printer uses plastic filaments
and crushes them at high temperatures until they melt. Then, the melted
components are placed on the print bed layer by layer. When it comes to 3D
printing, FDM 3D printing is generally the first method that springs to mind.
Digital design
files are translated into physical dimensions by FDM and then uploaded to the
print...
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