Today we will elaborate more on the printing side of 3-D printing.
3D Printing is affected by some limitations as in finish strength and heat resistance.
3D Printing methods include but is not limited to:
FDM/FFF is where filament is pushed through a heated nozzle on to a heated bed in a layer form.
The height of each layer will affect the the look and feel of the final product.
The filaments comes in many different types and colours, eg, PLA, PETG, ABS, TPU and more, and colours include but is not limited to pink, red, grey, green etc.
Different types have different structural parameters such as heat resistance, tenstile strength, ectara.
Finishing of 3d objects
Layer height is the height of each layer that is printed. The lower the height the smoother the finish temperature (Hot-end, bed and room temp all contribute to the forming of the object)
adhesion between layers is affected by the offset applied when during the setup
Resin Printing
Is where a bed plate is placed into resin and the resin is cured using a light or laser.
The bed moves up and the next layer is cured. Resin printing can print at higher resolutions.
Added note:
FDM or Fused Deposition Modeling, resin printing needs to be washed and cured after being printed.
FFF 3D printing or Fused Filament Fabrication printing is an additive manufacturing process where the thermoplastic material is pushed through a heated nozzle to create an object layer by layer.