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Automotive parts supplier gets up to speed on FDM’s capabilities for fixtures Read Case StudyDecisions, decisions. Life is full of choices and the world of 3D printing is no different. Two technologies from Stratasys Direct Manufacturing are Fused Deposition Modeling and PolyJet, each with unique characteristics and benefits.
So how do you know which one is right for your parts? In order to better understand your options, it is important to know how each process works.
FDM uses a thermoplastic filament that is melted down and extruded from a print head. Once extruded into a bead, the material is immediately set in the high temperatures of the machine and layered on a platform. The machine head repeats the extruding and melting, layer by layer, until the part is complete.
The PolyJet process is different in that a carriage jets photopolymers onto the work space, which are then cured by a UV light. After a thin layer is created, the process repeats itself by jetting additional layers until the part is fully formed.
Since the process and materials are different, the characteristics of parts each produces will be different, too. There are a few key things to consider when choosing the right technology:
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