Timecornpressio~, theabilityto~uicklyreducetbetimeit.takes to get new products .tomarket, has increased the pressure .onallphasesofthemanUfacturing.process.Manufacturers must find>and implem.ent.timesaving systems without sacrificing quality.Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) provides a synergistic solution for design and manufacturing engineering: visualization models.and .part.concept.designs become .accurate.physical.models.leading to final worldngparts automatically and right within the normal engineering office environment.This clean running, single step operation uses non..toxic, biodegradablethermoplasticwire4ike filaments eliminating liquid photopolymers, powders or lasers.from the process.FDM safely generates three dimensional prototypes from 3D CAD software data reducing the new product development cycle and allowing validation of part design and production tooling.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Wales (2018) studied this question.