3D printers print 3D models, in a process called Additive Manufacturing or AM. This process uses computer control to lay successive layers of material to build a 3D model.
ABS (Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) and the more eco friendly PLA (Polylactic acid or polylactide) both plastics, are the most common materials used, but increasingly almost any material can be printed, from food to metal, just not necessarily at home.
ABS (Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) and the more eco friendly PLA (Polylactic acid or polylactide) both plastics, are the most common materials used, but increasingly almost any material can be printed, from food to metal, just not necessarily at home.
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