All You Need to Know about Metal 3D Printing

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All You Need to Know about Metal 3D Printing
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Introduction

• In earlier days, printing as a process only meant
  printing document. Even today, many people think
  that printer can only print documents.
• But technology has advanced to a level that in
  current scenario, printers can also print
  objects.
• This technology is known as 3D printing. With the
  help of 3D printers you can print a digital image
  into a product.
• Since the inception of this technology, printing
  customizable designs, vibrant colours and quality
  printing is attracting many businesses.

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Tools and Equipment Used for 3D Printing

• Plastic jet printing is the latest technology
  that is used for 3D printing.
• It is a kind of manufacturing process in which a
  soft plastic or metal sheet is pushed through a
  die to produce a continuous bead of material.
• PJP is a similar process as of Fused Deposition
  Modelling (FDM). But FDM is majorly used for
  industrial use and PJP are made for normal
  consumers.
• In order to print through PJP, first we need to
  create 3D model using CAD (Computer aided
  designing) software and save as STL file.
• STL is an industry-standard file extension that
  slices your 3D model in a stack of
  cross-section. The file is then sent to software
  which is automatically supported with the
  machine.

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Growing Significance of Metal 3D printing

• In the past few years, the popularity and scope
  of metal 3D Printing has increased to a
  considerable extent.
• It is important to note that every material
  offers a unique and distinct set of aesthetic and
  practical properties that are suited to various
  products.
• It can be jewellery, prototypes, kitchenware,
  functional parts or miniatures.
• The reason behind unprecedented popularity of
  this printing technology is that 3D serially
  printed parts are available for mass adoption.
• In many instances, it was found that 3D printed
  parts were much more impressive and good when
  compared with the parts being manufactured using
  traditional methods.

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Growing Significance of Metal 3D printing

• In the manufacturing processed used in olden
  times, making plastic and metal objects would
  have been considered as a wasteful process.
• A lot of surplus and chunky parts were used. When
  metal parts are manufactured by the aircraft
  makers, almost 90 percent of the material was
  thrown away. In case of 3D printed parts of
  metal, not only lesser energy is used but the
  wastage is also reduced to a minimum.
• This way, the finished product with 3D printing
  is 60 percent lighter than a machined part.
  Billions of dollars are saved by the aviation
  industry through reduction in weight, especially
  on fuel.
• 3D metal printing can also be used in homes in
  Melbourne. It serves a variety of purposes.

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Why to Use Metal 3D Printing?

• Unique appearance and metallic finish
• Perfectly suitable for statues, jewellery,
  artefact replicas, or home hardware
• High robustness and durability
• Low degree of flexibility, dependent on the
  design of the structure
• Not soluble
• 195C 220C, General print temperature range
• Not considered food safe

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Why to Use Metal 3D Printing?

• During cooling, very little shrinkage
• No requirement for heated bed
• High printing difficulty, requires nozzle
  temperature to be fine-tuned, post-processing and
  flow rate.

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Use of Home Printer for Metal 3D Printing

• It is significant to understand that achieving
  metal 3D prints is slightly difficult. There may
  be a need to upgrade the 3D printer nozzle.
• The metal filament used in 3D printing suffers
  from quick wear and tear.
• Thus, there may be a need to replace 3D printer
  nozzle on a regular basis to continue enjoy
  amazing results.
• The technology has been making a lot of changes
  in the printing industry.

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