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| 3DB | three-dimensional bioplotter | LPD | laser powder deposition |
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| 3DP | three-dimensional printing | LPF | laser powder fusion |
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| AF | additive fabrication | LPS | liquid-phase sintering |
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| ALPD | automated laser powder deposition | LRF | laser rapid forming |
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| AM | additive manufacturing | LS | laser sintering |
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| BM | biomanufacturing | M3D | maskless mesoscale material deposition |
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| CAM-LEM | computer-aided manufacturing of laminated engineering materials | MD | metal deposition |
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| DCM | direct composite manufacturing | MD | material deposition |
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| DIPC | direct inkjet printing of ceramics | MEM | melted extrusion manufacturing |
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| DLC | direct laser casting | MIM | material increase manufacturing |
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| DLF | directed light fabrication | MJM | multijet modeling system |
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| DLP | digital light processing | MJS | multiphase jet solidification |
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| DMD | direct metal deposition | MS | mask sintering |
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| DMLS | direct metal laser sintering | M-SL | microstereolithography |
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| EBM | electron beam melting | PBF | powder bed fusion |
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| EBW | electron beam welding | PJM | poly jet modeling |
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| EP | electrophotographic printing | RFP | rapid freeze prototyping |
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| ERP | electrophotographic rapid printing | RM | rapid manufacturing |
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| FDC | fused deposition of ceramics | RP | rapid prototyping |
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| FDM | fused deposition modeling | RPM | rapid prototyping and manufacturing |
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| FFEF | freeze-form extrusion fabrication | RT | rapid tooling |
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| FFF | fused filament fabrication | RTM | rapid tool maker |
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| FLM | fused layer modeling | SALDVI | selective area laser deposition and vapor infiltration |
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| FLM | fused layer manufacturing | SCS | solid creation system |
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| HSS | high speed sintering | SDL | selective deposition lamination |
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| IJP-A | aqueous direct inkjet printing | SDM | shape deposition manufacturing |
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| IJP-UV | UV direct inkjet printing | SFC | solid film curing |
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| IJP-W | hot-melt direct inkjet printing | SFF | solid free-form fabrication |
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| IRP | inkjet rapid prototyping | SGC | solid ground curing |
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| JP | jet prototyping | SHS | selective heat sintering |
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| LAM | laser additive manufacturing | SL | stereolithography |
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| LC | laser cladding | SLA | stereolithography apparatus |
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| LCVD | laser chemical vapor deposition | SL-C | stereolithography of ceramics |
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| LDC | laser direct casting | SLM | selective laser melting |
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| LDM | low-temperature deposition manufacturing | SLP | solid laser diode plotter |
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| LENS | laser engineered net shaping | SLS | selective laser sintering |
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| LFFF | laser free form fabrication | SLSM | selective laser sintering of metals |
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| LLM | layer laminated manufacturing | SOUP | solid object ultra-violet laser printer |
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| LM | laminated manufacturing | SS | selective sintering |
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| LMD | laser material deposition | SSM-SFF | semisolid metal solid freeform fabrication |
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| LMF | laser metal forming | SSS | solid-state sintering |
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| LOM | layered object manufacturing | UC | ultrasonic consolidation |
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| LOM | laminated object manufacturing | UOC | ultrasonic object consolidation |
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