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| Technical types | Technical names | Materials | Printer manufacturer | Sources |
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| Melt extrusion | Fused deposition manufacturing (FDM) | Thermoplast, eutectic alloy, rubber | Stratasys
3D Systems | [46] |
| Fused filament fabrication (FFF) | Thermoplast, eutectic alloy, rubber, etc. | [47] |
| Directed ink writing (DIW) | Ceramics, alloy, metal ceramic, etc. | [48] |
| Continuous fibre fabrication (CFF) | Nylon, straps, glassfibre, etc. | [49] |
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| Photopolymerization | Stereolithography (SLA) | Photosensitive resin | 3D Systems | [51] |
| Digital light processing (DLP) | Photosensitive resin |
| Continuous liquid interface production (CLIP) | Photosensitive resin |
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| Layer powder bonding | Powder-based 3DP | Almost any alloy, powdered polymer, gypsum | Z Corporation
3D Systems
Stratasys | [52] |
| Electron beam melting (EBM) | Almost any alloy (including titanium alloys) | [53] |
| Selective laser melting (SLM) | Titanium alloy, cobalt chromium alloy, stainless steel, aluminum | [54] |
| Selective heat sintering (SHS) | Thermoplastic powder | [55] |
| Selective laser sintering (SLS) | Hot plastic, metal powder, ceramic powder | [56] |
| Direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) | Almost any alloy | [57] |
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| Lamination | Laminated object manufacturing (LOM) | Paper, sheet metal, plastic film | Helisys | [58] |
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| Powder feeding | Directed energy deposition (DED) | Almost any alloy | Fraunhofer | [59] |
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| Metal wire | Electron beam freeform fabrication (EBF3) | Almost any alloy | LARC | [58] |
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