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Material Jetting

 

Illustration of Material Jetting

MATERIAL JETTING

Material Jetting is the branch of 3D Printing processes where the whole material is jetted out of the print head. The process is very similar to the 2D printers. The material is deposited on the surface in the form of droplets. The layer of material is cured by the exposure of UV light. In this process supporting structures are built within each layer.

The material deposition process can be done by using continuous method of drop-on-demand (DOD).

The process repeats itself till the whole geometry has been printed. The main polymers used in this technique are mentioned below;

-  Polypropylene
-  High Density Poly Ethylene (HDPE)
- Polystyrene (PS)
-  Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA)
- Polycarbonate (PC)
- Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)
- High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)
- Environmentally Degradable Plastic (EDP)

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