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Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) was developed by S. Scott Crump 4 in the late<br />

1980s and was commercialized in 1990 by Stratasys Inc. As shown in Figure 2.6, a<br />

filament of thermoplastic build material is unwound from a coil and supplied to an<br />

extrusion nozzle. The nozzle is heated to melt the plastic and can turn the flow on and off.<br />

The extruded plastic solidifies and bonds to the layer below. For complex geometries, a<br />

filament of fugitive material is extruded from a separate nozzle to form support structures<br />

for the build material. As the extrusion nozzles can move in horizontal directions and the<br />

build platform can descend vertical by a numerically controlled mechanism, the 3D<br />

objects can then be constructed layer-by-layer.<br />

Figure 2.6 Schematic of the fused deposition modeling process (custompartnet.com).<br />

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