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A type of material extrusion (MEX) additive manufacturing where a continuous filament of thermoplastic containing metal powder material is fed into a heated extruder and deposited on the current build layer. The resulting green part is then placed into a furnace and sintered.

Categories: Additive Manufacturing Processes, Material Jetting

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Bound Metal Deposition [BMD]

A type of material extrusion (MEX) additive manufacturing where a continuous filament of thermoplastic material containing metal powder is fed into a heated extruder and deposited on the current build layer. A green part is created that is then sintered to remove the thermoplastic and then shrink the part to a fully dense metal part. It is a type of fused filament fabrication (FFF).

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