A type of extruder used in fused deposition modeling where the gear drive that pushes the filament into the heater and through the nozzle is fixed to the frame of the additive manufacturing system and separate from the heater and nozzle that are in the print head, which moves to create the build layer. A Teflon tube is usually used to connect the drive gear to the print head, allowing the drive gear to push the filament without causing it to buckle.
The opposite of a Bowden extruder is a direct drive, where the drive gear is located next to the heater and nozzle in the print head.
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