A material extrusion based additive manufacturing process that uses liquid ink extruded through a nozzle in a raster pattern, one layer at time. Almost any material can be printed if it can be converted, chemically or thermally, into a liquid. The process allows the largest variety of materials, including metals and ceramics, photopolymers, gels, and biomaterials. With multiple nozzles, multiple materials can be deposited on the same layer or on different layers.
This process works well for nano-scale additive manufacturing as well as standard sizes.
Abbreviated as DIW.
Categories: Additive Manufacturing Processes, Material Extrusion
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