A type of material extrusion (MEX) additive manufacturing where polymer pellets, the same raw material used in injection molding, are melted, then fed into a heated extruder, and deposited on the current build layer. It varies from most FDM/FFF systems in size of the build volume, the diameter of the nozzle, and use of pellet material instead of filament as feedstock.
Also called Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM).
Abbreviated as FGF.
Categories: Additive Manufacturing Processes, Material Extrusion
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