{"id":222,"date":"2019-09-04T14:09:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T14:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preview.analogwp.com\/heavy\/?p=58"},"modified":"2019-09-04T14:09:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T14:09:17","slug":"awp-heavy-demo-post-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preview.analogwp.com\/blocks\/2019\/09\/04\/awp-heavy-demo-post-4\/","title":{"rendered":"How new technology improves 3D printing quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;<strong>3D printing<\/strong>&nbsp;process builds a three-dimensional object from a computer-aided design (CAD) model, usually by successively adding material layer by layer, which is why it is also called&nbsp;<strong>additive manufacturing<\/strong>,unlike conventional machining, casting and forging processes, where material is removed from a stock item (subtractive manufacturing) or poured into a mold and shaped by means of dies, presses and hammers.<\/p><p>The term &#8220;3D printing&#8221; covers a variety of processes in which material is joined or solidified under computer control to create a three-dimensional object, with material being added together (such as liquid molecules or powder grains being fused together), typically layer by layer. In the 1990s, 3D-printing techniques were considered suitable only for the production of functional or aesthetic prototypes and a more appropriate term for it was rapid prototyping. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A new Era for Printers<\/h2><p>As of 2019 the precision, repeatability and material range have increased to the point that some 3D-printing processes are considered viable as an industrial-production technology, whereby the term additive manufacturing can be used synonymously with &#8220;3D printing&#8221;. One of the key advantages of 3D printing is the ability to produce very complex shapes or geometries, and a prerequisite for producing any 3D printed part is a digital 3D model or a CAD file.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A heading three inside the content<\/h3><p> In the 1990s, 3D-printing techniques were considered suitable only for the production of functional or aesthetic prototypes and a more appropriate term for it was rapid prototyping. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wrapping up<\/h2><p>As of 2019 the precision, repeatability and material range have increased to the point that some 3D-printing processes are considered viable as an industrial-production technology, whereby the term additive manufacturing can be used synonymously with &#8220;3D printing&#8221;. One of the key advantages of 3D printing is the ability to produce very complex shapes or geometries, and a prerequisite for producing any 3D printed part is a digital 3D model or a CAD file.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest technology leaps help us achieve better quality in our prints. Here&#8217;s how!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.analogwp.com\/blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.analogwp.com\/blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.analogwp.com\/blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.analogwp.com\/blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.analogwp.com\/blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/preview.analogwp.com\/blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.analogwp.com\/blocks\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.analogwp.com\/blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.analogwp.com\/blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.analogwp.com\/blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}