Additive Manufacturing Device Builds Prototype (IMAGE)

NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Additive Manufacturing Device Builds Prototype

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A 3-D printing device layers polymers to build an object by depositing material in very small layers. Orientation of those layers is critical to product integrity. Defects hidden between these layers can go unnoticed in post-printing tests.

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