Type | Technologies | Materials |
Extrusion | Fused deposition modeling (FDM) | Thermoplastics (e.g. PLA, ABS), eutectic metals, edible materials |
Granular | Direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) | Almost any metal alloy |
Electron beam melting (EBM) | Titanium alloys | |
Selective heat sintering (SHS) | Thermoplastic powder | |
Selective laser sintering (SLS) | Thermoplastics, metal powders, ceramic powders | |
Powder bed and inkjet head 3d printing, Plaster-based 3D printing (PP) | Plaster | |
Laminated | Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM) | Paper, metal foil, plastic film |
Light polymerized | Stereolithography (SLA) | Photopolymer |
Digital Light Processing (DLP) | Liquid resin |