3D printing food is a way of preparing any meal or snack in an automated additive way. It could enable chefs, bakers, etc. to reinvent culinary ways on different levels from texture, shape and artistic concept.
Posted by Aaron Chen on 16/10/2019
3D printing food is a way of preparing any meal or snack in an automated additive way. It could enable chefs, bakers, etc. to reinvent culinary ways on different levels from texture, shape and artistic concept.
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Posted by Aaron Chen on 09/10/2019
3D printing is definitely an easy and fast way to produce good quality prototypes and consumer items nowadays. However, this process can be time-consuming and challenging especially when designers and engineers encountered some 3D printing problems.
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Posted by Aaron Chen on 30/09/2019
Nowadays, there is a wide selection of materials that can be used for 3D printing. Among all of those, ABS filament is the most used materials. It is also a great option when printing with FDM/FFF printers because it is readily available.
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Posted by Aaron Chen on 28/08/2019
Layer height may be considered as one of the most trivial of the 3D printer settings. However, it often plays a huge role in the entire 3D printing process.
Posted by Aaron Chen on 21/08/2019
Both injection moulding and 3D printing are popular in the world of product development and manufacturing nowadays. Each of this method is versatile and well-suited to certain conditions.
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Posted by Aaron Chen on 11/08/2019
Extruder is considered as one of the important components of a 3D printer. It is the part of the 3D printer responsible for drawing in, melting and pushing out the filament.
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Posted by Aaron Chen on 30/07/2019
3D printing has been widely used by designers and engineers to create prototypes. It also became a standard process for producing consumer items.
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Posted by Aaron Chen on 21/07/2019
A 3D printed part is still a incomplete product after it comes out from a 3D printer. Thus, it will at least require some amount of post-processing particularly in aesthetic terms and functionality. This is where surface finishing comes in. It is a technique that turns a raw 3D printed part into a finished product.
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Posted by Aaron Chen on 11/07/2019
From a historical point of view, SLA is considered to be the process behind 3D printing. The first 3D printing patented application was file by Chuck Hill in 1984.
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Posted by Aaron Chen on 01/07/2019
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