2.1 additive manufacturing

• Additive manufacturing:

  a manufacturing method where a part is built up by adding material where it is required
• Sintering:

  the use of heat to convert a powder into a solid without becoming a liquid
• Rapid prototyping :

  the use of an additive manufacturing method to make a complete part or component in a single operation
• Manufacturing process:

  an operation that changes the form or properties of a material in a useful way
• Fused deposition modelling :

  a rapid prototyping process that prints a part layer by layer using polymer
• stereolithography:

  a rapid prototyping process that uses a laser to build up a polymer part
• Resin :

  a liquid form of polymer