Glossary
Additive manufacturing terms and acronyms, and what each of them means.
287Terms
146Acronyms Expanded
20Categories
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287 terms in 20 categories
- AMEAdditively Manufactured Electronics
- BPEBound Powder Extrusion
- CBAMComposite Based Additive Manufacturing
- CFFContinuous Fibre Fabrication
- CJPColour Jet Printing
- ClipContinuous Liquid Interface Production
- CMFCold Metal Fusion
- DLPDigital Light Processing
- DLSDigital Light Synthesis
- DMLSDirect Metal Laser Sintering
- DMPDirect Metal Printing
- EBMElectron Beam Melting
- FDMFused Deposition Modelling
- FDRFine Detail Resolution
- FFFFused Filament Fabrication
- FGFFused Granulate Fabrication
- Full Colour Sandstone
- HPSHybrid Photosynthesis Technology
- HSSHigh Speed Sintering
- LMDLaser Metal Deposition
- LMJLaser Metal Jetting
- LMMLithography-based Metal Manufacturing
- LOMLaminated Object Manufacturing
- MBJMetal Binder Jetting
- MJFMultijet Fusion
- MJPMultijet Printing
- NPJNano Particle Jetting
- Paste DepositionPaste Deposition
- PMSLProjection Micro Stereolithography
- SAFSelective Absorption Fusion
- SLAStereolithography Aparatus
- SLMSelective Laser Melting
- SLSSelective Laser Sintering
- UAMUltrasonic Additive Manufacturing
- UBJUniversal Binder Jetting
- UV Curable InkjetUV Curable Inkjet
- VCJVision Controlled Jetting
- VLMViscous Lithography Manufacturing
- WAAMWire Arc Additive Manufacturing