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Rapid prototyping technology can be applied in different spheres, especially when it comes to various types of engineering, product development or any other form-shaping application. The most widespread spheres of application of rapid prototyping technology are different types of testing including ergonomic and functional testing, test fitting and product design and even for tooling of products produced in a very small number.
As rapid prototyping is developing, more and more new RP technologies are appearing, such as STL, SLS and FDM, which are deciphered as stereo lithography, selective laser printing and fused deposition modeling. Other widely used names for rapid prototyping are solid freeform fabrication or SFF and three-dimensional printing. Of course, all of these technologies have their pluses and minuses.
The company, invented and patented the fused deposition modeling technology is called Stratasys. This company also reserves all rights for FDM technology. Fused deposition modeling is based on the layered technology as well as all rapid prototyping technologies. The material is being grown during the process. It gave the technology its name, widely known today. The materials used for this process can vary, but most popular and plastic (if we talk about FDM technology) and metal. Plastic or metal wires are melted and material comes to nozzles, which put the layers of a future model. The wires must be heated or else the process cannot be done. Motion path of nozzles can be both horizontal and vertical and is controlled automatically. Software used for the controlling of the process was specially created by rapid prototyping specialists. After another layer is put to a prototyping model within prototyping process, it hardens, providing the perfect basis for the next level.
The stereo lithography technology differs from the fused deposition modeling. First of all the material used for a prototyping process is called resin and it is polymer that hardens under the influence of ultraviolet light. Special laser beam is directed to every layer of liquid material on order to harden it and to create the basis for the following layer.
SLS is also based on the layered technology, but materials, used for it differ from other RP technologies. Among them are mostly powders that are built up using cross-sectioning technique. The SLS machine interconnected with a computer. Machine scans the cross-sections of a future model presented by a special computer program, controlling SLS prototyping process.
3D printing is based on the layered technology as well, but the process itself is simplified, while the layers of material are glued together. This technology is much cheaper comparing to other prototyping technologies, which means that it can be sold to a wide number of customers, who want to have their own prototyping machine.
All in all, all prototyping technologies are unique and give a wide range of opportunities not only to big enterprises, but for all comers.

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