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. 2015 Apr 23;5:9875. doi: 10.1038/srep09875

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(a) Shows a photograph of a automobile structure with the nib of a pencil shown alongside for scale (the length of the structure is 2 cm. The layers are 100µm and there are 3200 overlapping exposures in total. The print copes well with the severely overhanging chassis (no support material was used). (b) Shows a model of mountain bike printed with 100µm layers. The printer is capable of the fine detailed spokes on the wheels which are 200µm in diameter.