Table 1.
Applications of fused deposition modeling (FDM).
Applications | Reference |
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Investment casting models | [40] |
3D printed models for maxillofacial surgery | [41] |
Craniofacial reconstruction and orthopedic inserts. | [42] |
Decomposable porous scaffold structures | [38] |
Dental repairs, scaffold for organ printing and tissue engineering | [43] |
Polycaprolactone/hydroxyapatite artificial bones to imitate goat femur | [44] |
Maxillofacial surgery using FDM and poly-jet printing along with finite element analysis (FEA) Simulation and modelling. | [45] |
Printing capsules in the pharmaceutical business. | [46] |
Scaffold structures for tissue engineering | [47] |
Functioning economical prosthetic hand | [48] |
Surgical guides for dental application | [49] |
Patient-specific bone and respective grafts | [50] |
Device for cleft lip and palate (dental field), acoustic prosthesis | [51] |
Ornamental industrial objects | [52] |
Industrial grade bevel gear | [53] |
Textile application | [54] |
Sheet metal forming dies | [55] |
Personalized lamps | [56] |
Electrically conductive plastic patterns | [57] |
Components with conductive plastic electronic circuits | [58,59] |