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Material Extrusion
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Material Extrusion

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Any additive manufacturing process where a viscous material is extruded through a nozzle whose position is computer controlled to lay down a bead of material to create a layer. Fused deposition modeling is the most common form of material extrusion. One of the ASTM defined standard categories for additive manufacturing processes.

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