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How 3D printing is changing manufacturing
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3D printer
3D-printed prosthetic ear
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Collection of 3D-printed firearms displayed at the National Firearm Reference Vault, West Virginia, 2024
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How 3D printing is changing manufacturing
Overview of 3D printing.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
3D printer
A new 3D printing technique shining light rays onto a light-sensitive yellow liquid,...
Video: Displayed by permission of The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Know about the development of titanium 3D-printed prosthetic jaw
Learn about a titanium 3D-printed prosthetic jaw.
Video: © University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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illustration of the selective laser sintering (SLS) process
The selective laser sintering (SLS) process, showing (top) the rolling of a thin...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
computer-aided design
Three-dimensional components being drawn on a laptop using computer-aided design.
© Marzky Ragsac Jr./Fotolia
3D-printed prosthetic ear
A 3D-printed prosthetic ear, created with medical-grade silicone, 2013.
Veronika Lukasova—ZUMA Press/Alamy
Collection of 3D-printed firearms displayed at the National Firearm Reference Vault, West Virginia, 2024
Ghost guns may be 3D-printed, assembled from kits, or pieced together from separately...
© Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images
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