Polimeroetan oinarritutako fabrikazio gehigarria eta 3D inprimaketa: etorkizuneko teknologia gaur egungo gizartean

Abstract

Additive manufacturing in comparison to traditional fabrication methods displays numerous advantages such as freedom of design, mass customization, the ability to manufacture complex structures or the rapid creation of prototypes. Although there are many materials used in the 3D printing technologies, polymers are the most prominent due to their versatility, low cost and suitable physico-chemical properties. Thus, this article gives an overview of 3D printing technologies applied to polymeric materials, the main polymers used, as well as their applications in fields like biomedicine, electronics and aerospace engineering.