Summary

In this chapter, we learned all about metal additive manufacturing. We started this chapter by highlighting all the additive manufacturing technologies you can utilize to create metal parts. We demonstrated how to use fused filament fabrication printers from UltiMaker and Raise3D and metal filaments from companies such as BASF to 3D print metal parts that require debinding and sintering. We also showcased how you can use any FFF 3D printer with customized extruders and specialized metal filaments from companies such as The Virtual Foundry to 3D print with metal filaments. Each of these solutions requires the 3D-printed part to be further processed by debinding and sintering. We then highlighted how to create metal parts using directed energy deposition technology utilizing printers such as the Meltio M450 printer available within Fusion 360’s machine library.

In the next section, we demonstrated how to create additive setups using MPBF printers. We showcased how additive...