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Difference B/W CNC and 3D Printer

CNC machining is a subtractive manufacturing process that cuts material to create a part, while 3D printing is an additive process that builds parts up layer by layer without material removal. 3D printing offers more design freedom and can reduce costs and weight compared to CNC, but CNC provides better dimensional accuracy and compatibility with more materials.

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Difference B/W CNC and 3D Printer

CNC machining is a subtractive manufacturing process that cuts material to create a part, while 3D printing is an additive process that builds parts up layer by layer without material removal. 3D printing offers more design freedom and can reduce costs and weight compared to CNC, but CNC provides better dimensional accuracy and compatibility with more materials.

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Difference b/w CNC and 3D printer

Subtractive vs Additive Manufacturing

They key difference between 3D printing and CNC machining is that 3D printing is a form of additive
manufacturing, whilst CNC machining is subtractive. This means CNC machining starts with a block of
material (called a blank), and cuts away material to create the finished part. To do this, cutters and
spinning tools are used to shape the piece. Some advantages of CNC machining include great
dimensional accuracy as well as many compatible materials, including wood, metals and, plastics.

3D printing, or additive manufacturing, involves parts being created layer-by-layer using materials such
as plastic filaments (FDM), resins (SLA/DLP), plastic or metal powders (SLS/DMLS/SLM). Using a source of
energy such as a laser or heated extruder, layers of these materials are solidified to form the finished
part. Advantages of 3D printing include its freedom of shape, applications in many sectors, accuracy,
speed, and ability to cut costs and weight in parts.

History of 3D printing:
The general concept of and procedure to be used in 3D-printing was first described by Murray Leinster
in his 1945 short story Things Pass By “But this constructor is both efficient and flexible. I feed
magnetronic plastics.
Early additive manufacturing equipment and materials were developed in the 1980s. In April 1980,
Hideo Kodama of Nagoya Municipal Industrial Research Institute invented two additive methods for
fabricating three-dimensional plastic models with photo-hardening thermoset polymer, where the UV
exposure area is controlled by a mask pattern or a scanning fiber transmitter. He filed a patent for this
XYZ plotter, which was published on 10 November 1981. (JP S56-144478).His research results as journal
papers were published in April and November in 1981

The technology used by most 3D printers to date—especially hobbyist and consumer-oriented models—
is fused deposition modeling, a special application of plastic extrusion, developed in 1988 by S. Scott
Crump and commercialized by his company Stratasys, which marketed its first FDM machine in 1992.
Now in 2021 this technology is paying its very important role all around the world including Pakistan,
and Pakistan also started adopting this technology specially in making prototyping, medical and
educational purposes.

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