3D printing (stereolithography and FDM)
Impresión 3D (estereolitografía y FDM)
- Date
- 1981-1989 · confidence high
- Place
- 3D Systems, Valencia, California, United States (Hull, 1984); Stratasys, Minneapolis (FDM, 1989); Nagoya, Japan (Kodama, 1981)
- Credited to
- Chuck Hull (stereolithography); Hideo Kodama (Nagoya, 1981); Scott Crump (FDM); Carl Deckard (laser sintering, 1986)
- People
- 👤 Carl R. Deckard1960–2019👤 Chuck Hull1939–👤 Hideo Kodama1944–
- Field
- Tools
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
The manufacture of objects layer by layer from a digital model, using photocurable resin, melted filament or sintered powder. It allows prototypes and one-off parts to be made without moulds.
Kodama published the principle in 1981 without patenting it; Hull patented and commercialised it in 1984-1986.
What it led to
- Rapid prototyping and the additive manufacturing of aerospace and medical parts
- The maker movement (RepRap, 2005) and home printers
- Tissue bioprinting and printed construction
Built on
Made possible
- custom implants
- bioprinting
- 3D-printed rocket engines