bas.cornelissen@philips.com wrote:
> (SNIP)
> The problem is the difference between the applications of the FDM and SLS process. They aren't clear to me (and maybe to some other rp-ml members as well?).
Hi Bas,
The most significant difference between these processes that I see is their costs.
SLS is on the order of at least 5 times as expensive as FDM!
> The only advantage I found was that FDM allows multiple colors and ABS. The advantage of SLS
> seems to be the wide range of materials and the possibility to sinter metals (which isn't done much).
Aaaah, I think you should note that DTM's "sintered metals" are not "true" sintered metals as you
would get from a high power laser fusion system.
Best Regards
Greg Pettengill
http://www.indirect.com/user/greg_p/
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