What type of technology does the zprinters from 3D systems use?

Is it SLS? I know it's powder based. Is there any open source projects?

The quality is just so much better than fuse filament printers and no support structures are needed.

I know those printers use a binding agent (some type of glue), to hold the powder together. The non-bound powder acts like the support material.

The quality does look better, and is better for presentation purposes, but I think those parts arent quite fit more real mechanical loads.

I have seen open source versions of that type of printing but i cant remember what they called it.


-Nick

... the binder is often diluted acrylate -- in the OS projects it's simply a rearranged ink-jet printer with a linear slider moving the printer mechanics and a powder-leveller instead of the paper feed ...

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