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Solid freeform fabrication builds composite parts.(FORMING/PROCESSING)
Advanced Materials & Processes, October, 2005
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Composite solid freeform fabrication (C-SFF) or composite layer manufacturing (CLM) is an automated process in which an advanced composite material is formed into a free-standing, possibly complex, three-dimensional object, according to researchers at the NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.
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In CLM, molds, dies, or other expensive tooling are not needed, and neither is machining. CLM is a variant of extrusion rapid prototyping, in which a model or prototype of a solid object is built up by controlled extrusion of a polymeric or other material through an orifice that is ...
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