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If there were no mechanical limitations in FDM, what would be some of the things you think an industrial user would want to print?

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Am not sure what you mean by 'mechanical limitation’s.

In reality, if anything could be printed in FDM with the right strength, finish etc, you would simply produce anything with a FDM printer than could not be produced cheaper and/or faster than with another production method.

3D printing has always been strong in singular, unique or small batch production. With no limitations, the range of possible applications would simply increase.

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Hey thanks for the reply again!

By ‘mechanical limitations’ speed and strength, particularly in the z-direction, has pushed industrial users towards CNC machining and injection molding for parts that, if they didn’t have those limitations, would be more suited for 3D printing use. Like you said, without those limitations and FDM printer would produce anything that is cheaper/faster than any other production method. What I am looking for it to figure out what some of those parts would be for people. Like you said the possible applications would increase, but I’m having trouble figuring out what some of those applications would be aside from some tooling/molds/prosthetics.

Hope this helps clarify the questions some more.