Glossary
Polymer Molds and Tools for the Plastic Industry Produced by Addictive Manufacturing

Stereolithography; StereoLithography Apparatus (SLA)

Additive manufacturing technology using a laser beam to scan the surface of the light-curing resin point by point.

DLP (Digital Light Processing)

Additive manufacturing technology using a projector to expose an image on the surface of the light-curing resin.

CDLP (Continus Digital Light Processing)

Technology similar to DLP (above) but with continuous projector exposure.

APF (Arburg Plastic Freeforming)

A process developed by Arburg involving the extrusion of granules by means of a screw (similar to injection molding) before depositing them on a manufacturing tray.

Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) or Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF)...