One of the oft-ignored 3D printing technologies is laminated object manufacturing (LOM), in which layers of material (such as paper, plastic, or metal) are glued together, pressed with a heated roller, and subsequently cut out with a blade or laser. The process, originally developed by Helisys Inc., was largely abandoned because of its inability to produce very complex, precise, functional, or hollow parts. A much superior evolution of that process does exist today in the form of Mcor’s prominent 3D paper printing technique.…
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