Application
The application of selective laser sintering is based on two key advantages:
- Production without prior preparation, because there is no need for tools that use shaping technology;
- Possibilities of object production with complex geometrical characteristics, which can not be produced using traditional production technologies;
Selective laser sintering is a shortest path from a computer model to the real object, so what is the solution for the preparation of test samples, individualized products, tools for design technology, and even small product series. The most important application of selective laser sintering:
- Rapid prototyping ( shortened RP - „rapid prototyping“)
- Conception models
- Functional prototypes - Making tools of complex shape (shortened RT - "rapid tooling")
- Production of small series (shortened RM - "rapid manufacturing")