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Introduce: Task 2

Additive Manufacturing

Please take time to read through the article which is a comprehensive beginner guide to 3D printing. It is a perfect on-ramp to the topic and covers 3D printing basics, history, technology, processes, materials, global effects, benefits and value and applications of 3D printing.

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You will find out that it all started over 40 years ago in the early 1980s so it is not a new idea. However, it is now a mainstream technology being used in every industrial sector, the arts and beyond.