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Sheet Lamination (SHL) was one of the earliest commercialized AM techniques, but it has had only limited success in the marketplace. In SHL, sheets of materials are cut, stacked, and bonded (not always in that order) to form an object, and the material not used in the part cannot be easily reused and is typically discarded. Sheet material, however, can be some of the cheapest available and quite easy to handle. Metal variants exist as do paper, polymer, and ceramic variants. This process has been shown to be useful for the construction of very large, bulky objects. Although industrial applications for SHL are limited at the present time, continued research and technology development ensure these techniques will continue to serve niche applications for years to come.
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Gibson, I., Rosen, D., Stucker, B., Khorasani, M. (2021). Sheet Lamination. In: Additive Manufacturing Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56127-7_9
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