ScienceHackadayabout 1 hour ago
Print & Place Embeds Electronics During FDM Printing
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Researchers Oliver Child et al. published Print & Place, a method that uses an unmodified FDM printer to embed electronics during printing. Extruded thermoplastic acts as temporary adhesive to lift parts from a parametrically printed tray, then covers them. Demonstrations embedded small pre-populated PCBs, conductive wire and braid strips, and rivets linking conductive traces.
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