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{{ infobox company
|name             = 3D Systems Corporation
|logo             = [[File:3D Systems Logo - from Commons.gif|300px|right|3D Systems Logo]]
|type             = [[Public company|Public]]
|traded_as        = {{NYSE|DDD}}
|industry         =
|foundation       = [[Valencia, California|Valencia]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]] ({{Start date|1986}})
|location_city    = [[Rock Hill, South Carolina|Rock Hill]], [[South Carolina]]
(contracted; show full)

* Color jet printing uses inkjet technology to deposit a liquid binder across a bed of powder.  Powder is released and spread with a roller to form each new layer.  This technology was originally developed by Z Corporation.<ref>http://www.3dscentral.3dsystems.com</ref>

* [[Fused deposition modeling]] is handled by 3
d sD Systems' hobbyist level printer line.  These printers use a heated extruder to deposit a thermoplastic along complex toolpaths, one layer at a time.  A good visual model of this is using a hot glue gun to build a 3d model.  The hot glue gun (a hand powered extruder) would have to build things one layer at a time, depositing a string roughly the width of the extruder orifice.  Once a layer has cooled and hardened, the next layer can be built until the model is complete.  FDM limitations include time (it (contracted; show full) first ever 3D printed hybrid exoskeleton robotic suit, in collaboration with 3D Systems.<ref>http://www.3dsystems.com/sites/www.3dsystems.com/files/2_18_2014_3d_systems_partners_with_ekso_bionics_to_3d_print_robotic-hybrid_exoskeleton_8.37.48_am.pdf</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eksobionics.com/pressrelease |title=Press Releases - Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. (EKSO) |publisher=Eksobionics.com |date= |accessdate=2014-08-16}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[3D printing]]
* [[Chuck Hull]]

* [[Fused deposition modeling]]⏎
* [[Selective laser sintering]]
* [[Stereolithography]]

== References ==
{{reflist|33em}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.3dsystems.com}}

[[Category:Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange]]
[[Category:3D printer companies]]
[[Category:Companies based in South Carolina]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1986]]