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Using Microwave Heating to Locally Anneal CNT-Coated FDM Prints
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; alt=""/>Layer adhesion is one of the weak points with FDM 3D printing, with annealing often recommended as a post-processing step. An interestingly creative method for this was published in Science Advances https://hackaday.com/2025/02/01/using-microwave-heating-to-locally-anneal-cnt-coated-fdm-prints/
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/01/using-microwave-heating-to-locally-anneal-cnt-coated-fdm-prints/
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; alt=""/>Layer adhesion is one of the weak points with FDM 3D printing, with annealing often recommended as a post-processing step. An interestingly creative method for this was published in Science Advances https://hackaday.com/2025/02/01/using-microwave-heating-to-locally-anneal-cnt-coated-fdm-prints/https://hackaday.com/2025/02/01/using-microwave-heating-to-locally-anneal-cnt-coated-fdm-prints/