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Additive Manufcaturing-Nesting Spacing

david_31

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Sep 12, 2016
What are the minimal recommended clearances between parts when nesting parts for printing?
I have seen minimal clearances of 0.2mm for DMLS, 0.3mm for SLS, 0.5mm for SLA and 0.5mm for Material Jetting.
I'm assuming these are limits for when the design intent is to have two features as close as possible together.
But when the aim is to have a safe build but optimally using all the build plate space, I would imagine the parts wouldn't be so closely spaced together. Any images I've see online, especially for metal printed part shows a more significant spacing e.g. 10-20mm. What would a common/safe spacing be?
 








 
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