Open AccessTypes of 3D Printers Applied in Industrial Pharmacy and Drug Delivery
Author(s) -
Fatima Jalal Al-Gawhari,
Ali Abdulqader Mohammed Ali Al-Zaidi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
technium biochemmed
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2734-7990
DOI - 10.47577/biochemmed.v3i2.6064
Subject(s) - stereolithography , selective laser sintering , 3d printing , extrusion , engineering drawing , manufacturing engineering , cad , rapid prototyping , computer aided design , selective laser melting , fused deposition modeling , three dimensional printing , computer science , 3d printer , computer aided manufacturing , process engineering , mechanical engineering , materials science , engineering , sintering , composite material , microstructure
The promising technology depend on using 3D printers' machines (3DPs) might be considered a modern approach in drug industry and delivery. A 3D printer may define as a machine which fabricates 3D models or products using computer aided design (CAD) software programs. These printers can create a single copy of an item that is too complicated and very difficult to produce by using traditional manufacturing methods. Moreover, it has ability to make products with complex internal structure geometries with lower cost and time. Recently, 3D printers have been involved into printing bio-products, custom pills and organs for transplant. This review presents the types of 3DPs suitable for drug industry and delivery. There are several types of 3DPs are used in pharmaceutical fields including inkjet (IK) printers, fused filament (FF) type printers, extrusion and hot melt extrusion 3D printing, sintering by selective kind of laser (SLS), Stereolithography (SLA), melting by micro selective laser (SLM), binder applied jetting printing (BJ) and the laminated object engineering manufacturing (LOM).