3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is a relatively new technology with increasing popularity in today’s world. It is the construction of three-dimensional objects by providing a computer-aided design/digital model to a printer that could then create an object by adding materials layer by layer.

 

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The Gyralign is created using the CAD software system, OnShape. Models for each part of the Gyralign are designed and assembled on the site. Then a spool of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), a commonly used, durable, and cheap plastic filament, is inserted into a 3D printer. Instructions from the Gyralign model on OnShape are sent to the printer, and the manufacturing process begins.