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		jeffchuber on Feb 6, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 3D Printer Shootout – $600 Printrbot vs. $20,000 U... mostly because of patents. but changing this year. here is one company http://www.norgesystems.com/

steejk on Feb 6, 2015 [–]

That's exactly it - last time I checked SLS seemed to be around 5 years behind that of FDM. SLS is also a more complicated process to get good results out of and certain patents for improvements (such as a Nitrogen atmosphere) are yet to expire.

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