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title: "3D printer invention"  
description: "A brief explanation about the origin of 3D printer and it's interesting facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-19  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2943/3d-printer-invention  
category: "science and technology"  
tags: ["3D printer", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# 3D printer invention

![3D printer invention](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f458a4a4-240c-4780-8397-02f927bde010/images/c8cc07e1-e3a2-41d3-aa26-7d7e776cf39e.jpeg) ![3D printer invention](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f458a4a4-240c-4780-8397-02f927bde010/images/e3823ce8-d4ec-4332-a946-ae8ddef12286.jpeg) Creation of the 3D printer may be traced back to the early 1980s, when researchers and inventors were focused on developing rapid prototyping methods. ![3D printer invention](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f458a4a4-240c-4780-8397-02f927bde010/images/eef6f492-d01c-4a57-a00d-23730420a2a3.jpeg) Hideo Kodama, a Japanese inventor, patented in 1981 for a UV light polymerized photosensitive resin rapid prototyping machine but never commercialised ![3D printer invention](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f458a4a4-240c-4780-8397-02f927bde010/images/dd2d6ee6-412f-4082-8e81-7445185c8f57.jpeg) In 1984, Chuck Hull of the United States filed a patent for the first commercial 3D printing technology, known as stereolithography (SLA). ![3D printer invention](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f458a4a4-240c-4780-8397-02f927bde010/images/ac993bd8-010b-4f2e-ac44-1a3f82af48cf.jpeg) His SLA system, developed by 3D Systems, utilises a laser to create solid objects using photosensitive resin layers, first commercial SLA printer 1988 ![3D printer invention](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f458a4a4-240c-4780-8397-02f927bde010/images/186f1a52-c9c1-47a6-8663-6cef29b09e13.jpeg) Since the 1980s, 3D printing technology has rapidly evolved, encompassing various industries: manufacturing, healthcare, education & consumer products

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