Vertical Layer Printing Allows for Even Larger 3-D Printed Parts

Vertical Layer Printing (VLP) at first sounds counterintuitive. This new 3D printing strategy developed by Thermwood makes use of the company’s Large Scale Additive Manufacturing (LSAM) system, but instead of putting down layers of material that are parallel to the floor, VLP literally turns the process on its side. A print head oriented at a right angle to the extruder deposits material in layers perpendicular to the floor, onto a vertical print bed.

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