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Figure 71 is a relationship chart designed to be read from left to right. The chart has 3 columns of rectangles. There is 1 rectangle in the left hand column labelled 'Additive manufacturing'. It is connected by lines to the three rectangles in the centre column. The top rectangle, labelled 'Liquid or semi-solid paste', is connected to two rectangles in the right hand column labelled 'Curing with/without binder or drying' and 'Solidification'. The centre rectangle labelled, 'Powder', is connected to two rectangles in the right hand column labelled 'Laser/electron beam sintering' and 'Curing with a binder'. The bottom rectangle, labelled 'Solid', is connected to one rectangle in the right hand column labelled 'Adhesive bonding or curing with a binder'.

 4.9.2 Processes and materials