Powder particles in the binder jetting-metal additive manufacturing (BJ-MAM) process are bonded by accumulating liquid binder in layers.

An advantage of BJ-MAM is that many materials can be printed at room temperature, reducing localized distortion and crack issues during the build process. The subjection of a fully printed part to a post-build sintering cycle, however, reframes the distortion problem in a more global manner.

To account for shrinkage and gravitational deformation during sintering (so as to design parts to specific dimensional tolerances), you can perform a numerical analysis of the BJ-MAM sintering process.