3d Printing : Technological Roadmap

Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello are the founder of research in 3D printing, they named their research project as Emerging Objects. They develop a new product where it is able to do 3D printing from many resources. The traditional 3D printing can only be used to create a prototype where the producers only produce it for samples. The goal of both founder of this project is to make a 3D printer where it is not only a sample but we can also use it immediately. In my opinion, we can use this technology to help our company saved money and be more sustainable for the environment

With such high demands, the 3D printer market is expected still to grow "as high as 17.2 billion dollars by 2020". Though costs have dropped and are expected to keep decreasing. The first

The introduction of 3D printing is rapidly starting to shift the paradigm of how, when and where a product is made. It has already given consumers the opportunity to access an at-home design and production facility. It offers the flexibility to design and build a customised product that can be tailored to individual’s specific needs.

We use printers every day, but printing is making a bigger impact on the world then we may realize. Using 3D printing, innovators are coming up with ways to create solutions to problems we encounter every day. 3D printing is, surprisingly, not a new concept, and has been around since the eighties. 3D printing entails multiple layers of material that is formed using computer programs to create an object. The most common material used in 3D printing is plastic, but can also be silver, titanium, steel, and wax, to name a few.

In recent years 3D printing arouses focus of public with appearing in a huge number of areas. In this essay, it will describe 3D printing which is one important application of rapid prototyping.

Usually, to bring a product to market it takes a year, sometimes longer, and then you would have to find a manufacturer and investors, it forces you to reconsider on how you want to buy materials for that product, and how the product are made. You have this explosive technology where everything is made just for you at the price and quality of something you would buy at the store. Customization with 3D printing is changing the way we look at designs, also the way we think about production.

Another example of applying 3D printing in this industry is printing not only the prototype but the complete car or at least the body of it. That is how Urbee ("urban electric"), a new

The Economist (2012) titled its article about 3D printing as ‘The Third Industrial Revolution’, implying that 3D technology has a potential to do so. Will it really be happen? The answer remains to be seen, but considering the capabilities of 3D technology, it seems absolute. When we look back to history, wheel, steam engine, and light bulb were all breakthroughs that shaped the way societies lived. In the 21th century, 3D printing is the biggest nominee for the title of new ‘breakthrough’ or ‘game changer’. Taking into account the varieties of products that are the harvest of 3D printers, 3D printing has already deserved that title and changed many traditional production rules. 3D printing or AM is used not only in civilian logistics but also in military applications. Although it has some implications and drawbacks, 3D printing provides great opportunities for humanity, if used correctly. On one hand, it can reduce costs and help us to gain more; on the other hand it can save the lives of people who are in need of urgent medical help.

3D printing is a method where three-dimensional physical object’s can be created to any shape from a digital model. In the early 19’s, 3D printing was an impractical idea that was only a dream. However, in 1980 the first 3D printing technology was invented by Charles Hull and it was called stereo lithography. The inventor of 3D printing Charles Hull mention that “This invention relates generally to improvements in apparatus for forming three-dimensional objects from a fluid medium and, more particularly, to stereo lithography involving the application of lithographic techniques to production of three-dimensional objects, whereby such objects can be formed rapidly, reliably, accurately and economically” (Hull, C. W.,1986). People think that 3D printing technology will have a strong grip on to our everyday life’s and it has more positive benefits than the negatives. Moreover, 3D printing can

According to 3Dprinting.com (n.d.), 3D-printing one of the additive manufacturing process by transforming 3D digital file in to a real solid object and it reach the using of additive processes. Additive process means creating an object by laying down successive layers of materials, we can see the sliced horizontal cross-section of the corresponding object during the manufacturing process. The essay is going to discuss about the recent insight of the 3d-printing industry base on the seminar that spoke by Dr. Wendy Lee.

Abstract - This assignment is an attempt to understand what Three-dimensional printing technology. A thorough literature review was undertaken that helped me gauge three-dimensional printing technology Simultaneously, I derived my own opinion based from the readings undertaken.

With a lot of hype around 3D printing, lets see what makes it a disruptive technology.

Thanks to personal computing developing into a revolutionary innovation in the early 1970s, 3D printing was made possible in the late 1980’s. 3D printing technology was at one point only available for the business elites because of its high cost and limited production by few companies. This technology in the the late 1980s began as a new additive manufacturing, changing and speeding up what use to be subtractive manufacturing. Subtractive manufacturing relied on tooling and assembly lines since it began, 3D printing however made it possible for companies to fabricate prototypes on demand. However 3D printing is no longer limited to manufacturing, but has developed into various categories as printer cost continue to go down, making it more

This report provides a roadmap for 3D printing technology (www.marketresearchmoz.com/market-research/3d-printing-markets-ho ..) that will be invaluable to product managers of all kinds and its scope extends to all serious applications and end user sectors that have been proposed for 3D printing to date.This report pinpoints where the real opportunities will be found in the emerging 3D printing sector. Readers of the report will find an application-by-application assessment of the opportunities for 3D printing including comprehensive and granular ten-year forecasts of hardware,

Three Dimensional Printing or 3D Printing is an additive manufacturing process of creating a wide variety of products covering diverse sectors of manufacturing. It is called an additive process because of the fact that material is added in this process of manufacturing instead of machining it out from a base substance.