Innovation Represented By My Artifact: 3D Printing

During this last decade a machine called a 3D printer has taken off and is believed to soon be in the homes of almost every family in the United States. It’s basically a computer printer that creates a 3-dimentional object by stacking material layer by layer on top of each other. You can design these objects through modeling software or

3D printing or additive manufacturing is a process of making three-dimensional solid objects from a digital design. The creation of a 3D printed object is achieved using additive processes. In an additive process the desired object is created by laying down successive layers of material (usually molten alloy or plastics) until the entire object is formed. Each of these layers can be seen as a thinly sliced horizontal cross-section of the eventual object.

3D printing might seem like a daunting task only accessible to the elite members of the market, but because of its continuous growth and advancement, 3D printing has developed into technology available to nearly anyone and everyone. 3D

Ability to customize products: With the desired raw material, a 3D printer, and the required blueprint, one can “manufacture” any object one wants, with the specifications and design of one’s choice.

It gives people power to create anything through knowledge and technology. According to Eddie Krassenstein, a co-founder and director of the largest 3D printing news publications on the web gave background information, on the history of 3D printers. The first 3D printer took 6-8 weeks to print an object, was invented by Charles Hull on March 9, 1983 (Eddie Krassenstein). With the advancement of technology, 3D printers can now printer within hours. As reported by, Robert Green a cadalyst author, a CAD programmer and an expert in CAD management expounds that, Three-dimensional printers are fast and easy to use nowadays. The printers allows people to print within hours instead of waiting weeks for your object to arrive. 3D printers use “plastics, nylon, rubber like materials, etc.” (Green 2). Mashable, a YouTube channel that uploads videos of the latest innovation in technology, global news, entertainment, and more. When we have downloaded the software into the computer and have a “blueprint or downloaded a design from thingiverse, then you can print” (Mashable). Thingiverse is a website where anyone can download free drawings and blueprints to various 3D objects and print them three dimensionally. After all the measurements of the object is correct and the design complete. You can send it or transfer it to the printer to print

Specific Purpose: To persuade my general audience that the invention of the 3D printer is the best one out of all in the past 5 years.

3D printing really opens up the world for endless possibilities. It allowed a dog to be able to finally walk normally and actually feel useful. Now, that might not sound that great, but just think that 3D printing could help thousands

Have you ever lost a limb? Have you ever needed a new car part? If so, the marvel of 3D printing can deliver these things. The future has truly arrived today, almost any object we can think of can become reality through 3D printing. 3D printing is the process of making a physical object from a digital model by layering a material until it forms the object. 3D printing shows a lot of potential for both recreational and practical uses, and I believe will help shape the future of technology.

3D printing eliminates stock inventory, it also eliminates having a market ready for your product. The larger the amount of

3D printing also known as additive manufacturing is any of various processes used to make a three-dimensional object. In 3D printing, additive processes are used in which successive layers of material are laid down under computer control. These objects can be almost any shape or geometry and are produced from a 3D model or other electronic data source. A 3D printer is a type of industrial robot.

Why go to stores and spend lots of money buying toys, jewelry, cups and many other plastic utilities when you can only press one button and print them out for yourself. This futuristic idea is not only innovating the scientific and technological world, but it is also innovating modern day households. The possibilities of 3D printing are extremely captivating, making this one of the most exciting innovations in recent times. 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, makes three-dimensional solid objects from a digital model or command. To picture how this process works, 3D printers use an additive process, where adding layers of a successive material creates an object. Traditional machines, however, uses a subtractive process by

3D Printing is one of the newest and innovative technological advancements. The opportunities to create something new and inventive is endless. It only takes one imaginative idea and this fascinating tool can make it become a reality. “3D printing has the potential to change everything” says a former ship engineer (Hart). This new piece of technology can have an impact not only in the United States, but also globally in a variety of aspects, many being highly beneficial, but others that bring ethical and harmful concerns to the equation that could cause 3D printing to take a turn for the worse.

3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is the process of successively layering material to form a 3D object (“What is 3D”). This process begins with the formation of an idea. This object can be anything from a hand, to a vehicle component. Using computer aided design (CAD), the user can transform an idea into a computerized 3D model. However, if the item already exists, the operator can use a 3D scanner to make a digital copy of the object and shorten the process (“What is 3D”). After the user has the digital 3D model, the computer horizontally divides the virtual object into hundreds or thousands of “slices,” as seen in figure 2. The printer then starts producing the object, layer by layer. The printer head moves side-to-side and up and down as it deposits layers of material (“How 3D Printing”). As each successive layer is printed, they are blended so that the human eye can hardly see the individual layers, if at all (“What is 3D”). The mixing process is crucial for the visual and

3D printing is a technology that was invented in the early 1980s by a man named Charles Hull (Ventola, 2014). Since its creation, 3D printing has branched into many different aspects of the world and is being utilized in fields like the automotive industry, medicine and is even being used for everyday purposes. Later on, Charles Hull founded a company called 3D Systems which developed the first ever 3D printer. In 1988, Hull and his company 3D Systems, put forth the first commercially available 3D printer. From this point on, 3D printing would be advanced and evolved to the point where it would have the opportunity to create a revolutionary impact on the world we

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.