3d printing is no longer a theory or a concept. It has been available to industrial manufactures for the last few year but now as technology is advancing at its usual frightening pace the first home consumer printers are becoming available and like the original printers they are rapidly moving on from their slow, expensive and cumbersome beginnings . The Makerbot replicator 2 is an example of a 3d printer available to the consumer retailing for approx $2000. 3d printing relies on additive manufacturing
The development of 3D printing is changing our traditional perception of manufacturing. Three-dimensional printing or additive manufacturing (AM) is not a new concept. It has been used in various industries for many years. The inception of 3D printing began in 1976, when the inkjet printer was invented. Changes and adaptations to the inkjet model of printing in the mid 1980’s allowed the technology to advance from printing with ink to printing with materials. 3D printing uses computer-generated
3D Printing China This is a study about economic factors affecting Chinese production from the imputation of 3D printing. 3D printing or additive manufacturing is the process of making a physical object from a three-dimensional digital model, typically by laying down many successive thin layers of a material such as plastic. Increasing application of 3D printing particularly in consumer goods is expected to drive market growth over the next few years. Additionally, declining costs of 3D printers
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
. 3D Systems Case Analysis 2012 3D Systems and Cube® As a radical innovation, 3D printing has been introduced to market over 30 years since 1980s. This technology revolution doesn’t only change the process of molding; it also adapts its industry to go green by reducing wasting materials. In the contrast, object is produced by traditional technology (subtractive process) generates surplus cut material. In the early period of development, it was applied in hobbyist uses and industry uses
Innovation in ICT and its impact on the society has been astounding. It is considered to be “crucial for economic activity” (Jorgenson and Vu, 2007) as it not only “increases productivity and boost economic growth,” (Jorgenson et al, 2008) but “generates complementary innovations that improve economies ' total factor productivity.” (Ceccobelli et al, 2012) 3D printing is where a “three-dimensional object is created by laying down successive layers of material that adhere to one another, creating
2) Rapid development of information technology has a huge impact on our society. On the one hand innovations make our lives easier by automating manual and cognitive task, but on the other hand the development of information technology causes further inequality and unemployment (Brynjolfsson & McAfee 2014). In a recent article in THE ECONOMIST 3D printing has been described as a bridge to the future and the innovation that will change the world. It is expected that sales will grow to $3.7 billion
FYW: Future of Writing The Impact of 3D Printers on the Field of Industrial Design With the growth of computers comes an increase in viable manufacturing techniques. Programs such as Autocad, Solidworks, and Sketchup, allow the creation of complex models and aid in producing files which 3D printers operate with. Within the past several years the pricing models of computer aided design, or CAD, software as a whole has changed in a way which lets students to operate these programs non-commercially
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3 -dimensional printing in the field of electronics. The use of 3-D printing technology has resulted in rapid fabrication of circuits with accurate component placement and electrical interconnection. More sophisticated 3-D printing technology can be used to manufacture parts with direct end use application resulting in easy replacement rapidly.3-Dimensional printing if employed could reduce the development time of prototypes of complex electronic components. Keywords—3D printing,additive manufacturing