Hello, I attended a seminar about 3D printing around 4 years ago. Learning about 3D printers was fascinating! How come the market for 3D printers is so stagnant? Is the 3D printer too complicated to use? Or too expensive to afford? Thank you in advance.
Hello Scott-- I think your question depends heavily on its own context. Are you asking why 3D printing isn't more ubiquitous as a manufacturing process? Or why hobby 3D printing is still predominantly based upon filament extrusion?
Methods of additive manufacturing and "3D" printing are slowly but surely making their way into many aspects of R&D and manufacturing. The main advantages born of 3D printing is rapid "one-off" prototyping of design and a great deal of geometric control. However, methods of 3D printing still leave much to be desired in the areas of "quality" in its many measures as well as throughput compared to methods like injection molding.
Please give a little more context if you'd like to discuss specifics on 3D printing. Anecdotally, I have seen 3D printers becoming more widespread as well as more innovative in recent years -- processes like resin-cured 3D printing and 3D "bioprinting" have gained prominence and are entering price ranges comparable to filament-extrusion printers.
3D printing is one of this century's most promising methods. Disciplines like biomedicine have put their enormous potential into practice for years now. This isn't a special case, however, as construction also takes advantage of the advantages of 3D printing, even considered to be the best option for future space applications.
This is why 3D printing is no longer new since it is a consolidated notion already. Nevertheless, engineers and investigators around the world are seeking to add another dimension literally, and this has been achieved by certain projects. 3D printing leads to the printing of 4D. 4D prints are about creating clever 3D objects, but give them a second variable: time. 3D printing It includes the printing of components that can adapt and interact with the environment. In other words, using materials with preset models to allow them, independently and without human intervention, to arrange or modify their forms.
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