02-08-2014, 11:04 AM
APPLICATION OF 3D PRINTING IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS
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Additive Manufacturing
Creates a product through adding materials to the object.
Adds material layer by layer until printing is finished.
Allows for complex and intricate designs.
Subtractive Manufacturing
Creates a product by removing sections from a block of material.
Generates waste through the excess material that is removed.
Limited design capabilities.
3D Printing Process
Materials are added in one layer by an applicator that passes over the object.
Materials are dried or hardened.
The applicator makes another pass over the object and the next layer is added.
Challenges Facing 3D Printing
Intellectual property rights of the 3D Printer users.
Nearly anything can be printed by 3D Printers and this is a troubling prospect if criminals use 3D Printers to create illegal products.
In Conclusion
3D printing is an expanding technology which may soon start an industry in which everyone has the possibility of being a manufacturer.
3D printing has a lot of possible benefits to society, although the products created must be regulated.