{"id":5022,"date":"2015-01-16T07:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=5022"},"modified":"2014-12-11T18:06:24","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T02:06:24","slug":"3d-printing-looking-for-a-breakthrough-that-can-increase-volumesvelocity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/3d-printing-looking-for-a-breakthrough-that-can-increase-volumesvelocity\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Printing: Looking for a Breakthrough that can Increase Volumes\/Velocity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manufacturers are increasingly trying to get a glimpse of the future by experimenting with 3D printing technology. \u00a0Manufacturers that have kicked the tires and are giving it limited use come from across a wide range of industries, including \u00a0aerospace, medical, automotive, consumer products, architecture, and electronics. \u00a0A report by PwC found that\u00a0two thirds of manufacturers<\/a>\u00a0have at least experimented with the technology.<\/p>\n

As 3D printing technology becomes increasingly more capable and more cost-effective for larger-scale commercial manufacturing, the market for 3D printing and associated printers, materials and parts will increase. \u00a0Lux Research<\/a>\u00a0expects the market to reach $12 billion by 2025. \u00a0And of that, only $7 billion is for the printers themselves.<\/p>\n

Today, 3D printing is most widely used for\u00a0prototypes, molds, and tooling. \u00a0But of those, prototyping to accelerate product design is by far the greatest use. \u00a0Final product manufacturing with 3D printing is typically very low volume.<\/p>\n

Harvard Business Review (HBR)\u00a0says that<\/a>\u00a0“3-D Printing Will Change the World.” \u00a0But volume, or at least ‘volumes at higher velocity’, is currently the problem. \u00a0The 3D printing industry currently needs to get a breakthrough in pushing through higher volumes before it can truly overtake standard manufacturing techniques.<\/p>\n

The PwC report\u00a0warns that<\/a>\u00a0“despite these [strong growth] trends, the 3D printing industry faces challenges. \u00a0Rapid prototyping will remain important but is not the game-changer that will expand the technology into high-volume use cases. The industry should pivot to printing more fully functional and finished products or components in volumes that greatly outnumber the volumes of prototypes produced.”<\/p>\n

But despite the challenges,\u00a0Richard A. D\u2019Aveni<\/a>, Professor of Strategy at Dartmouth\u2019s Tuck School of Business, thinks that<\/a> “this new technology will change again how the world leans.”<\/p>\n

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Manufacturers are increasingly trying to get a glimpse of the future by experimenting with 3D printing technology. \u00a0Manufacturers that have kicked the tires and are giving it limited use come from across a wide range of industries, including \u00a0aerospace, medical,…<\/span><\/p>\n

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