{"id":5727,"date":"2015-10-12T07:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=5727"},"modified":"2015-08-29T16:40:33","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T00:40:33","slug":"3d-printingadditive-manufacturing-manufacturers-increasingly-use-am-for-rapid-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/3d-printingadditive-manufacturing-manufacturers-increasingly-use-am-for-rapid-production\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Printing\/Additive Manufacturing: Manufacturers Increasingly Use AM for Rapid Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World-class manufacturers increasingly use<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/3d-printing-2014-a-survey-of-smartechs-annual-market-findings-300127230.html\" target=\"_blank\"> 3D printing <\/a>to help with both rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing. \u00a0A recent report by <a href=\"http:\/\/investors.stratasys.com\/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=927553\" target=\"_blank\">Stratasys <\/a>looked at trends impacting 3D printing.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the findings of the Stratasys report include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3D Printing\/<a href=\"http:\/\/additivemanufacturing.com\/basics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Additive Manufacturing<\/a>\u00a0(AM) is expected to become much more commonplace in the manufacture of end-user parts. \u00a0Aerospace and automotive sectors are expected to increase manufacture of end-user parts the most.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plasticstoday.com\/articles\/survey-reveals-current-and-future-impact-3d-printing-manufacturing-150813\" target=\"_blank\">two most significant benefits of AM<\/a>\u00a0are complex design capabilities (79 percent) and reduced lead time for parts (76 percent)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0By 2018, AM is expected to expand rapidly into manufacturing tools, tooling and patterns, and trial\/bridge production segments<\/li>\n<li>The use of metal with AM is expected to double in the next 3 years<\/li>\n<li>Strong desire\u00a0for AM to be able to handle\u00a0rubber (61 percent) and high-temperature plastics (61 percent)<\/li>\n<li>Outsourcing of manufacturing to AM\u00a0specialists is expected to grow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/investors.stratasys.com\/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=837065\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Allison<\/a>, CEO of Stratasys, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mbtmag.com\/news\/2015\/08\/3d-printings-future-metals-new-methods\" target=\"_blank\">said that<\/a> &#8220;3D printing is really changing how products are being manufactured&#8230;\u00a0Right now [AM] is going through a transition from the first 15 years when we were changing how prototypes were made. 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