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The breadth and
depth of additive
manufacturing (AM)
can be deceiving.
While originally known as a technology for rapid prototyping …
… the industry has evolved to embracing AM for true production applications.
Encompassing a broad
set of printing technologies
and a growing materials
portfolio, AM is addressing
an ever-expanding list of industries.
But to build anything out of any
material, you must start with data.
Without data, there is no AM.
“ My history had been as a design engineer. In that field, whenever we got into designing new injection molded plastic parts, it was a very time consuming and expensive process. My goal was to see if I could come up with a way to get that first article quicker so you could do the iterations quickly and then finally tool for production…I finally got on to what was ultimately stereolithography. And on March 9, 1983, I made the first part that way.”
- Chuck Hull, co-founder and CTO, 3D Systems
AM enables production of products, components and tools with reduced weight, increased functionalities and simplified assemblies.
" With additive, they [engineers] don't have those constraints. They can make any shape of infinite complexity. We have the digital tools to support that complex data for them and get it into their products and in their customers' hands so they can optimize their products based on performance, appearance, rather than how does it fit in a mold."
Scott Turner, Director, Advanced R&D
3D Systems Corporation
Audio clip from Scott Turner, Director, Advanced R&D at 3D Systems Corporation
As AM provides a host of solutions for the aerospace, automotive, and medical manufacturing industries,it fits comfortably within and expands the possibilities of all digital manufacturing processes.
The industry is trending toward integrated manufacturing workflows that blend both additive and subtractive technologies that create mixed environments.
“My attendance at IMTS
really causes me to take a pause and realize additive
is but one piece of
the puzzle.”
Scott Turner, Director, Advanced R&D
3D Systems Corporation
“It's an important piece,
but there's so much technology
being developed in automation, in
material systems, material
removal, secondary processes,
that these things will empower
additive combined with
subtractive combined with
automation to really manufacture
better products that are more
personalized for people and
what they serve. ”
-Scott Turner, Director, Advanced R&D
3D Systems Corporation
Audio clip from Scott Turner, Director, Advanced R&D at 3D Systems Corporation
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