3D Printing Flashcards
What is subtractive manufacturing
Take a raw material and take stuff off it to end up with a final product
What is moulding?
Shape and object then use it to create other objects
Skar- lead time of 13-14 weeks from China
What does Ping Fu say?
90% of cost is in retail,inventory and transport
What is additive manufacturing?
Turn a digital model into a physical object layer by layer
How is 3D printing being used in industry
Rapid prototyping
Moulds and tooling
Direct digital manufacture
Personal fabrication
What are the benefits of direct digital manufacturing?
Make products locally
Mass local manufacture
Mass customisation and personalisation
Save time money and energy
Innovate rapidly
Facilitation of low cost access to market
No inventory cost 1.7 trillion in inventory by us
What industries will it impact the most
Suppliers of spare parts
How is GE using 3D printing?
Produce a new fuel injection system that uses 1 part instead of 21. Incorporates geometries simply impossible with traditional manufacturing
Part weighed 83% less
How are WIVV using 3D printing?
Mass customised shoes
Take a picture of your feet and then 3 d print made to measure shoes
What does channing 2016 say about 3D printing
Redefine global manufacturing, could upend supply chains, business models, customer relationships and entrepreneurship itself
Expected to reach mainstream in three to ten years
Businesses need to be aware of this and incorporate it into long term strategies
Change the cross border flows of goods
Products value will be intangible blueprints
What are McLaren doing with 3D printing
Expanded their partnership with stratasys and take a 3D printer to races to print race ready parts upon request - key factor of making the car more competitive which is at the pinnacle of motorsport and utilises the very best technology
3d printing is not a single technology
There are a diversity of 3D printing methods and applications from binder jetting, material extrusion and vat photopolymerisation
What do envisiontech do?
3D print hearing aids
What do 3D printing and robots have in common?
They may converge, 3D printing may play a active role in producing biological robots via bioprinting
What does Barnett say about 3D printing
The 3D printing revolution is in its infancy but foundations continue to be laid
Volvo have reduced time to manufacture some engine components from 36 to 2 days
Nike in 2015 announced it was turbocharging its 3D efforts
