This informative article examines the characteristics and applications of 3-D printing and compares it with additional manufacturing processes and mass customization. 3D printing facilitate small amounts of customized goods to be produced at comparatively low prices. While now used primarily to manufacture prototypes and mockups, numerous promising uses exist in the creation of artificial limbs, dental crowns, and replacement parts, as well as in bridge making.
3 D printing was contrasted to such disorderly technologies as digital books and music downloads that enable consumers to acquire their choices online, permit firms to profitably serve little market sections and empower businesses to operate with little if any unsold finished goods inventory. Some specialist have also asserted that 3 D printing will appreciably decrease the advantages of producing small lot sizes in low-wage countries via dwindling need for factory workers.
PUBLICATION DATE: March 15, 2012 PRODUCT #: BH468-PDF-ENG
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