What are the uses of 3D printers in the manufacturing industry?
What are the uses of 3D printers in the manufacturing industry?
So far, the vast majority of instances where 3D printers have been used in the manufacturing industry are still for printing test samples.
The purpose is to shorten the time of the product development process, reduce the production cost, and obtain the effect of quality improvement due to the increase in the number of physical inspections.
Instances of using 3D printers to manufacture final products or parts will continue to increase in the future.
The use of 3D printers in manufacturing mainly has the following purposes:
First, the product delivery period is shortenedWith the development of three-dimensional design, one of the advantages of 3D printers has emerged, that is, design data can be used almost directly as manufacturing data.
Of course, when a large number of products of the same shape are produced at one time, although the method of using mold molding is more advantageous in terms of payment period, when the quantity is not large, 3D printers are more advantageous. Moreover, even for products such as conservative parts, which are difficult to predict in quantity and order period, they can be produced in real time without stock.
Second, easy to customize productsIf the workload of generating data is removed, the production time of manufacturing individual items with different shapes is basically the same as that of manufacturing several identical items.
The volume of the product, part or the height of the stack direction determines the molding time. In other words, compared with existing manufacturing methods, 3D printers have an overwhelming advantage in product customization.
Therefore, even products whose output is difficult to determine or produced in small quantities (or single items) can enter the sales stage without any suspense.
If this feature of 3D printing can be used to produce cars or smartphones that have never been done before, it is not difficult to imagine why many car manufacturers and Google are rushing to it.
