Sunday, 19 May 2013

Advantages Of Using 3D Printers

By Douglas Rathbone


The rise of manufacturing with 3D printers begins a new era of cost-effective item production. Even the most elaborate and complicated of designs and shapes can be effectively replicated through the use of these machines, all through the implementation of various algorithms and equations. The more the technology improves, the easier it will be for companies to create their own products to save money and time.

The idea behind these devices is that they will make things cheaper and easier to create. By interpreting a blueprint of two dimensional item, the machine can make a precision copy of it multiple times, each with the same level of comparison as the other. This can be done through extrusion or granular layering processes.

Melted down organic materials are cheap to acquire and store, as they are simply inserted into the machine and used when they are needed. Variations in organic compounds can happen slightly, but normally each product is exactly the same in terms of design and size. The ease of use means that companies and individuals can create items from the comfort of their office or home.

Extrusion is a common method of printing simply because it is cheap and the materials are cost-effective. Organic and even edible compounds can be extruded in order to produce a living design. By keeping them at a liquid state, each piece utilizes the exact same amount of materials, making manufacturing error a thing of the past.

Granular manufacture involves metals, usually cut into thin sheets that can come together and create a design. Metal alloys and thermoplastics can be sturdier and longer lasting than more organic compounds, but are also slightly more cost intensive. As such, initial designs are typically cast through the extrusion method first before being finalized.

Granular machines construct designs from the ground up. The materials are built upwards as if in building construction. This precision process ensures that each item will be exactly the same in both materials used and size. This lack of variation is especially important when creating finalized prototypes for use by engineers and marketing testers.

3D printers may seem to have a high price tag, but in reality they are extremely quality investments for manufacturers who need to design prototypes early and often. Instead of having to hire engineers from a specific company, investors can design and build their own products without the need for others to have their own interpretations of what they want.




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