3D printing was once regarded as a revolutionary technology in the new era. In the past two years, under the call of some experts, many people began to calmly think about the 3D printing industry. Industry reshuffle is inevitable, and some old technologies are gradually fading out of the market. However, with the continuous breakthrough of technology, 3D printing has once again seen strong growth. More and more large groups and enterprises have begun to engage in the field of 3D printing, which has promoted the rapid development of the entire industry.
The characteristics of 3D printing make it have a wide range of application potential in aerospace, biomedical and other fields. Fortunately, after experiencing some embarrassment, people calm down, let 3D printing return to the actual and effective research direction, pay more attention to the basic research and development of equipment and materials to solve the bottleneck of industrial development. At the same time, there are more and more results with real value, rather than staying in the empty talk.
Second, 3D printers are often used to make custom, improved versions of products at low cost, and sometimes even industrially impossible items – this is where it is. 3D printing technology is a typical disruptive technology, in line with the distribution model proposed by Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen.
It is simpler, cheaper, smaller, and easier to use than traditional manufacturing techniques. Current 3D printing technology has been "good" to be used in areas that were not previously possible to manufacture independently (eg, small businesses, hospitals, schools, DIY enthusiasts).
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3D printing technology can optimize a single product to optimize the structure of the manufacturing industry. All disruptive technologies were often inferior to the dominant technologies at the time. When the first experimental 3D printer appeared 20 years ago, the quality of the finished product printed could not compete with the traditional manufacturing industry.
Until recently, 3D printing has been full of imagination and expectation for its future with its unique “additive manufacturing†approach and production philosophy. 3D printing has expanded its potential applications by virtue of its breakthrough in technology and the increase in printable materials. 3D printing is also more in line with the public interest in personalized products in the Internet age, and its concern, in turn, promotes technological innovation and development.
In medicine, with the FDA approval of the world's first 3D printing drug market, pharmaceuticals have become a breakthrough in 3D printing technology promotion and opening market applications in the medical field. 3D printing pharmaceuticals can not only increase or decrease the content of a certain drug according to the patient's physical health needs, but also allow the pharmaceutical to be transferred from the factory production line to the hospital or even the patient's home.
3D printing pharmaceuticals can achieve higher precision, personalized medicine, and easy for patients to swallow, reduce the production of drugs, hospitals or individuals can even print related drugs on demand, for accurate medical treatment, convenient patient purchase, solution for drug shortage, etc. The issue is important. At the same time, during his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, MIT PhD student David Sengeh was working on how to improve prosthetics.
Since then, Sengeh has invented a 3D printed prosthetic socket made of a variety of materials that is also constructed to facilitate pressure relief for added comfort.
Recently, Professor Magdassi and his colleague UriBanin have conducted a new study called "Using semiconductor metal hybrid nanoparticles as a photoinitiator for rapid 3D printing in water". 3D printing in water is about to be realized. Although aerospace 3D printing still faces challenges, at this year's Paris Air Show, the German aerospace company PremiumAerotec looks forward to the current state of aerospace 3D printing, but also shows the technical challenges in this area.
With the boom in additive manufacturing, PremiumAerotec has begun to open the technology and apply 3D printing technology to production aircraft or aircraft parts. Aerospace companies have experienced the difficulty of 3D printed component certification, and convincing regulators believe that 3D printing can provide consistent print shape and quality over and over again. In the near future, aerospace 3D printing will become a reality.
3D printing should be the premise of leading scientific and technological progress along with artificial intelligence and autonomous driving. With artificial intelligence, it is possible to develop unique technological advanced levels and applications in various fields. Omnipotence is synonymous with future technology.
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