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3D Printing:
What is it and how can it benefit you as an
inventor or business?
Additive Manufacturing
• Ph.D
• Developed New Materials for 3D Printing
• Burton Snowboards, EOS, U of Louisville
1. What is 3D Printing?
2. How is the technology being used?
3. What are the challenges with 3D Printing?
4. Impact on Housewares Market
What is 3D Printing?
Technical Definition
Process of joining materials to make
objects from 3D model data, usually layer
upon layer as opposed to subtractive
manufacturing methodologies
Digital to Physical
Now 3D Printing
Digital to Physical
Types of 3D Printing
Challenge
• Range of abilities and
no one size fits all chair
Task
• Personalized solution to
maximize performance
Design What You Print
The Customized Outcome
3D Printed
Seat
Design Freedom
Geometric Freedom
Low Volume Manufacturing
Challenges with 3D
Printing
• Limited and high cost of materials
• Unreliability of machines
– 20% reject rate
• Challenges scaling up technology
• Speed
• IP
• Environmental Concerns
• Surface finish
• Resolution
• Mechanical properties
• Post processing
• Still only making shapes
Getting started with 3D
Printing
• Beginners give it a try…
– Plenty of places in the city and online
where you can see, use or order 3D
Printed parts
– Experiment with some 3D design
platforms
• Advanced Users
– Have clear goals and how the technology
can fit your company’s needs
Additive manufacturing
consulting
3D Printing Reports helps companies figure out how
to best approach, integrate and expand 3D Printing
technology to meet their business objectives by:
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