What are the core advantages of 3d printers?

Advantages: 1: manufacturing complex items will not increase the cost. In traditional manufacturing, the more complex the object shape, the higher the manufacturing cost. For 3D printers, the cost of making complex projects will not increase, and the time, skill or cost of making a gorgeous and complex project will not be more than that of printing a simple box. Making complex products without increasing costs will break the traditional pricing model and change the way we calculate manufacturing costs.

Advantage 2: product diversification will not increase costs. 3D printers can print many shapes. It can make different shapes every time like a craftsman. Traditional manufacturing equipment has fewer functions and limited shapes. 3D printing saves the cost of training mechanics or buying new equipment. A 3D printer only needs different digital blueprints and a batch of new raw materials.

Advantage 3: No assembly is required. Integrated 3D printing support components. Traditional mass production is based on assembly line. In modern factories, machines produce the same parts, which are then assembled by robots or workers (even across continents). The more product components, the greater the time and cost of components. The 3D printer can print the door and its supporting hinge at the same time through layered manufacturing without assembly. Save assembly, shorten supply chain, and save manpower and transportation costs. The shorter the supply chain, the less pollution.

Advantage 4: Zero-time delivery. You can print a 3D printer as needed. Real-time production reduces the physical inventory of enterprises, and enterprises can use 3D printers to produce special or customized products according to customer orders to meet customer needs, so a new business model will become possible. If the required goods are produced in the latest way, the zero-delivery production can minimize the cost of long-distance transportation, and the zero-delivery production can minimize the cost of long-distance transportation.

Advantage 5: Infinite design space. Traditional manufacturing techniques and products made by craftsmen are limited in shape, and the ability to make shapes depends on the tools used. For example, traditional woodworking lathes can only produce round objects, rolling mills can only process parts assembled with milling cutters, and molding machines can only produce the shape of molds. 3D printers can break through these limitations, open up huge design space, and even create shapes that can only exist in nature.

Advantage 6: Zero-skill manufacturing. Traditional craftsmen need apprentices for several years to master the required skills. Mass production and computer-controlled manufacturing machines reduce the demand for skills, but traditional manufacturing machines still need skilled professionals to adjust and calibrate the machines. 3D printers can get various instructions from design documents, which requires less operating skills than injection molding machines. Non-technical manufacturing industry has opened up a new business model, which can provide people with a new production model in remote environment or extreme circumstances.

Advantage 7: No space, mobile manufacturing. In terms of unit production space, 3D printers are more powerful than traditional manufacturing machines. For example, injection molding machines can only produce much smaller products. On the contrary, 3D printers can make items as big as printed desks. After debugging the 3D printer, the printing equipment can move freely, and the printer can make bigger projects than itself. Higher productivity per unit space makes 3D printers suitable for home or office use because they require less physical space.

Advantage 8: Reduce waste of by-products. Compared with traditional metal manufacturing technology, 3D printers produce fewer by-products when manufacturing metal. The waste of traditional metal processing is amazing, and 90% of metal raw materials are discarded on the floor of the factory. 3D printing reduces the waste of metal manufacturing. With the development of printing materials, "mesh" manufacturing may become a more environmentally friendly process.

Advantage 9: unlimited combination of materials. Nowadays, it is difficult for manufacturing machines to combine different raw materials into a single product, because it is difficult for traditional manufacturing machines to integrate various raw materials when cutting or molding. With the development of multi-material 3D printing technology, we have the ability to integrate different raw materials. Materials that cannot be mixed before will form new materials, which have a wide range of colors and unique characteristics or functions.

Advantages: 10: accurate entity replication. Digital music files can be copied endlessly, and the sound quality will not decrease. In the future, 3D printing will extend digital accuracy to the physical world. Scanning technology and 3D printing technology will jointly improve the resolution of morphological transformation between the physical world and the digital world. We can scan, edit and copy physical objects to create exact copies or optimize the original objects.