3D Printing Plan

3D printing means making the part / item we want from the material we want
What in 3D printing?
Currently making prototype
We want rapid manufacture not jet rapid prototyping
3D printing /layered manufacturing / additive manufacturing

Does there things:
1. Generates least waste
2. Builds parts layer by layer (new deseing possibilities)
3. Offers a high degreepersonalization
4. Offers new deseing possibilities (new shapes / new configurations )
5. Build from computer file

Two basic manufacturing concepts:
1.Top down(zoom in) = Take a block ofmaterial. Chip away to form part. This generates waste
2. Button up (Add material to build part. May need supports.

* Discuss the 2 manufacturing concepts
Both have good points (advantage,pros)
Both have disadvantage (bad points) {disadvantage / cons}

3D printing user the button up concept
What 3D printer are out there?

** Review **
Z corp, hp, ect

Discuss each onebriefly
State not an exhaustive review
Academic links
Iain Tood, Sheffield. Met
Neil Hopkinson, Loughborough, Polymer sintering
Patrick smith, ink print
Erick Mc Donald, UTEP

* CommerodStrate syn
Z corp

Scanning lost little
Robot / costing
TABLE ADVANTAGES / DISADVANTAGE
(+) ADVANTAGES | (-) DISADVANTAGE |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |*** Marketing ***
Current marketing of 3D printing
Dominated by prototyping

//mind map//
What market wants
Vs.
What 3D printing does
1. Identify overlaps (THAT IS)
Where a market needin met by a 3D printer feature (cheek the 5 thinks list in the first page)

Discuss the mind map. Use points to list the wants

3D printing applications
1. Where can 3D printing be USED?2. Advantage (what in holding it up?)
(What in delaying this?)
Running shoes
Trading mechanical engineers application
Printed aero plane

Tissue engineering
Bicycle EADS