In The Future The Price Of Home Use 3D Printers Will Continue To Decrease

By Jodi Situ


It defies the imagination to consider how the new technology of 3D printers will affect the world. This is expected to impact every field of enterprise in the future. This is due to the fact that it will be as inexpensive to produce one single item as to produce a hundred or even a thousand.

There are a number of ways that a three dimensional image can be applied to a two dimensional surface. A technique called pad printing makes this possible. It is not the only method. Others are holography, lenticular printing and the 2D parallax stereograms, which can be printed to look like 3D images to human perception.

Turning a 2D image into a 3D solid object is an additive process that uses a digital model. Materials are laid down successively to achieve this. It was back in 1984 that this kind of digital technology was created for the first time. Sales of the machines providing this technology has grown considerably since the year 2000.

Many fields of endeavor can make use of this technology including construction, architecture, engineering and aerospace. It is becoming a mass marketing item. Purchases will be made for consumers at a lower price, which is always an advantage.

In an inkjet 3D printing system, the printer spreads a layer of powder in the process. Layers are repeated until the 3D effect is achieved. Full color prototypes are produced. When the bonded powders must be made stronger, wax is added to strengthen and enhance them.

Lamination is used producing thin plastic or sheet metals. Photopolymerization produces solids from a liquid. Digital light processing is another method as is multiphoton polymerization which uses a block of gel and produces ultra-small objects.

An introductory article such as this is insufficient to fully explain these complicated processes. What is important for the in home user to know is that an ever more affordable model is being developed with a nominal cost of less than a thousand dollars.

The category of 3D printers that can be considered suitable and affordable for domestic uses, is being customized. They are going down in price and up in adaptability. They are capable of high-speed printing while achieving high definition.

The speed of these home use models will not be as rapid as standard printers. It will, however, be more rapid than the large industrial models. It is expected that the 3D printers will continue to decrease in price. They will also have an ever-increasing impact on manufacturing developmental plans in a large number of fields.




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