Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Tips For Buying A New 3D Printing Device

By Alta Hosack


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.

Techniques make it possible to turn a two dimensional image into a three dimensional one on the surface. It is a method called pad printing. Other techniques are holography, lenticular and stereograms, which are 2D parallax stereograms the the individual perceives as 3D.

The 3D printing process makes a 3D solid object using a digital model. It is an additive process. To make the different shapes, layers of material are laid down successively. Digital technology of this type was first created in 1984. Since the year 2000, the sales of these machines has grown exponentially.

This is useful in the fields of architecture and construction, aerospace, engineering and a host of others. It is slated to become an item of mass marketing. It is predicted to make purchases cheaper for consumers.

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.

A lamination process uses sheet metals or thin plastic to produce the effect. Digital light processing and multiphoton photopolymerization are done using a block of gel. That produces objects that are ultra small. A liquid is used to produce solids in the process known as photopolymerization.

All these technologies are complex and an explanation in depth is beyond the scope of a generalized article. One important fact is that the machines that perform all these processes are now focusing on development of an affordable for use at home printer. The cost is to be under a thousand dollars.

This inexpensive version of the 3D printer is being customized specifically for domestic uses. The price is decreasing as the adaptability is increasing. These inexpensive units will be capable of achieving high-definition and high speed printing in 3D.

As for speed, it is not as fast as standard printers, yet faster than the industrial models. The price for the home use model continues to go down. This will enable 3D printers to continue to have an increased impact on all types of manufacturing and manufacturing development plans in cross industrial fields.




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