kronin323
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3D printing is still not a viable means of full scale production.
+1 - in my experience its role in large production is "rapid prototyping" during the design phase.
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3D printing is still not a viable means of full scale production.
Ummmm.... no.I do believe it will be viable within two to three years
Actually I think rolls Royce is sintering titanium parts for their turbines. I remember an article about it. I don't remember exactly, but I'm fairly certain for production because of the cost to machine them.Ummmm.... no.
Plastic printing has been around for a while now, and it's still nowhere near fast enough nor scalable enough to displace injection molding or other types of established manufacturing.
"Printing" metals (not exactly the same thing, but we'll go with it) has been around a few years already. No one is jumping on it. Well no, I shouldn't say that, people are, and their products are priced out of the market with the top selling point being "pay more than necessary for a 3D printed part!!"
One off, prototype, small batch that won't offset tooling/molds? Yeah, print away. Real production? No. Not anytime soon.