3D printing technology, is almost reachable to the many, an amusement as it was once treated, are now use not just by big and well-known companies, but also by a few who managed to owned one and was able to create 3D printer materials. From the smallest toy stuffs, up to the largest bikes, racing cars and so on, that were made possible with the application of 3D printing technology.
A consumer level 3D printer which has a price tag of about $2000, let's you bring home your own 3D printer together with all the excitement and flying objects inside your head that you're planning to make with this printer. It takes a data file of a 3D object and build it by pouring hot molten plastic filament layer by layer until the form of the desired object rises completely. It's like using a glue gun, where you let the glue stick heated until it becomes pliable enough to pour from the tip / nozzle of the gun. For now, the plastic filament used in most consumer level 3D printers has usually left bubbles on the surface of the printed object.
There's also the so called Form 1 which sell for about $3000, developed by a group of graduates from MIT-Masachusettes Institute of Technology. It uses laser to draw on a liquid-plastic resin that hardens under a specific wavelength of light. It's quite similar to Phantom Geometry, from which wavelength from the laser hardens the light-sensitive resin each layer at a time.
According to Mark Richardson, a Monash University Industrial Design Lecturer, " resin models were best for prototypes, whereas plastic was better if you wanted real parts. "
3D printing technology will definitely lead to a more customizable future in the manufacturing and building industry, and as Mr. Ward said " it would be hard to bring it back down into the consumer price bracket. " Several innovations are quite amusing, like the use of titanium instead of plastic filaments, concretes to build houses, and nano size replicas of different famous structures in the world.
With a basic knowledge of scanning and sending codes from a PC to the printer, anyone can create their own 3D printed objects in a day. The wonders of this technology has a long to way go, and that mystery will be unveiled soon. But one thing's for sure now, if you can't afford to have one of these amazing machine, then stick with what you have, anyway we've been used to laser types and inkjet printers for so long, what more can we ask for? I guest i can ask for a rollback on the price of printer consumables such as laser toner cartridges and ink cartridges that are getting more and more costly.
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