3D Printing Leads Traditional Industries To Digital Era

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< p > as a new technology that can change the world, < a href= "http://cailiao.sjfzxm.com/" > 3D printing < /a > has played an important role in cultural and creative, biomedical and industrial manufacturing with its unique advantages.

How does it integrate with traditional industries? Can it subvert the traditional manufacturing industry? In recent days, the 2014 World 3D printing technology industry conference and exhibition was held in Qingdao.

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< p > no matter it is elegant and sexy underwear display, solemn elegant suit deduction, or bright and beautiful headwear, it is printed by a large size washing machine 3D printer.

In June 20th, a unique 3D print mask show was staged in Qingdao.

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< p > the first printers manufactured by an island company in the world are made up of four types of printers, namely, clothing printing, model mold printing, < a href= "http://cailiao.sjfzxm.com/" > shoes and hat printing "/a" and accessories printing. First of all, clothing samples are provided by garment designers, and 3D software is modeled and input by software engineers. The 3D printer takes the place of template production in various process requirements, completes human body precise scanning within a few hours, and 1:1 makes human models, and a garment can be printed smoothly.

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The staff of clothing manufacturer of P > 3D introduced that in the past 30 years, clothing as a representative of traditional manufacturing industry, the traditional mode that is used, such as intensive labor, high intensity operation and low production efficiency, has restricted the development of garment industry.

The industry not only needs personalized clothing proofing, but also needs to tailor the stereoscopic model of the industry according to the personality of the customers, forcing the garment research and development team to develop a multi-functional 3D printers that can print elastic soft material clothing and print "a href=" http://cailiao.sjfzxm.com/ "hard material < /a > model three-dimensional model.

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< p > "the concept of 3D printing has been born in the early 80s of last century, and it has been concentrated in China for nearly two years."

Luo Jun, Secretary General of the world 3D printing technology industry alliance, said, "over the past 30 years, 3D printing technology has gradually matured, and the related equipment has also formed three categories of desktop, industrial and bioengineering grade, which are widely used in many fields such as cultural creativity, cultural relic restoration, biological medicine, industrial design and so on."

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< p > Wang Xianggen, general manager of Stratasys Greater China, said that in the field of medical biology, the use of 3D printing model for preoperative planning and preview can shorten the time needed for complex operations and improve the success rate of surgery. With the help of the teeth, it can now be fully digitally obtained, and the original data can be obtained with a very smart hand-held oral scanner, so as to alleviate the pain of patients.

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< p > the chairman of the British manufacturing industry alliance and Graham Tromans, chief consultant of China 3D printing technology industry alliance, said that the new technologies and products of intelligence, digitalization, automation and individuation have promoted the innovation of the traditional manufacturing industry to the digital age. "If a Lamborghini is built, it will take 40 days, or $40 thousand, if it is made by traditional prototyping, if it is added with 3D, it will take only 20 days and 4000 dollars."

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< p > Yang Shuanchang, vice president of the China Electronics Information Industry Research Institute of the Ministry of industry and information, said that 3D printing is a useful supplement to the traditional manufacturing industry, rather than a disruptive and alternative technology. "Printing through 3D can do something that could not be done before or did not dare to think before, and make the design and manufacture of the future more complicated and personalized."

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< p > "special-shaped watercourses, traditional drilling, milling and other means of processing the mold, but the channel can only play straight holes, the most inclined hole.

And 3D printing technology is the best way to make the traditional manufacturing methods more perfect and perfect.

Wang Xiaoxin, director of Hisense Mould Company Research Institute, seems that the mold is the best entry point for the integration of 3D printing and traditional industries. Hisense has tried 3D technology to produce dies. "Mold production efficiency is high and cost is low. 3D printing technology can make the mold more perfect and more complex, and better play the advantages of mold mass production."

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< p > Wang Xianggen said that the material used in 3D printing technology is almost no waste, which saves costs and brings environmental benefits. It can also achieve localization of production and reduce pportation demand. Customers only need to pay for Cartography and print locally needed products, which also reduces long-distance pportation demand and greenhouse gas emissions.

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< p > 2013, the output value of the world 3D printing industry is about 20 billion yuan, and the output value of China's 3D printing industry is about 2 billion yuan. It is estimated that the output value of China's 3D printing industry will reach 4 billion yuan to 5 billion yuan this year.

"Compared with traditional industries, this figure is very small."

Luo Jun believes that 3D printing technology provides a possibility for upgrading the manufacturing level and building a new business mode. The traditional industry should seize this opportunity and form a new profit growth point.

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In the face of 3D printing, a promising new industry, Qingdao actively takes the lead: in June 21st, China's 3D printing Innovation Center headquarters located in Qingdao high tech Zone, with a total investment of 40 million yuan, mainly including exhibition experience center, processing service center and technology research and development center.

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< p > in the medical industry, the application prospect of 3D printing is very extensive. Some human organ substitutes can be printed by 3D.

But once you enter the human body, it will take a long way to become a product.

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Jack Zhou, a professor at Drexel University in the United States, believes that the application of 3D printing in biomedical engineering has sprung up everywhere, and has been studied in almost all fields such as bone, heart, liver, cell cultivation, etc. but a living person needs to use 3D printing or artificial organs, and still needs a lot of cell culture and experiments to ensure that P can be applied after all.

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How long does it take for P to print the artificial organs that are implanted into the human body? Jack Zhou conservatively expects that it will take at least 10 to 15 years.

Although all the human organs can be printed with 3D technology, it is very complicated to enter the human body and whether they can survive or not.

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Wang Hong, chairman of Qingdao P Technology Co., Ltd., said that the biggest bottleneck facing 3D printing is how to solve the problem. "Now products printed by 3D are basically single materials. They need to print different materials on the same product in the future, and there are not many kinds of materials available now.

The materials needed for different products are very different. What materials can be used for 3D printing also need to be studied. This will largely restrict its application and popularization, which still has a big gap compared with the huge traditional manufacturing. "

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< p > it is understood that in the field of materials, Stratasys can use up to 8 different substrates and digitally arranged in a manner that can reach up to 600 different material properties. This represents the highest level of 3D printing materials at present, but it still has certain limitations.

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P > Luo Jun believes that 3D printing has not been industrialized so far, the key is the lack of mature business model. "We still follow the old way of traditional manufacturing industry, produce equipment, sell equipment, and user enterprises do not know how 3D printing is applied. It is clear that this road is not accessible."

If we can't form an effective application market, we can't think that 3D printing really integrates into our life.

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