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Additive Manufacturing Strongly Bounces Back

Posted May 19, 2011 5:09 PM

From Design News:

Use of the technology is spreading widely, even to examination and reproduction of ancient skeletons.

The additive manufacturing industry is on quite a roll. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of revenues produced by all additive manufacturing products and services in 2010 was 24.1 percent, according to the Wohlers Report 2011.

Additive manufacturing is the process of joining materials to make objects from 3-D model data, usually layer upon layer, as opposed to subtractive manufacturing methodologies. Additive manufacturing is used to build physical models, prototypes, patterns, tooling components and production parts in plastic.

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05/19/2011 10:12 PM

Is this some new jargon for 3D printing?

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05/20/2011 8:05 AM

Hi Tornado,

I think your right.

It's difficult enough de-cyphering comments of the "English is not their first language" contributors, without inventing new terms for existing technology.

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05/21/2011 12:03 AM

This sort of manipulation of terminology makes me nervous. If they have to change the name, the technology must be in trouble...

The source also seems to be somewhat challenged in the understanding of the technology- it is not limited to plastics. Sintered metallic methods have been a part of the technology for years.

I suspect more hype from marketing research types that think the Truth lies only in what information one can extract from the Internet, rather than actually going out and witnessing the real world in real time...
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