Presentations from R3D@Tri-C, the Regional 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Conference, held on June 18 and 19, 2015, at Tri-C’s Advanced Technology Training Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Emerging technologies, materials,
and business models
Recent growth trends
New machine technology
Production of metal parts
The supply chain
Exciting future
4. Estimates and forecasts
based on 20 years
of hard data
Views from 78 hand-picked
co-authors in 31 countries
Cooperation from 40
system manufacturers
and 87 service providers
5. $4.1B in 2014
CAGR: 35.2%
$2B in products
Source: Wohlers Report 2015
2014 growth
Quadrupled in
past 5 years
products
services
6. Companies that build and sell
industrial (>$5,000) systems
Nanoscribe
RPM Innovations
3DCeram
Sisma
BigRep
2014: 49
2013: 34
8. Emerging Asian system manufacturers
Xi’an Bright Laser Technologies
Xery
Matsuura
OPM Lab
Roland DG
Keyence
9. Desktop (<$5K) 3D printers
Source: Wohlers Report 2015
92.5% growth in 2014 139,584
10. Source: Wohlers Report 2015
12,850 $173.3M
$1.12B
Industrial vs desktop 3D printers
Industrial machines
Desktop 3D printers
2014 units
139,584
2014 revenues
11. Patents
Foundation patents for FDM, SL,
SLS, and 3DP from MIT expired
SLM patent by Meiners, Wissenbach,
and Gasser (DE19649865C1)
expires 2 Dec 2016
14. Metal AM system sales
Source: Wohlers Report 2015
543
351
199
54.7% growth in 2014
15. Helped 60 employees, suppliers,
others to become AM experts
Worked on 120 AM-related projects
35 full-time Airbus employees focused
on AM, up from 20 a year ago
16. AM supply chain
Metals ~11 years
Additive Metal Alloys
AP&C
ATI
Carpenter
Erasteel
H.C. Starck
LPW
NanoSteel
Norsk Titanium
Praxair
Sandvik
VDM Alloys
ALM
Arkema
CRP Technology
DSM Somos
Evonik
Exceltec
Oxford Performance Materials
SABIC
Polymers ~27 years
17. Printing of 30 tons of AM parts
monthly at Airbus
30,000+ fuel nozzles at GE Aviation
BAE Systems
Bell Helicopter
Boeing
Bombardier
Embraer
General Dynamics
Honeywell Aerospace
Supply of machines
Lockheed Martin
Northrop Grumman
Pratt & Whitney
Raytheon
Rolls-Royce
SpaceX
18. Hybrid metal systems
Powder bed fusion
Matsuura
OPM Lab
Directed energy deposition
Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies
Flexible Robotic Environment
DMG Mori Seiki
Mazak
Hurco
Hermle
Fonon
19. Hybrid material systems
Voxel8: material extrusion head and conductive ink
deposited with pneumatic direct-write dispenser
MarkForged: material extrusion head and second
head that deposits a continuous strand of
carbon fiber, fiberglass, or Kevlar
20. HP Multi Jet Fusion
BAAM
Carbon3D
Technologies to watch
22. Individuals with a networked 3D printer
Brick-and-mortar 3D print shops
Online marketplaces and communities
New types of service providers
“Traditional” service providers
System manufacturers
30. Strong industry-wide growth
Summary
Differences between industrial and desktop
Supply chain in early days of development
New collaborations and business models
New manufacturers, technologies, and materials
Metal AM outpacing rest of AM industry