by Bill Decker | Jan 26, 2014 | Engineering, Industry Statistics
Additive manufacturing is also used prominently in the medical and dental industries—about 80,000 hip implants have been made to date using 3D printers, and every day some 15,000 tooth crowns and fillings are made with parts from 3D printers, said Terry Wohlers, an...
by Bill Decker | Jan 20, 2014 | Industry Statistics, Rapid Prototyping
A Brief History and Snapshot of 3D Printing #1. How Did 3D Printing Begin? A 3D printer is similar to a normal printer, however a normal printer produces ink on paper. 3D printers, on the other hand, layer atoms on top of each other to create, or print, actual 3D...
by Bill Decker | Jan 10, 2014 | Industry Statistics
The US will remain by far the largest national 3D printing market in the world, accounting for 42 percent of global sales in 2017. In developed areas such as the US and Western Europe, 3D printing market value will be supported by the growing presence of metal-based...
by Bill Decker | Jan 5, 2014 | Industry Statistics
World demand for 3D printers and related materials and software is projected to rise 21 percent per year to $5.0 billion in 2017. While professional uses such as prototyping will continue to account for the majority of demand, the more rapid growth will be seen in...
by Bill Decker | Dec 27, 2013 | Industry Statistics, Legal
At last weeks’ Gartner Symposium/ITxpo conference in Florida, the company released their “Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users for 2014 and Beyond.” The report contained this ugly, probably inevitable prediction: By 2018, 3D printing will...
by Bill Decker | Dec 15, 2013 | Announcements, Industry Statistics
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/3D-Printing-Trade-Association-6574495 This is the official LinkedIn group from the Association of 3D Printing. It’s an open group for members to share ideas, technologies, videos, images and news about the 3D Printing...
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