A GUIDE TO 3D PRINTING In Industry And For The Hobbist
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3D Printing in Professional careers There are many aplications of 3D printing within professional fields from construction to engineering to medicine. these are all important fields that 3D printing helps to push forward
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Within the field of engineering, 3d printing is a significant step forward in the prototyping and produciton of new products or systems. The QR code to the left details how metal 3D prinitng is being used by companies to produce things like rockets for space use.
3D printing is also being used within medicine, being use to create cusomised prostetics, custom medicine dosages, and even can be used to 3D print biological tissue such as organs, this process is detailed in the QR code to the right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHbn7wLN_3k
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For an extra video that covers aspects of 3D printings use in biology and engineering, check out the QR code to the left
How Its Changing the world With the development of 3D printers it is not only pushing forward production methods and other such things, it is also helping to solve many issues we already have such as unneccersary waste, by alowing us to cut out steps in production, reuse plastics, and repair non-critical damage to goods.
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“Any sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic.” - Arthur C. Clarke While 3D printing has not acheived the level of which we would call magic, its gaining influence and its ever so increasing level of technology in this field will be the stepping stone to future technologies that will become to the people of our time, something that resembles magic. and to those of past eras, for them to see technology such as this would blow their minds.
Resin Printing
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Benefits:
• Resin printers generally have a higher level of resolution in their prints which makes them more suitable for printing minitures • Resin printers are faster printing speeds as it prints 1 whole layer at a time compared to filament printers, this also allows for the printing of multiple things at one time • Resins can vary in hardness and strength however the prints from a resin printer are typically more solid then the prints from a filament printer
Filament Printing
Benefits:
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• Filament printers are typically cheaper to buy and use then a resin printer • Resin printers require alot of post printing processing to ready the print for use, however filament prints are almost completely ready to go as soon as it is finished. • Filament printers are capable of composite printing where you use multiple different filament in the one print • Filament printers have more customisation for the print, as well as a larger comunnity around it.
What’s the next step? So you picked the 3D printer you wanted, but what are you supposed to do now, and how do you use it. well below are videos that should help you through that process. you can also find help on the website for your printers manufacturer.
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And now you are ready to tackle the world of 3D printing whether you want to use it for hobbies, for your business, or to invent something new. the options are near limitless.