Abstract
The article discusses technological innovations and reduced machinery costs in 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, as of June 2012. Topics include the process of making three-dimensional objects from digital files; the use of 3D printers to produce spare parts, clothing, and prosthetic limbs; and five business advantages to 3D printing according to Dr. Phil Reeves, managing director at the global 3D printing consultancy Econolyst. INSET: Going spare.
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- 3-D printing
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- 3d technology
- Additive manufacturing
- BUSINESS planning
- Bill Gross
- Boeing Co.
- Bridge manufacturing
- CDKey
- CHINA
- COMMERCIAL products
- Computer-Aided Design
- Computer-Assisted
- Computer-Assisted: methods
- Crack
- DISRUPTIVE technologies
- Digital manufacturing
- Download
- EQUIPMENT & supplies
- Economic modeling
- Equipment Design
- FORD Motor Co.
- Features
- Flexible manufacturing
- Free
- Full
- GENERAL Motors Co.
- GROWTH industries
- HP
- Humans
- INTELLECTUAL property
- Image Processing
- Imaging
- MANUFACTURING industries
- MANUFACTURING processes
- MP3
- MakerBot
- Mark
- Market forecast
- Market structure
- Megaupload
- Movie
- Music
- New Business Development
- Nocd
- PATENTS
- POLYMERS industry
- PRINTING
- PROTOTYPES
- Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
- Patch
- Phil
- Printing
- Printing: instrumentation
- Product Development Process
- Prototyping
- RAPID prototyping
- REEVES
- Rapid prototyping
- Rapid tooling
- Rapidshare
- SOCIAL aspects
- STEVENSON
- STRATEGIC planning
- Serial
- Startups
- Supply chain
- TECHNOLOGICAL innovations
- THREE-dimensional printing
- Three-Dimensional
- Three-Dimensional: methods
- Tissue Engineering
- Tissue Engineering: methods
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- Video
- additive manufacturing
- additives
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- co-creation
- consumer business model
- creative economy
- digiproneurship
- digital design
- digital development
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- manufacturing
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- manufacturing technology
- materiality
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- photocopied
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- product design
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- production technology
- prosumer
- rapid
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- services
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- technology business model
- three dimensional printing
- three-dimensional printing
- user-generated content
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Fastermann, P., Tudball, M., Section, C. I., The, I., Information, M., Ratto, M., … Chimienti, M. (2013). BD PRINTING Taking business to another dimension. Director (Vol. 7, pp. 60–63). Retrieved from http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84927800812&partnerID=tZOtx3y1
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