EFFICIENCY OF 3D PRINTERS

 The World is growing rapidly, balancing supply and demand of most things is becoming hard due to time and capability of production of different items.3-d Printing is a new way of manufacturing things in a very short period of time and in high quality with percision.3-d printers three dimensional products from the design that you give. Through computer aided design, 3d printers manufacture exact same products.

 

It is a very good way of manufacturing things because it helps the environment by reducing the waste and carbon emissions, so it’s very eco-friendly to produce from 3d printers. The time duration of printing something from these printers depends upon the diameter of the product you are printing. Usually, the speed of printing products is very fast. It takes roughly around 10 minutes to several days for printing something.

 

3d printers are mostly used for products that are in small size but they are also being used for mass manufacturing. These printers produce the products at 50% less price than other production solutions.

 

Companies are adopting these 3d printing technologies to manufacture small parts and raw materials within the house instead of outsourcing them to reduce the cost and time.3-d printers are solving the complexities and the issues faced by companies in their supply chain. Companies are now making parts within the facilities to quickly install them to the final products. Big companies like BUGATTI, BOEING, FORD are using 3-d printers for making of small parts even HERSHEY’S is using 3d printers to make chocolates in different shapes and sizes. Companies can quickly make prototype of their design and can analyze the quality and see if it’s good to put into production or not that reduces the cost for companies by a great percentage because now, they don’t have to plan and produce multiple times to see what the product can do. Now they can just put the design in the system and can get the final product in no time.

 

Take an example of €3 million Bugatti Chiron, for that specific car Bugatti is using 3d printers to print brake calipers to stop that 400km/h car. It takes Bugatti around 45 hours to print calipers’ because it’s 3kg of titanium and more than two thousand layers.

 

Not only small-scale production, some countries are taking a step forward in implementing 3d printers for mass manufacturing like houses, buildings etc. Dubai is leading by printing offices, buildings and commercial sectors through 3-d printers and reducing the cost, waste and time. Dubai made largest 3-d printed structure in the world that was printed in matter of only 17 days and 3 months to install everything. If it was built by labors and parts were outsourced then it would easily take more than a year to complete that structure. Where an ordinary house takes months to build walls around it, printers only take 1-2 days to build walls around a home.

 

3-d printers are widely used in the field of medication. Too much advancement is being made in that particular field through printers. Body Parts are being printed to help the patients and install body parts in their body at a much cheaper rate than expected by the patients. Skins are also being printed in custom layers according to the skin off the patient. Doctors can adapt 3-d technology to make the things that they are unable to arrange according to the needs of patients. Medicines are also being made through these because they are more efficient and cost effective if made from printers.

 

They can also be used in educational sector to let the students know how things actually look like in the real world. Teachers can print out the prototypes and can give their students a walk through and a hands-on experience of how they are going to operate things. It is much beneficial for students of Medical and Engineering because they are taught things without any practical work, through 3-d printers’ teachers can give practical knowledge to their students by the use of printed models and prototypes.

 

If we see the rapid growth of the world and shortage of supply, we can say that companies must adopt 3-d technologies to be as efficient and responsive as possible. By adopting these technologies companies can easily manage their production at a cheaper rate, killing the complexities of their supply chain. Overall 3d printed technologies are a great way to help anyone in need doesn’t matter if they are companies, students or patients.