3D printing is a budding technology industry that can not be ignored. Even today there are advancements in 3D printing that are changing the way we manufacture goods. It would be imperative to know and understand the fundamentals behind what is causing the signs of the third industrial revolution.
How To Make Money With 3D Printing: An Overview Of The 3D Printing Industry And 5 Ways You Can Profit From It
1. How To Make Money With 3D Printing:
An Overview Of The 3D Printing Industry
And 5 Ways You Can Profit From It
2. “If a picture is worth a thousand words, then
a prototype is worth a thousand pictures.”
3. The Disruptive Potential of 3D Printing
More sophisticated automation within factories
Custom clothing and textiles - shoes, hats, clothes and more
The ability to create 3D printed food in different molds and shapes
New medical devices and organs for patients with individualized needs
Manufacturing-on-demand will be within the grasp of every aspiring maker,
designer, entrepreneur and inventor
Reduced transportation times, inventory and less logistical complications
A cleaner, greener environment
4. What is 3D Printing?
Desktop Manufacturing or
Additive Manufacturing
A powerful creation tool
An essential component of the
next industrial revolution
5. How 3D Printing Works
Contrasts from manufacturing processes which have been subtractive i.e.
milling & CNC machines
A prototyping process whereby a real object is created from a 3D design file
created from a 3D modeling program or scanner (.stl).
The software slices the design into thousands of horizontal layers. These
layers of material are then printed successively until your physical object
is created in your chosen material.
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7. Benefits
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Cloud enabled compatibility
Reduction of inventory since 3D
printing is made-to-order
Customization
Green Emissions
Growing and improving
8. Challenges
Difficulty in learning CAD
modeling software
Limitations of materials,
processes and technology
Adoption of 3D printers both in
homes and at work
11. Milestones
1986
Charles Hull was issued the
first patent for a
stereolithography apparatus
(SLA)
1992
The first SLA machine is
produced by 3D Systems
2002
Scientists engineer a
functioning 3D printed kidney
2006
First self-replicating 3D
printer is developed (RepRap)
12. Milestones
2008
Shapeways print-on-demand
service is launched
2008
First person to walk on a 3D
printed prosthetic leg
2009
Organovo bio-prints the first
blood vessel
2010
Urbee the first 3D printed car
s created and presented
13. Milestones
2012
The first 3D printed
prosthetic jaw is implanted
on a human
2013
Stratasys acquires Makerbot
2014
Amazon launches their 3D
printing store
2015
Google acquires Carbon3D
with new CLIP technology
16. Design Your Own 3D Models & Sell On Shapeways
Not only can one purchase a 3D printed item from Shapeways online store,
but also anyone can set up their own personal Shapeways shop.
There are a plethora of materials to choose from (and more to come!)
Shapeways is the world’s largest 3D product marketplace.
Set up your own Shapeways store!
Run your own business using Shapeways as a channel.
Go to https://www.shapeways.com/sell to set up your own shop.
19. Monetize Your 3D Printer
A part of the massively growing sharing economy - Airbnb, Uber
Received a $4.5 Million Dollar investment in 2014
If you have your own 3D printer you can list it onto the 3D Hubs directory
and anyone can pay you to use it.
Just released their new 3D Hubs HD which allows the listing of industrial 3D
printers for use.
Go to https://www.3dhubs.com/list-my-printer to list your own printer.
22. 3D Printing Stocks Overview
Top Dogs in 3D printing
Stratasys (SSYS)
Google (GOOG)
3D Systems (DDD)
Interesting Investments
Organovo (ONVO)
Autodesk (ADSK)
HP (HPQ)
Other 3D stocks to consider
ExOne (XONE)
Voxeljet (VJET)
Materialise (MTLS)
ARCAM (ARCM)
24. In the last few years of
materials science
innovation many
awesome new, hybrid,
proprietary materials
have been created.
25. Plastics
FDM
Fused Deposition
Modeling
The most common
process for 3D
printing of plastics
ABS
Acrylonitrile Butadiene
Styrene
Widely used on entry level FDM
3D printers. Very popular since
it can be bought from a variety
of non-proprietary sources. ABS
is most commonly used as the
material for LEGO bricks
Optimal Temperature 210
degrees C
Polylactic Acid
Biodegradable plastic material
that has become popular for 3D
printers. PLA is less likely to
warp but it is not as durable or
flexible when compared to ABS
Optimal Temperature 235 to
256 degrees C
PLA
26. Metals
Great prospects for the jewelry
industry
Aluminum
Cobalt
Stainless Steel
Gold
Silver
Titanium (one of the strongest
metal materials)
31. 3D Printed Prototypes
Go from idea to prototype to product in just a few steps.
Learn 3D design with TinkerCAD and other 3D software tools
Use a 3D printer, 3D Hubs and/or Shapeways to print out prototypes
Social media to test the market
And full scale manufacturing facilities for mass production (in the future 3D
printing will be able to assist in this realm)
33. Why I Believe 3D Printing Is Core To Innovation
Allows anyone to create anything and distribute to people anywhere in the
world.
No longer do we have to rely on factories and large corporations to develop,
create and market good products for us.
We are living in an economy where anyone who wants to create Movies,
Music, Books, Video Games can and has the power of distribution with the
Internet.
3D Printing gives the power of manufacturing to the people!
It means the USA can make more strides towards becoming a production
34. Action Items (if you don’t have a 3D printer):
1. Check out TinkerCAD & design your first 3D model
2. Use 3D Hubs to print out your design locally
(alternatively, you can use shapeways)
3. Set up a shop on Shapeways and market with Instagram
4. Check out The 3D Masterminds Podcast to learn more
about 3D printing
35. If you do have a 3D
printer:
1. Go to 3D Hubs and
list your printer
2. Join communities
on 3D Hubs,
Google+ and
Facebook groups
3. Become part of the
3D Masterminds
Community for
expert interviews
and connections.
