An Introductory Presentation on 3dprinting and the third Industrial Revolution given at HackerspaceBXL for Café Numérique on Wednesday 5th December 2012.

1. 3DPRINTING
Deepak Deeeep Mehta
Café Numérique Bxl 2012
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2. 3DPRINTING
• What is it?
• Industrial Revolution 3.0
• Concerns
• Q&A
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3. TYPES OF 3DPRINTING?
Stereolithography: resins
Selective Laser Sintering: powders
Fused Deposition Modeling: inkjet
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4. STEREOLITHOGRAPHY
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5. STEREOLITHOGRAPHY
•A bath of uncured resin :-(
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6. STEREOLITHOGRAPHY
•A bath of uncured resin :-(
• Laser hardens the liquid resin
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7. STEREOLITHOGRAPHY
•A bath of uncured resin :-(
• Laser hardens the liquid resin
• No Hobbyist technologies available (YET)… Uncured Resin is
toxic!
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8. STEREOLITHOGRAPHY
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9. .00 0+
€ 1 00
STEREOLITHOGRAPHY
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10. SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
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11. SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
• Molten powder metals / glass / ceramics
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12. SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
• Molten powder metals / glass / ceramics
• Powders are molten by lasers
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13. SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
• Molten powder metals / glass / ceramics
• Powders are molten by lasers
• No Hobbyist solutions….
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14. SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
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15. .00 0+
€ 2 00
SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
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16. FUSED DEPOSITION
MODELING
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17. FUSED DEPOSITION
MODELING
• Molten plastic
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18. FUSED DEPOSITION
MODELING
• Molten plastic
• Extruded by a heated print head
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19. FUSED DEPOSITION
MODELING
• Molten plastic
• Extruded by a heated print head
• Makerbot / Ultimaker / Origo / RepRap
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20. FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING
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21. .00 0+
€1
FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING
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22. HISTORY OF 3DPRINTING
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23. HISTORY OF 3DPRINTING
• 1980 to now: 2D design on computers and 2D prints on
paper
• 1990+: 3D designs on computers (CAD) and machine output
in 3D (CAM)
• 3D printing brings CAM output to the desktop
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24. IMPORTANCE OF 3DPRINTING
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25. IMPORTANCE OF 3DPRINTING
2D Print:
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26. IMPORTANCE OF 3DPRINTING
2D Print:
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27. IMPORTANCE OF 3DPRINTING
2D Print:
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28. IMPORTANCE OF 3DPRINTING
2D Print:
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29. IMPORTANCE OF 3DPRINTING
2D Print: 3D Print:
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30. IMPORTANCE OF 3DPRINTING
2D Print: 3D Print:
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31. IMPORTANCE OF 3DPRINTING
2D Print: 3D Print:
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32. IMPORTANCE OF 3DPRINTING
2D Print: 3D Print:
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33. WHY 3DPRINTING?
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34. WHY 3DPRINTING?
• Non-Mass-Market Production:
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35. WHY 3DPRINTING?
• Non-Mass-Market Production:
• Making in Bulk is cheaper. Is it cheaper to waste?
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36. WHY 3DPRINTING?
• Non-Mass-Market Production:
• Making in Bulk is cheaper. Is it cheaper to waste?
• Do you want bulk?
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37. WHY 3DPRINTING?
• Non-Mass-Market Production:
• Making in Bulk is cheaper. Is it cheaper to waste?
• Do you want bulk?
• User customised products.
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38. WHY 3DPRINTING?
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39. WHY 3DPRINTING?
• On Demand Objects:
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40. WHY 3DPRINTING?
• On Demand Objects:
• Print the things you need
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41. WHY 3DPRINTING?
• On Demand Objects:
• Print the things you need
• When you need them
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42. WHY 3DPRINTING?
• On Demand Objects:
• Print the things you need
• When you need them
• And then Recycle
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43. WHY 3DPRINTING?
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44. WHY 3DPRINTING?
• New Ways of Creation
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45. WHY 3DPRINTING?
• New Ways of Creation
• 3D printing enables different ways to produce
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46. WHY 3DPRINTING?
• New Ways of Creation
• 3D printing enables different ways to produce
• Example: a bicycle chain
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47. WHY 3DPRINTING?
• New Ways of Creation
• 3D printing enables different ways to produce
• Example: a bicycle chain
570 parts +
assembly
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48. WHY 3DPRINTING?
• New Ways of Creation
• 3D printing enables different ways to produce
• Example: a bicycle chain
1 part
570 parts +
assembly
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49. WHAT TO 3D PRINT?
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50. WHAT TO 3D PRINT?
• Medicine: Print your own organs/bones?
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51. WHAT TO 3D PRINT?
• Medicine: Print your own organs/bones?
• Art: Andy Warhol meets the Chinese Terra cotta army?
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52. WHAT TO 3D PRINT?
• Medicine: Print your own organs/bones?
• Art: Andy Warhol meets the Chinese Terra cotta army?
• Construction: Print your own House… on Mars!
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53. WHAT TO 3D PRINT?
• Medicine: Print your own organs/bones?
• Art: Andy Warhol meets the Chinese Terra cotta army?
• Construction: Print your own House… on Mars!
• Anything!
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54. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
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55. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
•A new Industrial Revolution?
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56. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
•A new Industrial Revolution?
• From designed for mass-production
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57. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
•A new Industrial Revolution?
• From designed for mass-production
• to production of mass-customised designs
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58. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
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59. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
• Elements of change
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60. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
• Elements of change
• Search enables long tail products to flourish
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61. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
• Elements of change
• Search enables long tail products to flourish
• Democratic Design
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62. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
• Elements of change
• Search enables long tail products to flourish
• Democratic Design
• Desktop Fabrication & Democratic Fabrication
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63. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
• Elements of change
• Search enables long tail products to flourish
• Democratic Design
• Desktop Fabrication & Democratic Fabrication
• Open Source
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64. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
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65. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
• Shift of Purchase Power:
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66. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
• Shift of Purchase Power:
• Middle Ages: customer was king
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67. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
• Shift of Purchase Power:
• Middle Ages: customer was king
• Modern Day: marketeer is king
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68. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
• Shift of Purchase Power:
• Middle Ages: customer was king
• Modern Day: marketeer is king
• Future: creator is king, but creator = customer
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69. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
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70. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
• Manufacturing:
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71. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
• Manufacturing:
• Mass production will still exist.
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72. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
• Manufacturing:
• Mass production will still exist.
• More variety in products, from mass to long-tail
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73. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0
• Manufacturing:
• Mass production will still exist.
• More variety in products, from mass to long-tail
• Manufacturing will cluster somewhere between the end of
the supply chain and the consumer
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74. CONCERNS
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75. CONCERNS
• Software for Content Creation needs to grow (Instragram for
3dmodels?)
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76. CONCERNS
• Software for Content Creation needs to grow (Instragram for
3dmodels?)
• Else no mass adoption of 3dprinting
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77. CONCERNS
• Software for Content Creation needs to grow (Instragram for
3dmodels?)
• Else no mass adoption of 3dprinting
• Ceiling for Hobbyist machine quality due to patent-trolling?
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78. CONCERNS
• Software for Content Creation needs to grow (Instragram for
3dmodels?)
• Else no mass adoption of 3dprinting
• Ceiling for Hobbyist machine quality due to patent-trolling?
• Keep Content Open… Mash-up will beat Creation.
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79. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION
Google “Deeeep”
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