3D Printing

Technological advancement is a sweeping phenomenon across all spheres in modern life. The printing fraternity has been no exception and 3D printing has revolutionized the printing industry thanks to the soaring pace of technological progression. 3D printing is the buzzword in today’s' mainstream technologically savvy domains. 3D printing is a distinct form of fabrication, which is closely associated with the traditional rapid prototyping printing. The creation of a three dimensional image object in the printing processes is achieved through the layering as well relating consecutive cross sectional representation of the material. One common merit of 3D printing is that 3D printers are comparatively cheaper to purchase and perform print operations faster than the common printers built on additive fabrication technology.

Although prototype printing has continued its dominance on in the market, 3D printing has come along with remarkable merits and potential for end user customers. 3D printing technology is gaining popularity in the Jewelry, footwear as well as in various industrial designs. Domains of architecture and automotive and medical fraternities have also tapped in the merits of the contemporary 3D printing technology.

3D printing technology constitutes fast means of getting print output unlike typical prototype forms of printing which are time consuming and labor intensive. 3D printing comes with the delight of speed and diminished labor to achieve quality print output. This is achieved through the cheaper and feasible means of producing prototypes through the rapid prototyping, which is the hallmark of 3D printing.

3D printing surpasses other traditional printing procedures and methods such as stereo lithography. The reason is that 3D printing is tailored for speedy and low cost usage. 3D printing has clearly outlined guidelines which give room to the critical aspect of visualization along the conceptual design stages particularly in engineering domains where dimensional accuracy in design are less important. Visualization in 3D printing is also handy for engineering design conceptualization where the mechanical strength of the prototypes is not necessary. In 3D printing resolution is rendered in layer thickness as well as in the X-Y resolution in dpi. Standard layer thickness is normally +/- 100 micrometers (0.1mm). The X-Y resolution can be related to that of the laser printers.

While all forms of technology have their different merits and demerit, 3D printing has brought along remarkable delights in the printing, design and engineering domains thanks to its numerous advantages. Some salient advantages of 3D printing enlist the following; on-the-fly 3D technology facilitates the generation of prototypes which closely resemble the mechanical properties of the design in focus.3D technological ranges allow for the combination of black and white rigid matter as a way of generating a series of grayscales to suit various consumer electronics and other applications.

3D printing is less time consuming and labor intensive since it eliminates the need to design, print and bring together different model components created with different materials in order to complete a model. As much other competing technologies are galore in the market 3D printing technologies tops the range since most of the competing technologies are still built on additive technologies which are of inevitable inferiority to the formidable 3d printing technology.