Café Numérique 05-12-12

3DPRINTINGDeepak Deeeep Mehta

Café Numérique Bxl 2012

Thursday, 6 December 12

3DPRINTING

•What is it?

• Industrial Revolution 3.0

• Concerns

•Q&A


TYPES OF 3DPRINTING?

Stereolithography: resins

Selective Laser Sintering: powders

Fused Deposition Modeling: inkjet


STEREOLITHOGRAPHY


STEREOLITHOGRAPHY

• A bath of uncured resin :-(


STEREOLITHOGRAPHY


• Laser hardens the liquid resin


STEREOLITHOGRAPHY


• Laser hardens the liquid resin

•No Hobbyist technologies available (YET)… Uncured Resin is toxic!


STEREOLITHOGRAPHYThursday, 6 December 12

STEREOLITHOGRAPHY

€100.000 +


SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING



•Molten powder metals / glass / ceramics




• Powders are molten by lasers




• Powders are molten by lasers

•No Hobbyist solutions….


SELECTIVE LASER SINTERINGThursday, 6 December 12


€200.000 +


FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING



•Molten plastic



•Molten plastic

• Extruded by a heated print head



•Molten plastic

• Extruded by a heated print head

•Makerbot / Ultimaker / Origo / RepRap





€1.000 +


HISTORY OF 3DPRINTING


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


IMPORTANCE OF 3DPRINTING


IMPORTANCE OF 3DPRINTING2D Print:








IMPORTANCE OF 3DPRINTING2D Print: 3D Print:








WHY 3DPRINTING?


WHY 3DPRINTING?

•Non-Mass-Market Production:


WHY 3DPRINTING?


•Making in Bulk is cheaper. Is it cheaper to waste?


WHY 3DPRINTING?



•Do you want bulk?


WHY 3DPRINTING?



•Do you want bulk?

• User customised products.


WHY 3DPRINTING?


WHY 3DPRINTING?

•On Demand Objects:


WHY 3DPRINTING?


• Print the things you need


WHY 3DPRINTING?



•When you need them


WHY 3DPRINTING?



•When you need them

• And then Recycle


WHY 3DPRINTING?


WHY 3DPRINTING?

•New Ways of Creation


WHY 3DPRINTING?


• 3D printing enables different ways to produce


WHY 3DPRINTING?



• Example: a bicycle chain


WHY 3DPRINTING?



• Example: a bicycle chain570 parts + assembly


WHY 3DPRINTING?



• Example: a bicycle chain570 parts + assembly

1 part


WHAT TO 3D PRINT?


WHAT TO 3D PRINT?

•Medicine: Print your own organs/bones?


WHAT TO 3D PRINT?


• Art: Andy Warhol meets the Chinese Terra cotta army?


WHAT TO 3D PRINT?



• Construction: Print your own House… on Mars!


WHAT TO 3D PRINT?



• Construction: Print your own House… on Mars!

• Anything!


INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3.0



• A new Industrial Revolution?




• From designed for mass-production




• From designed for mass-production

• to production of mass-customised designs





• Elements of change




• Search enables long tail products to flourish





•Democratic Design






•Desktop Fabrication & Democratic Fabrication






•Desktop Fabrication & Democratic Fabrication

•Open Source





• Shift of Purchase Power:




•Middle Ages: customer was king





•Modern Day: marketeer is king





•Modern Day: marketeer is king

• Future: creator is king, but creator = customer





•Manufacturing:



•Manufacturing:

•Mass production will still exist.



•Manufacturing:


•More variety in products, from mass to long-tail



•Manufacturing:


•More variety in products, from mass to long-tail

•Manufacturing will cluster somewhere between the end of the supply chain and the consumer


CONCERNS


CONCERNS

• Software for Content Creation needs to grow (Instragram for 3dmodels?)


CONCERNS


• Else no mass adoption of 3dprinting


CONCERNS



• Ceiling for Hobbyist machine quality due to patent-trolling?


CONCERNS



• Ceiling for Hobbyist machine quality due to patent-trolling?

• Keep Content Open… Mash-up will beat Creation.


THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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