3D Printing: The Manufacturing Revolution
s 3-D printers become faster, easier to use, handle multiple materials, and print active components or
Asystems, they are finding usage beyond rapid prototyping. Several technology trends are feeding these expectancies. An evolving class of mid-level 3-D printers is starting to offer many high-end system features in a desktop form factor at lower price points. What’ s more; Printer speeds are increasing across the product spectrum; at least one high-end system under development could print up to 500 times faster than today’ s top machines. And essential patents are about to expire, an event likely to hasten the pace of innovation. The 3D printing solution providers are amidst of the sea of opportunities, and from here, it will only increase further.
To showcase the innovative companies those are using novel approaches to 3D printing solutions, we have come up with the annual listing of The 10 Most innovative 3D Printing Solution Providers, 2017. In this issue, we have shortlisted 3D printing companies, which make printing easy, affordable and efficient.
As our cover story, we have Simplify3D for providing industry leading 3D printing software that converts 3D models into real physical parts using a wide range of desktop 3D printers. Clayton Webster, company’ s CEO set out to tackle the software challenges faced by 3D printing companies and took place the formation of Simplify3D in 2013. The software analyzes your digital 3D models to determine the best way to fabricate these parts through additive manufacturing. Acting as the brain of the 3D printer, the software precisely controls speed, temperature, cooling, extrusion, and positioning to ensure the highest quality of output.
Apart from this in our special issues, we have BMW Group as Brands of the Month and Local Motors as Company of the Month. BMW Group was one of the earlier adopters of 3D printing and additive manufacturing technology, while founded in 2007, Local Motors has already created the World’ s first 3D Printed car, the Strati, which took only 44 hours to print.
In our listing, we have BigRep, which is one of the well-known as The World’ s Largest Standardized 3D Printer Manufacturer. CYTOSURGE AG, is fast growing high-tech company develops and distributes scientific measuring instruments and robotic systems based on the patented FluidFM technology. Genius Printers is a 3D printing technology solution provider, which boasts an unmatched profile of pending patent features. German RepRap makes the world’ s first industrial quality, open platform 3D Printers capable of printing all materials on large build platforms and finally, ReDeTec which recycles the 3D printer waste back into filament for FDM 3D printing.
Going forward, we have 3D Gestald – Decoding the Past, Present and Future of 3D Printing and Trends to Watch – Trends that will Shape the Future of 3D Printing from our in-house writers. Let’ s get started, then!