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Negatives And Negatives Of 3d Printing

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Every few years, a technological device emerges that changes the way we live our lives. From the typewriter to the laptop computer, technology keeps improving. We are able to type documents, erase as we choose and print as many copies as we like using a printer. Life was made easier for us.
Another device is about to change our lives- 3D printing. The traditional way we print today is 2D printing. We print on paper. The data we print cannot be touched physically. If we print a picture of a shoe on a paper, we cannot hold that shoe physically in our hands. That is about to change with 3D printing. This new technology will allow us to print almost anything we choose and we will be able to feel that object.
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The virtual design can be made in a specific software such as a 3D modelling program. Once a blueprint of the object is created, we send the digital file to the printer and it prints the object. This benefits our company because all we would have to do is to create a 3D file. There would be no more need for 2D modelling and we would save time on creating the design the customer wants.
There are different processes that allow 3D printing to occur but the most common one used currently is Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM). A prominent tech blog states that when the digital file is sent to the printer, the device slices the virtual design into horizontal layers. The material that is used to make the object is then melted and the printer prints the object layer by layer until the full object is created. Depending on the printer type, the material used can be rubber, plastics, paper, metals and more. Our company would be able to make different prototypes of different materials with these printers. There would be no need to get special tools for the different materials.
The emergence of 3D printing has helped many companies thus far. TechRepublic states that Boeing, a well-known company, uses the device. This airplane company has made over 20000 materials thus far using 3D printers. Ford has also used the device to make car parts. They recently made their 500000th part using the 3D printer. Not

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