3 D Printing Threat or Opportunity? 13:45 p.m./29 April 2014
Additive Manufacturing Printing...Evolutionary Revolutionary Additive Sensors and Micro Flex Circuits 3 D Printing Prototypes and Production HW Next Generation 3 D Printing Circuits on HW
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home. Ken Olsen 1977 Co founder of Digital Equipment Corp. and what about Additive Manufacturing?
PANELIST PANELIST Eric Doberstein CAPINC Craig Armiento Ph.D./UML Randolph Sablich Kimberly Abare Moderator Moderator
3D Printing Workshop Agenda The concept of 3D printing (Additive Manufacturing or Additive Technology, Additive Fabrication) Mechanical and Electrical Eric will describe for the mechanical field: Who s who in the industry? What materials can be 3D d? How do various 3D systems work? Where do 3D systems have unique value? Why is 3D a threat to current practices? When should your company engage?
3D Printing Workshop Agenda Professor Armiento will describe for the electronics field: What are the 3D technologies? How are they applied? What are the benefits? What are there barriers to use? Q & A
3 D Printing Presentation by Eric Doberstein Vice President of Sales, Manager of Systems Maintenance & Printed Parts Services Mechanical Engineer
Core Principles of 3D Printing 3D begins with a 3D CAD Model or Volumetric Scans Insight (slice and tool path software) $15,000 to $50,000 ABS Plastic, low cost Professional output Office Environment Easy to use $1,000,000, DLMS, Metal or Plastic materials, Liquid nitrogen, material shakers, fine particle control, explosion risks, expensive materials, Metallurgist on staff $500 to $3000 Cheap Materials Fussy to use Pro/Am user
Who are the big and the new 3D System Manufacturers? ½ Dozen Mid size Companies The 1st 3D System: SLS, SLA, DPL, Jet, Wax Started 1986, Approx. $513mm in sales in 2013 The 2 nd, : FDM, PolyJet, Wax The largest 3D systems mfg. in installed systems Started 1989, Approx. $500 mm in sales in 2013 Dozen s of Startups with Special or Low Cost Systems
What is happening in the 3D market? Projected $7.5 billion in 3 years $3.5 billion in 2014 $1 billion 2009
What materials can be 3D d? Thermoplastics, ABS, PC, Nylon, Ultem, etc. Photopolymers, Many material props, elastomers, over molding Powders: Gypsum, Sand, Plastics, Metals Wax, Ceramic, Biomaterials, Paper, Concrete
3D System Part Build Envelope Sizes
How do various 3D systems work? Inkjet type for photopolymers and wax FDM SLA DLMS Inkjet types for Powder Binding DLP Various Additive Manufacturing Videos
Where is 3D being used? Rapid Prototyping Rapid Tooling, e.g. Fixtures, Molds, Patterns One off or short run production Mass customization, DDM Geometrically Complex parts Special Materials: Alloys, Biological, Nano Art, Hobby, Fashion Industries
Why is 3D a threat to current Mfg. practices? Additive Manufacturing beats CNC or Soft tooling for plastic prototypes. What would be cost of prototyping this without using 3D? CNC machining or a Soft Tool. Either way the cost would be huge.
When is 3D an Opportunity?
When is 3D an Opportunity? Matching Mfg. parts to organic shapes from 3D scans 3D Manufacturing beats conventional processes e.g. vs. CNC, RTV molding
When is 3D an Opportunity? Impossible to Machine Geometry or Materials Short Run Production Parts
3D Opportunity or Threat If/when a new 3D technology competes with a long standing process, it can overtake the existing process in time frames of a few months to a few years. Already disruptive changes for product development and prototyping processes. Already disruptive changes to the markets for biological shapes: Implants, Hearing aids, Orthodontic Braces Disruptive changes in short run production markets: e.g. over 900 parts in the F35 are spec d to be 3D Printed. Boeing, worlds biggest 3D user (Air Duct Part) All Mfg. business management should be looking at AM/3DPrinting regularly.
When is AM an Opportunity? A production rates are slow compared to conventional mfg. systems AM material prices are high compared to conventional mfg. systems AM tooling costs are zero compared to high tooling for conventional systems. With 3D, part complexity does not increase Mfg. cost GLOBALLY FLAT LABOR & MATERIAL COST, brings advantage to local companies vs. competing with lower offshore labor costs. 3D gives same cost and capability regardless of scale. This enables small operations to compete with the largest. Rapid Prototyping: Physical iteration shortens design development & improves performance. Rapid Tooling: Jigs, Fixtures, Casting Patterns Reduce Tooling costs through Direct Digital Mfg. for short runs (Nova) Mass customization of organic shapes. (Hip Jig) Production of impossible shapes or alloys. Production of Strength/Weight Optimized parts
Additive Technology Presentation by Craig Armiento, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Director, Center for Photonics, Electromagnetics and Nanoelectronics University of Massachusetts Lowell
Printed/Flexible Electronics What is it? An additive, maskless process for depositing patterned electronic materials (metals, dielectrics or active materials) onto flexible, rigid, or non planar substrates. What are the Benefits? New Form Factors for electronic devices Flexible, wearable, large area Lower cost Additive process reduces material waste Plastics, paper, fabric substrates Single system for patterning different materials Lower cost of entry Rapid Prototyping and Design Iterations CAD to printing Integrate Different Materials and Functionality on a Common Platform Hard to do on semiconductors
Applications for Printed Electronics Flexible/conformal antennas RFIDs/NFC technologies Wireless sensors (chemical, bio, structural) Smart skins e.g., cloaking Integrated Photonics Distributed wireless networks Flexible photovoltaic panels Wearable electronics Health Monitoring Flexible Displays Printed Batteries Energy Harvesting Solid State Lighting Smart packaging Chip/subsystem packaging RFID tags The Printed Electronics market is expected to grow from $16B to $76B over the next 10 years. IDTechEx
Industry AM/3D Barriers to Overcome for Broad Adoption Current Barriers Repeatability of Process Part after Part Impact of Process on Final Properties How to Qualify Material Properties (as formed, heat treat) Equipment Maturity & Feedback
Current Barriers, continued. More Material Types Needed (plastics, metals, gradients) Post Processing (surface prep, plating, heat treat) Surface Finish Size Constraints Additive Circuits Development
3 D Printing: Threat or Opportunity: YOU DECIDE. Questions/Comments