3D Printing: Material And Equipment Opportunities, Trends, And Markets

Chapter 1

Introduction

1-1

Chapter 2

3D Printing Overview

2-1

2.1 

Benefits Of 3D Printing

2-2

2.2 

Limitations Of 3D Printing

2-4

2.3 

3d Market Segmentation

2-5

2.3.1 

Design

2-8

2.3.2 

Replacement Of Current Manufacturing Processes

2-9

2.3.3 

Personalized And Home 3D Printing

2-11

2.3.4 

Materials

2-13

2.4 

Regional Activities

2-14

2.4.1 

Europe

2-14

2.4.2 

Japan

2-14

2.4.3 

China

2-16

2.4.4 

Korea

2-17

2.4.5 

Global Research And Development

2-18

Chapter 3

Market Analyses

3-1

3.1

Introduction

3-1

3.2

3D Printing Industry

3-5

3.3

3D Printing Industry By Geographic Region

3-8

3.4

3D Printer Forecast

3-17

3.5

3D Printing Service Bureau Forecast

3-23

3.6

3D Printing Industry By Application

3-29

3.7

Materials

3-32

Chapter 4

Technology Issues and Trends

4-1

4.1

Selective laser sintering (SLS)

4-1

4.2

Direct metal laser sintering (DMLS)

4-6

4.4

Selective Laser Melting (SLM)

4-8

4.4

Stereolithography (SLA)

4-11

4.5

Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) [Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF)]

4-14

4.6

Laser Powder Forming (LPF)

4-17

4.7

PolyJet Technology

4-20

4.8

Laser Powder Forming (LPF)

4-23

Chapter 5

Equipment Suppliers

5-1

5.1 

Introduction

5-1

5.1.1 

Prototyping

5-1

5.1.2 

Mass Customization

5-1

5.2 

Profiles Of Major Printer Manufacturers

5-5

5.2.1

3D Systems

5-5

5.2.2

Stratasys

5-6

5.2.3

ExOne Company

5-7

5.2.4

ProtoPlant

5-8

5.2.5

Mark Forged

5-9

5.2.6

voxeljet AG (Germany)

5-9

5.2.7

EOS GmbH (Germany)

5-10

5.2.8

Arcam AB (Sweden)

5-11

5.2.9

EnvisionTEC GmbH (Germany)

5-12

5.2.10

Renishaw plc (UK)

5-13

5.2.11

SLM Solutions GmbH (Germany)

5-13

5.2.12

CONCEPT Laser GmbH (Germany)

5-14

5.2.13

Höganäs AB (Sweden)

5-14

5.2.14

Materialise NV (Belgium)

5-14

5.2.15

Mcor Technologies Ltd. (Ireland)

5-15

5.2.16

Sintermask GmbH (Germany)

5-16

5.2.17

Cincinnati Inc.

5-17

5.2.18

Mitsubishi

5-17

5.2.19

ExOne (XONE)

5-17

5.2.20

Beijing TierTime (China)

5-18

5.2.21

Shaanxi (China)

5-18

5.2.22

Digital Wax Systems (DWS) (Italy)

5-18

5.2.23

Blue Printer

5-19

5.2.24

Organovo

5-19

5.2.25

Shapeways (The Netherlands)

5-20

5.2.26

Hewlett-Packard

5-20

5.3 

Open Source (RepRaps)

5-34

Chapter 6

Materials And Materials Suppliers

6-1

6.1. 

Plastics/Thermoplastics

6-3

6.1.1 

PLA (Polylactic Acid) 

6-3

6.1.2

ABS (Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene)

6-3

6.1.3 

Nylon

6-3

6.1.4 

ASA (Aacrylonitrile styrene acrylate)

6-4

6.1.5 

PVA (Polyvinyl Alcohol Plastic) 

6-4

6.1.6 

High Performance Thermoplastics (PEEK, PEKK, PEK)

6-4

6.1.7 

Polycarbonate Materials

6-5

6.1.8 

High Impact polystyrene HIPS Materials

6-5

6.1.9 

Thermoplastic Polyurethane

6-6

6.1.10

Polypropylene

6-6

6.1.11

PET and Other Biodegradables

6-6

6.1.12

Transparent Plastic Materials

6-7

6.2 

Powders

6-8

6.2.1

Polyamide

6-8

6.2.2 

Alumide

6-8

6.2.3

Resins

6-8

6.2.3.1

High Detail Resin

6-8

6.2.3.2

Paintable Resin

6-8

6.2.3.3

Transparent Resin

6-9

6.2.4 

Metals

6-9

6.2.4.1 

Titanium

6-9

6.2.4.2 

Stainless Steel

6-10

6.2.4.3 

Bronze

6-10

6.2.4.4 

Nitinol

6-10

6.2.4.5 

Aluminum

6-10

6.2.4.6 

Ceramics

6-11

6.3 

Advanced Materials

6-11

6.3.1

Conductive Carbomorph

6-11

6.3.2

Graphene

6-11

6.3.3

Nanomaterials

6-12

6.4

Third Party Material Infrastructure

6-13

6.5

Equipment Supplier Material Infrastructure

6-16

Chapter 7

Applications

7-1

7.1

Introduction

7-1

7.2

Electronics/High-Tech

7-2

7.2.1

Photovoltaics

7-2

7.2.2

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

7-4

7.2.3

Batteries

7-5

7.2.4

LEDs

7-6

7.2.5

Digital Textiles

7-8

7.2.6

OLED Lighting And Displays

7-9

7.2.7

Smart Windows

7-12

7.2.8

Printed Sensors

7-13

7.3

Medical

7-15

7.3.1

Introduction

7-15

7.3.2

Bones

7-17

7.3.3

Dental

7-18

7.3.4

Prosthetics

7-18

7.3.5

Casts

7-19

7.3.6

Hearing Aids

7-19

7.3.7

Tissue

7-19

7.3.8

Personalized Diagnostics & Drug Delivery

7-21

7.3.9

Medical Microfactories

7-23

7.4

Automotive

7-24

7.5

Aerospace

7-28

7.6

Consumer Products

7-32

7.7

Military/Defense

7-33

7.7

Industrial  Products

7-35

7.9

Educational

7-36

List of Tables

2.1

SWOT Analysis of 3D Printing

2-6

2.2

Force Analysis of 3D Printing

2-7

3.1

Advantages And Disadvantages Of Traditional And Subtractive Manufacturing

3-2

3.2

Forecast Of 3D Printing Industry By Sector 2013-2020

3-6

3.3

Global 3D Printing Market Forecast By Region 2013-2020

3-16

3.4

Global Forecast For 3F Enterprise/Consumer Printers 2013-2020

3-19

3.5

Market Share By Printing Process

3-22

3.6

Service Bureaus North America

3-24

3.7

Service Bureaus Europe And Asia

3-26

3.8

Market Forecast For The 3d Printing Industry By Application – 2013-2020

3-30

3.9

Global Forecast For 3D Printing Materials  By Type – 2013-2020

3-40

5.1

Classification Of Processes And Selective Developers

5-3

5.2

Equipment Suppliers, Type, And Prices

5-21

6.1

Material Cost per Pound by Technology

6-2

7.1

Features Of Inks For The Manufacture Of Sensors

7-14

List of Figures

3.1

Global Forecast For 3D Printers – 2013-2020

3-7

3.2

Market Share Of 3D Printing Industry By Region - 2013

3-10

3.3

Market Share Of 3D Printing Industry By Region - 2020

3-13

3.4

Global Forecast For 3D Printers – 2013-2020

3-18

3.5

Global Forecast For 3DPrinting Service Bureaus – 2013-2020

3-28

3.6

Global Forecast For 3D Printing Materials – 2013-2020

3-38

4.1

Diagram of Selective laser sintering (SLS)

4-4

4.2

Diagram of Direct metal laser sintering (DMLS)

4-7

4.3

Selective Laser Melting (SLM)

4-9

4.4

Diagram of Stereolithography (SLA)

4-12

4.5

Diagram of Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)

4-15

4.6

Diagram of Laser Powder Forming (LPF)

4-18

4.7

Diagram of PolyJet Technology

4-21

4.8

Laser Powder Forming (LPF)

4-24

7.1

3D Printed Quantum Dot LED

7-7

7.2

Current And Future Applications For 3D Printing For Automobile Applications

7-27