A Step into the Unthinkable

A Step into the UnthinkableThree-Dimensional PrintingBy Joe Logsdon

1How Technology is AdvancingCommunication with others is depending more and more on technologyIPhones and Androids

What is Three-Dimensional Printing?Defined as: the making of parts and products using a computer-driven, additive process, one layer at a time.Subtractive vs. Additive

What is Three-Dimensional Printing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq0d0WRskEUThe Individual vs. the Company

The Individual vs. the Company

The Makerbot Replicator 2Why makes the Replicator 2 stand out among the crowd?resolution capability of 100 microns410 cubic inch build volumerelatively small bodyMakerWareThingiverse.com

Thingiverse.comCreated by MakerBot Industries so users could share their creations with the world

www.thingiverse.comDollars and Cents$2199 price tag$48 PLA filamentEquation:2199 + 48x + 61y + 13z (a little satisfaction) = WY 2 MCH $

Comparison ChartFully Assembled 3D PrintersCompanyModelPriceBuild EnvelopeMaterial UsedMaterial CostAccuracySolidoodleSD 1001-A$4996 x 6 x 6(Inches)ABS$22 per lb..014 in3D SystemsCube$12995.5 x 5.5 x 5.5ABS, PLA$71 per lb..010 in LeapfrogCreatr$158812 x 10 x 10ABS, PLA$14 per lb..008 inMakerbot IndustriesReplicator 2$219911 x 6 x 6PLA$22 per lb..004 inAlephLulzbot$25008 x 8 x 4ABS, PLA$18 per lb..004 inhttp://www.additive3d.com/3dpr_cht.htmFuture of Three-Dimensional PrintingIt is unknown how much wear and tear the PLA filament can handleThe year long buzz

Summing Up the PiecesHubs or workstations would be much more economically efficientHefty price tag

Referenceshttp://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Tech/2012/1109/MakerBot-Replicator-2-Print-your-own-objects-at-homehttp://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,1237,t=3D+printing&i=37077,00.asphttp://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57368277-1/who-will-get-the-biggest-slice-of-3d-printed-pie/http://www.additive3d.com/3dpr_cht.htmhttp://www.makerbot.com/tutorials/pla/https://store.makerbot.com/replicator2.htmlhttp://downloads.makerbot.com/replicator2/MakerBot_Replicator2_features_list.pdf