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DR PHIL REEVES
Principle Consultant, Econolyst
@3DPrintPeople
Dr Phil Reeves
3D PRINTING & THE INTERNET OF THINGS
• Quick Introduction to my world of work
• Why 3D printing is used to make stuff
• Who makes stuff using 3D Printing
• Where the Internet-of-Things comes in
• Looking forwards to future enablement
Content (15-mins)
My world of work
• Econolyst is a UK based consultancy & research firm dedicated to 3DPrinting & Additive Manufacturing
• Multidisciplinary team with almost 20-years experience widelyregarded as thought leaderships in the field of AM/3DP (social, economic,environmental, technical)
• Active across Europe, USA, Middle East & Asia Pacific (manufacturing & retailend users, technology vendors, investors)
Our world explained
AM / 3DP processes are automated systems that
take 2-dimensional layers of computer data and rebuild them into 3D solid objects
Where is this approach used
Consumer (home) 3D Printing
Where is this approach used
Consumer (home) 3D Printing
Industrial Additive
Manufacturing
Why this approach to making used?
– No tooling makes low volumes cheaper
– Excellent for product personalisation
– Less waste & transportation
– Shorter supply chain
– Faster time to market
– Enables new retail & marketing models
– Produces parts with better functionality
– Make parts with high geometric freedom
So where does the Internet of Things converge with making stuff in layers?
How is the Internet of Things impacting on me & my consumer 3D printer
Machine are becoming IoT devicesMaterial supply
monitoring
Build status monitoring
Performance
monitoring
Online control
tools
• 3D hubs
7,200 local 3D Printers500 regional hubs
142 countries
Consumer 3D printing tomorrow
Definite – All machines will be addressable, controllable and informative
Probable – All machines will be self diagnostic & self serving
Possible – Machine will interact with other ‘local’ devices to service their local environment
How is the Internet of Things impacting on me working in
Industrial Additive Manufacturing
Embedding RFID into products
Using physical to drive digital
Purchase
3D-printed
product
Scan &
register with
smartphone
Enriched
digital-physical
content
Sell in
secondary
market
CONSUMER INTERACTION WITH THE DRM PLATFORM
But what if we could print intelligence
We already have multimaterial 3D Printers (colour,
elasticity, strength)
We already have 2D Printers electronics & optics
AM 2.0 – multifunctional printing
Infrastructs & terahertz scanning
Industrial AM 2.0 tomorrow
Definite – We will be able to print electron & photon pathways (circuits)
Probable – We will be able to print energy storage & harvesting devices
Possible – Machine will be able to print transistor arrays & living organic circuits
Technology convergence………
Thank you
+44 (1773) 880527www.econolyst.co.uk
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