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2021 PostProcess survey reveals shift towards single technology “volume manufacturing”

Automated post-processing system manufacturer后期处理has published its findings from the 2021 edition of its雷电竞充值增材制造后印刷行业趋势调查

紧随2020年大流行为主导的高潮之后report, the firm says that this year’s survey shows 3D printing firms are starting to put what they’ve learned from COVID-19 into practise, with post-processing becoming a priority for those starting to enter “higher volume production,” and many opting to deploy just a single additive manufacturing technology.

An engineer using a PostProcess machine. Photo via PostProcess.
2021年的调查,后处理已使用费用dback of post-processing users to gain insights into the industry. Photo via PostProcess.

深入研究后处理

在2019年启动后,后流程的年度调查旨在鼓励后处理系统的用户分享他们在实践中利用该技术的经验。通过整理所得数据,该公司的目标是为印刷和3D打印行业绘制一门课程,并将其学习纳入其带来的产品上。

Past editions of the poll have provided fascinating insights, shining a light on the relationship between resin removal and surface finishing, as well as helping identify some of the industry’s key trends and challenges, thus this year’s survey promises to be similarly insightful about the post-pandemic prospects of those operating in the sector.

从人口统计学上讲,后期过程的第三次调查的贡献者中有51%使用了3D打印已有五年多,高于2020年的45%的报道,这意味着其结果与以往一样。52%的参与者中有一半以上也起源于欧洲,其中39%来自美国,而受访者全面来自25个行业,从汽车行业到医疗行业。

A 3D printed pelvis model post-processed using PostProcess' automated systems. Photo via PostProcess Technologies.
使用后进程的自动化系统后处理的3D打印骨盆模型。通过后进程照片。

确定2021的AM技术趋势

后进程发现材料挤出,增值税光聚合和粉末床融合(PBF)是受访者在其2021年民意调查中使用的最常见技术。但是,与2020年的同一时期相比,该公司还确定了使用多种生产技术的70%下降到50%,这表明制造商开始专注于优化其工作流程。

同样,当涉及挤出3D打印点的痛点时,贡献者报告了零件一致性,交货时间和损害作为前三名。不过,有趣的是,尽管这些用户强调了所有调查的技术中最痛苦的点,但增值税光聚合的优先级最大,采用者将重点从劳动和吞吐量问题转移到安全性和可持续性。

根据后过程的说法,除了“与该技术相关的特殊考虑因素”之外,增值税光聚合使用者的日益增长的担忧“最有可能是由于基于树脂的解决方案的增长。”

On the post-processing front, the firm found (as in previous years), that support removal and surface finishing were the top two most used technologies, something it sees as dependent on the needs of 3D printers themselves. For the third straight year, participants also said that part finishing was their number one concern in this area, although this percentage declined from 75% to 53% between 2019 and 2021.

POTSPROCESS图表描绘了从原型制作转向生产的转变。
通过其调查,后过程发现,更多的用户正在远离原型应用程序,而不是生产。通过后进程图像。

后过程的运营见解

当涉及到印刷后的总支出时,后进程的调查发现,受访者越来越多地在预算上花费了四分之一的活动,而从去年开始,这种情况的份额从23%上升到31%。DED用户最清楚地报道了这种增长,尽管这些用户代表了民意调查的少数参与者,而挤出3D打印机采用者表示,他们的花费最少。

相比之下,正是那些需要使用删除流程的制造商报告了其在后印刷上的花费最多,占其增材制造预算的百分比。雷电竞充值后过程说,这在很大程度上取决于他们的部分“可能需要多种技术来完成”,因此需要使用各种机器,以及在操作它们所需的员工培训上的支出。

Interestingly, the firm’s survey also showed that the proportion of manufacturers using 3D printing for prototyping fell dramatically between 2019 and 2021, from 65% to 52%. This potentially marks a significant change in attitudes among its poll’s participants, as 57% of them said in 2019 that the technology would be used for prototyping for the next 3-5 years, but in 2021, only 44% felt this was the case.

In keeping with this wider shift towards printed parts being deployed within ‘production-like environments,’ 76% of respondents said their future investment in 3D printing would revolve around improving end part quality, while post-processing-wise, 60% reported that they were seeking to optimize the health, safety and sustainability of their operations.

Moving forwards, PostProcess says that 32% of manufacturers reported an intention to increase their use of 3D printing post-COVID, with the majority of those being based in Europe. In particular, these users, which tend to hail from the ‘job shop’ industry, suggested they were most likely to buy new PBF or vat polymerization systems, and material jetting adopters proved more reluctant to do so.

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An infographic showing that manufacturers intend to continue investing in post-processing.
后期处理’ poll showed that manufacturers overwhelmingly intend to continue investing in post-processing moving forwards. Image via PostProcess.

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