LONDON, April 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Building metal
parts is the only way 3D printing can become productive. Plastic 3D
printing has its place in prototyping and education, but 3D
printing in metal will allow the technology to be used to
manufacture final production parts in a wide variety of industries.
Metals are the fastest-growing segment of 3D printing, with printer
sales growing at 48% and material sales growing at 32%.
Because of the current speed, size and cost limitations, the high
value, low volume industries such as aerospace and biomedical, have
been the earliest adopters. GE Aviation are investing $3.5bn in new plant to house EOS M-280 printers
to print 100,000 fuel nozzles by 2020. Arcam claim their 3D
printers had been used to manufacture over 50,000 orthopaedic
implants so far. Both these industries demand titanium alloys,
giving them a market share of 31% by volume. Aerospace is also
heavily investing in cobalt alloys, nickel alloys and aluminium
alloys.
Jewellers are early adaptors of SLM technologies. There are many
reasons jewellers are able to quickly adopt the technology; there
are no qualifying standards for jewelry; jewelry designers are
already good at CAD; they are used to subcontracting; they are
skilled in finishing and polishing; they used to making bespoke
items; and they crave design freedom and unusual designs. The
jewelry industry is driving 3D printing in precious metals, with
gold powder having a 49% market share by revenue.
More and more industries are adopting 3D printing. Dental
suppliers, Argen Digital, offers metal substructures to make
copings and bridges with the same properties as cast parts. Siemens
are using AM to produce blades for gas turbines for power
generation. NASA have said that they intend to 3D print 80-100% of
their rocket engines in the future.
This report covers the full range of metal 3D printing equipment
(selective laser melting, electron beam melting, blown powder,
metal + binder, welding and emerging technologies) using a wide
range of alloys (including aluminium, cobalt alloys, nickel alloys,
steels, nitinol, titanium alloys, gold, platinum, palladium,
silver, copper, bronze and tungsten) in a variety of industries
(including aerospace, automotive, dental, jewelry, oil and gas,
orthopaedics, printed electronics, and tooling).
The report includes a very detailed breakdown by company and
technology of the worldwide 3D printer sales during 2014 and
installed base at the end of 2014. The properties of all
commercially available 3D metal printers are mapped by speed,
volume, precision, and price. Powder shipments in 2014 by volume
and revenue are detailed. Forecasts to 2025 are for the total
installed base, printer shipments each year, printer prices,
revenue from printer sales, and metal powder sales split by volume
and revenue.
The information has been gathered by IDTechEx analysts from many
formal interviews and informal conversations over many years, since
we started tracking the 3D printing market. 29 companies working in
this industry (including ten printer manufacturers, seven powder
suppliers and ten end-users) have been profiled and benchmarked.
This is the first time all the information on equipment, materials
and applications related to metal 3D printing has been clearly
displayed in one report.
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