Every other day a new miracle makes it to the news, 3D printers built a bridge, 3D printers made prosthetics, 3D printed organs soon going to hit the medical world, and many more. Though, are the 3D printers really such a big hype? Yes, it is! 3D printers have made possible many things that we thought could not be achieved not to mention, this technology has reduced the efforts and time put into building many things. With each successive day, manufacturers are looking forward to more customized products may it be machinery parts, ornamental commodities or even clothes and jewelry.
3D Printing and Progress Made So Far
There is no doubt that a big chunk of products that we are going to come across in the near future will be 3D printed. According to a report by Wohler’s the transition taking place from 2013 to 2018 will mark an increase in revenue generated by 3D printing industry from $3.07 billion to $12.8 billion and is expected to cross the mark of $21 billion by the year 2020. With low acquisition cost, comparatively less training and tremendous potential, manufacturers are realizing the extent of profits that can be made using 3D printers.
Tapping into the Potential of 3D Printers
The reason why 3D printing is expected to grow like wildfire is its development time. 3D printers make it exceptionally easy to develop an idea and materialize it by using a 3D printer making the manufacturing process time really short leading to more products being developed in a relatively less amount of time. The main potential of 3D printers lies in materializing things from our imagination. If you can think it, prototype it, you can build it. This provides an edge to customization with low risk involved and dealing with failure of the product at a cheap cost.
Growth and Job Prospects
Owing to the predicted giant inclination in revenue generated by additive manufacturing, it is proportionately expected that job scopes will follow suit hand in hand. With the 3D printing industry growing at a rapid rate of 14%, it will require people to cater to the high rising demand for job profiles like 3D design, 3D CAD modeling, research and development, biological and scientific modeling, architecture and construction modeling, education, legal professions, 3D printing as a service franchise, and many more. According to Forbes, the number of jobs with 3D printing in its profile has increased by 1834% in just 4 years, no industry yet has witnessed such a boom. Undoubtedly, we are going to witness a lot of job scope in additive manufacturing in the years to come.
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