3D Printing – The Perks of Using 3D Printing Technology in Your Business
If you are into merchandising, product distribution, or seriously considering engaging in this business line, don’t you think it would be extremely convenient and cost-efficient in you were able to manufacture or produce products that you sell? 3D printing technology makes it possible for you to “print” any three dimensional object that you like as long as you have a digital data that will serve as your model blueprint.
Through rapid prototyping, 3D printing allows you to experiment and create prototypes of the merchandise that you want to sell. Using the technology is much convenient compared to subtractive methods or assembly lines that take up more time and effort. Once you have created a prototype of your design, and you would like to add some modifications, you may simply make some changes in your blueprint and print the product again. If you have the resources, you can try producing a model through different printers and using different materials to see which would work best.
Once you are satisfied with your model, you may proceed to rapid manufacturing, which, as the name implies, is a fast approach to manufacture your products. If you are trying to create larger products, you may have to print one part at a time. Even this, however, is still more time-efficient that the traditional factory setting. Smaller models can be printed in a single process and at a minimum amount of time. Every type of printer varies in the size of the object that it can accommodate. Larger printers used in high-end manufacturing enable you to print larger objects but if you are trying to sell jewelleries, phone cases, and other small merchandise, a simple commercial printer would do just fine.
Since you can design your model through modelling softwares, such a CAD, you can freely customize your product to your satisfaction. There are also web-based customization softwares that are easy to master, and websites which offer ready-made designs in STL file format and you may simply take your pick. Certain 3D printers come with multiple nozzles enabling them to print in different colors. If you are trying to create replicas of things, like historical artifacts, you can simply use a 3D scanner.
Many printers now offer multiple print heads allowing you to print multiple objects from the same model at a time. Because the print heads share the same controller, it is more cost and energy efficient compared to buying more than one machine. This allows you to create a mass production of your product, much like in a factory but with less effort and wasted resources. Some machines can accommodate two or more types of materials and colors at a time so your products come out more detailed and attractive.
The possibilities that arrive by subscribing to 3D printing technology are countless. Having to contact your product distributor every time you run out of merchandise it too much of a hassle now that you can create your own products in your own space at your own time. You can even “print” objects upon order so as to not waste resources.
