Additive manufacturing is fast becoming commonplace in manufacturing. With the capabilities of ‘3D printers’ growing at an astonishing rate and the price of them decreasing rapidly, some are predicting a revolution comparable to that brought about by the invention of the printing press or the steam engine.
The extraordinary growth in the use of additive manufacturing (AM) is widely documented among those in the manufacturing industry, but figures outside the industry are starting to take a great deal more notice too. Writing for designnews.com in May this year, Doug Smock reported that the “compound annual growth rate of revenues produced by all…
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