1. | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY |
1.1. | Major material-process relationships |
1.2. | Why adopt 3D printing? |
1.3. | Revenues of some older major 3DP printer vendors |
1.4. | Revenues of some newer 3DP printer vendors |
1.5. | Impact of COVID-19 |
1.6. | Total market forecast |
1.7. | Metal vs non-metal segmentation |
1.8. | Equipment vs consumables segmentation |
1.9. | End user industry segmentation |
1.10. | Drivers and restraints of growth |
2. | INTRODUCTION |
2.1. | Glossary: common acronyms for reference |
2.2. | Scope of report |
2.3. | The seven different types of 3D printing processes |
2.4. | Major material-process relationships |
2.5. | Why adopt 3D printing? |
2.6. | History of 3D printing: the rise of the hobbyist |
2.7. | History of 3D printing metals |
2.8. | Business models: securing future revenues |
2.9. | Consumer vs prosumer vs professional |
2.10. | Use patterns and market segmentation |
2.11. | The desktop 3D printer explosion |
2.12. | Drivers and restraints of growth |
3. | POLYMER PRINTING PROCESSES |
3.1. | Powder bed fusion: Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) |
3.2. | Binder jetting: polymer binder jetting |
3.3. | Extrusion: Thermoplastics (TPE) |
3.4. | Vat photopolymerisation: Stereolithography (SLA) |
3.5. | Vat photopolymerisation: Digital Light Processing (DLP) |
3.6. | Material jetting |
3.7. | Sheet lamination: Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM) |
4. | POLYMER PRINTERS: COMPARISON |
4.1. | Machine prices by printing process |
4.2. | Build volumes by printing process |
4.3. | Precision by printing process |
4.4. | Price vs speed |
4.5. | Price vs precision |
4.6. | Price vs Volume |
4.7. | Volume vs precision |
4.8. | Volume vs speed |
5. | METAL PRINTING PROCESSES |
5.1. | Powder bed fusion: Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) |
5.2. | Powder bed fusion: Electron Beam Melting (EBM) |
5.3. | Directed energy deposition: Blown Powder |
5.4. | Directed energy deposition: Welding |
5.5. | Binder jetting: Metal Binder Jetting |
5.6. | Binder jetting: Sand Binder Jetting |
5.7. | Sheet lamination: Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing (UAM) |
6. | NEW METAL PRINTING PROCESSES |
6.1. | Extrusion: Metal + polymer filament (MPFE) |
6.2. | Vat photopolymerisation: Digital Light Processing (DLP) |
6.3. | Material jetting: nanoparticle jetting (NJP) |
6.4. | Material jetting: magnetohydrodynamic deposition |
6.5. | Material jetting: microfluidic electroplating |
7. | METAL PRINTERS: COMPARISON |
7.1. | Price versus precision |
7.2. | Price versus speed |
7.3. | Price versus volume |
7.4. | Speed versus volume |
7.5. | Speed versus precision |
7.6. | Precision versus volume |
8. | CERAMIC PRINTING PROCESSES |
8.1. | Extrusion: Clay |
8.2. | Vat photopolymerisation: Digital Light Processing (DLP) |
8.3. | Service bureaus: additional processes |
9. | 3D PRINTING SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY |
9.1. | Overview of 3D printing software segments |
9.2. | Relationship between 3D printing hardware and software |
9.3. | Hobbyist 3D printing software usage |
9.4. | Professional 3D printing software usage |
9.5. | Computer Aided Design (CAD) |
9.6. | .STL files |
9.7. | Computer Aided Engineering (CAE): Topology |
9.8. | Computer Aided Engineering (CAE): process simulation |
9.9. | Computer Aided Manufacture (CAM): Build preparation |
9.10. | Unmet needs in 3D printing software |
10. | TECHNOLOGY FORECAST |
10.1. | EU Roadmap for Technical AM Development |
10.2. | EU Roadmap of Grand Challenges served by AM |
10.3. | Supersonic metal powder jetting |
10.4. | Multiphoton lithography |
10.5. | The rise of multimaterial printing |
10.6. | 3D scanners and medical imaging techniques |
10.7. | Generative design for product lightweighting |
10.8. | LCD stereolithography 3D Printing |
10.9. | 4D printing materials |
11. | APPLICATION CASE STUDIES |
11.1. | Increasing value of 3D printed objects |
11.2. | Prototyping |
12. | AEROSPACE AND DEFENCE |
12.1. | GE Aviation: LEAP fuel nozzles |
12.2. | Boeing 787 Dreamliner: Ti-6Al-4V structures |
12.3. | Autodesk and Airbus: optimised partition wall |
12.4. | Airbus: bracket |
13. | MEDICAL AND DENTAL |
13.1. | 3D printing as a surgical tool |
13.2. | 3D printing custom plates, implants, valves and stents |
13.3. | Digital dentistry and 3D printing |
13.4. | Other medical devices |
13.5. | 3D printing pharmaceuticals |
13.6. | 3D Bioprinting Process |
14. | MARKET ANALYSIS |
14.1. | Revenues of some older major 3DP printer vendors |
14.2. | Revenues of some newer 3DP printer vendors |
14.3. | Technology market share |
15. | MARKET FORECAST |
15.1. | Forecast methodology and presentation of findings |
15.2. | Impact of COVID-19 |
15.3. | Total market forecast |
15.4. | End user industry segmentation |
15.5. | Metal vs non-metal segmentation |
15.6. | Equipment vs consumables segmentation |
15.7. | Plastics segmented by printing technology |
16. | CONCLUSIONS |
16.1. | 3D printing is still a highly innovative technology |
17. | COMPANY PROFILES |
17.1. | 3D Ceram |
17.2. | 3D Systems Europe |
17.3. | Aleph Objects, Inc |
17.4. | Arcam AB |
17.5. | AREVO Inc |
17.6. | Beijing Tiertime Technology Co Ltd |
17.7. | BMW |
17.8. | Boeing |
17.9. | BotFactory |
17.10. | Buzz Technology |
17.11. | Carbon3D |
17.12. | Carima Ltd |
17.13. | CERADROP |
17.14. | ChemCubed |
17.15. | Concept Laser GMBH |
17.16. | Cytosurge |
17.17. | Dassault Systemes |
17.18. | Dyson |
17.19. | Efesto LLC |
17.20. | envisionTEC Gmbh |
17.21. | EOS GmbH |
17.22. | EPSRC |
17.23. | Fabrisonic LLC |
17.24. | FEINTECHNIK R Rittmeyer GmbH |
17.25. | Ford Motor Company |
17.26. | Formlabs |
17.27. | Fraunhofer |
17.28. | Fripp Design Ltd |
17.29. | HÖGANÄS |
17.30. | Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies |
17.31. | Impossible Objects |
17.32. | Leapfrog 3D Printers |
17.33. | Lockheed Martin |
17.34. | Luxexcel |
17.35. | MarkForged |
17.36. | Materialise |
17.37. | Nascent Objects, Inc |
17.38. | Norsk Titanium |
17.39. | Optomec |
17.40. | Photocentric |
17.41. | Printrbot |
17.42. | PRODWAYS |
17.43. | QuesTek Innovations LLC |
17.44. | Realizer GmbH |
17.45. | Reebok International |
17.46. | Ricoh |
17.47. | Rize Inc |
17.48. | Roland DGA Corporation |
17.49. | Sciaky Inc |
17.50. | Siemens AG |
17.51. | Sinterit |
17.52. | SLM Solutions NA |
17.53. | Solidscape |
17.54. | Stratasys |
17.55. | The ExOne Company |
17.56. | trinckle 3D GmbH |
17.57. | Ultimaker B.V |
17.58. | Voltera |
17.59. | Volvo Construction Equipment |
17.60. | Voxel8 |
17.61. | Voxeljet Technology GmbH |
17.62. | Wanhao |
17.63. | ZMorph |