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1. | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY |
1.1. | Major material-process relationships |
1.2. | Why adopt 3D printing? |
1.3. | Market share of accumulated sales by process in 2018 |
1.4. | Market share of annual sales by process in 2018 |
1.5. | Market share of revenues by process in 2018 |
1.6. | Market share of mass demand by metal powder in 2018 |
1.7. | Market share of revenues by metal powder in 2018 |
1.8. | Combined printers and materials revenue forecast |
1.9. | Industry segmentation forecast |
1.10. | Drivers and restraints |
2. | INTRODUCTION |
2.1. | Glossary: common acronyms for reference |
2.2. | Scope of report |
2.3. | The seven different types of 3D printing process |
2.4. | Major material-process relationships |
2.5. | Why adopt metal 3D printing |
2.6. | History of metal 3D printing |
2.7. | Business models: securing future revenues |
2.8. | The desktop 3D printer explosion |
2.9. | Drivers and restraints |
3. | METAL PRINTING PROCESSES |
3.1. | Powder bed fusion: Direct Metal Laser Sintering |
3.2. | Powder bed fusion: Electron Beam Melting |
3.3. | Directed Energy Deposition: Blown Powder |
3.4. | Directed Energy Deposition: Welding |
3.5. | Binder jetting: Metal Binder Jetting |
3.6. | Binder jetting: Sand Binder Jetting |
3.7. | Sheet lamination: Ultrasonic additive manufacturing |
4. | NEW METAL PRINTING PROCESSES |
4.1. | Extrusion: Metal + polymer filament |
4.2. | Vat photopolymerisation: Digital Light Processing |
4.3. | Material jetting: nanoparticle jetting |
4.4. | Material jetting: magnetohydrodynamic deposition |
4.5. | Material jetting: Microfluidic electroplating |
4.6. | Selective Inhibition Sintering |
4.7. | Welding: Rapid Additive Forging |
4.8. | Supersonic metal powder jetting |
5. | METAL PRINTERS: COMPARISON |
5.1. | Price versus precision |
5.2. | Price versus speed |
5.3. | Price versus volume |
5.4. | Speed versus volume |
5.5. | Speed versus precision |
5.6. | Precision versus volume |
6. | METAL MATERIALS FOR 3D PRINTING |
6.1. | Particle morphology specifications |
6.2. | Water or gas atomisation |
6.3. | Plasma atomisation |
6.4. | Electrochemical atomisation |
6.5. | Powder morphology depends on atomisation process |
6.6. | Evaluation of powder manufacturing techniques |
6.7. | Supported materials |
6.8. | Suppliers of metal powders for AM |
6.9. | Metal powder bed fusion post processing |
6.10. | Barriers and limitations to using metal powders |
7. | COMPATIBLE METAL MATERIALS |
7.1. | Alloys and material properties |
7.2. | Aluminium and alloys |
7.3. | Copper and bronze |
7.4. | Cobalt and alloys |
7.5. | Nickel alloy: Inconel 625 |
7.6. | Nickel alloy: Inconel 718 |
7.7. | Precious metals and alloys |
7.8. | Maraging steel 1.2709 |
7.9. | 15-5PH stainless steel |
7.10. | 17-4PH stainless steel |
7.11. | 316L stainless steel |
7.12. | Titanium and alloys |
7.13. | Metal wire feedstocks |
7.14. | Metal + polymer filaments |
7.15. | Metal + polymer filaments: BASF Ultrafuse 316LX |
7.16. | Metal + photopolymer resin |
7.17. | AM of high entropy alloys |
8. | KEY APPLICATIONS OF METAL 3D PRINTING |
8.1. | Aerospace and defence |
8.2. | Medical and dental |
9. | MARKET STATISTICS AND TRENDS |
9.1. | Capital investment |
9.2. | Market share of accumulated sales by process in 2018 |
9.3. | Market share of annual sales by process in 2018 |
9.4. | Market share of revenues by process in 2018 |
9.5. | Market share of mass by metal powder in 2018 |
9.6. | Market share of revenues by metal powder in 2018 |
10. | PRINTERS AND MATERIALS: MARKET FORECASTS |
10.1. | Forecast methodology |
10.2. | Accumulated sales supply forecast |
10.3. | Annual sales forecast |
10.4. | Annual printer revenue forecast |
10.5. | Feedstock material annual mass sold forecast |
10.6. | Feedstock material annual revenues forecast |
10.7. | Mass of metal powder sold forecast |
10.8. | Metal powder revenues forecast |
10.9. | Combined printers and materials revenue forecast |
10.10. | Industry segmentation forecast |
11. | CONCLUSIONS |
12. | APPENDIX: COMPANY PROFILES |
Slides | 187 |
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Companies | 26 |
Forecasts to | 2029 |