Vifa
Plastic
- Joined
- Jun 16, 2011
- Location
- Jylland Denmark
Hi,
What do you guys think the scenario with additive manufacturing will be in 10 years ? - 20 years ?
Will it eventually replace subtractive manufacturing ?
A scenario described by a professor in an article I just read suggested that the inventory of every household in the future would consist of 3D printers. This would eventually stop mass production and close down sub suppliers, eliminate storage and transportation. Every family would be able to print new things from downloadable CAD drawings; a TV or perhaps a dishwasher. Discontinued or out of stock spareparts would be easy to print in a second.
I am concerned about this scenario, no company or individual would every be able to protect their copyrighted products or ideas. The elimination of production facilities and physical shops would result in huge numbers of unemployed people.
A new industrial revolution - a new great depression ?
What do you guys think the scenario with additive manufacturing will be in 10 years ? - 20 years ?
Will it eventually replace subtractive manufacturing ?
A scenario described by a professor in an article I just read suggested that the inventory of every household in the future would consist of 3D printers. This would eventually stop mass production and close down sub suppliers, eliminate storage and transportation. Every family would be able to print new things from downloadable CAD drawings; a TV or perhaps a dishwasher. Discontinued or out of stock spareparts would be easy to print in a second.
I am concerned about this scenario, no company or individual would every be able to protect their copyrighted products or ideas. The elimination of production facilities and physical shops would result in huge numbers of unemployed people.
A new industrial revolution - a new great depression ?