For the past two years, 3D printing has been standing on the cusp of the storm, and some people have called for others to sing. For example, Foxconn Guo Taiming once commented: "3D printing is like Lin Zhiling, it is not good to use." Constantly updated, 3D printing is widely used in various fields such as shoe molds, handicrafts, medical treatment, education, auto parts, etc., and the efficiency is getting higher and lower, and the cost is getting lower and lower.
At present, most of the orders received by professional 3D printing service companies on the market are Shouban production, and most of the customers who purchase Jinshi 3D printers are also Shouban makers. This shows that the 3D printing technology has undoubtedly brought a huge impact on the traditional Shouban mold industry. So, will the 3D printer kill the traditional Shouban mould factory?
In the business field, whether one thing can replace another is better than anyone who has more technical content, but more than cost. Industry is very inert. When people are accustomed to a certain production model and the replacement model requires huge costs, business owners often prefer to stay in the old model. Let's compare the advantages and disadvantages and costs of 3D printing and traditional mold making.
First, the more complex the 3D printing is, the more advantageous it is, regardless of the difficulty, it can print any geometric pattern. 3D printing can directly output the actual product, while the traditional hand-made production can only be a prototype that approaches the product indefinitely. There is always room for error when using this "approximation" to verify the product. Traditional Shouban production may take many times to get a satisfactory finished product. And those wastes that are hit by water drifts are called "sinking costs" in auditing.
Second, from the pattern to the real object, the time period of the 3D printer is shorter, and there is no need for manual guards, and it can work normally even at night, saving a lot of labor costs. Traditional Shouban production is often perfected through continuous trial and error, and 3D printers can produce perfect products at one time.
Third, when certain mold making involves transportation, especially international transportation, then 3D printing can also save a lot of transportation time and money costs.
Is 3D printing so good? But it also has weaknesses.
First, the current 3D printing materials are still not comparable to traditional ones. When the printed patterns are relatively simple and there are many consumables, its cost may be higher than that of traditional hand-made molds.
Secondly, when the number is huge, the traditional production of hand molds can reduce the cost evenly by the number, which is also where 3D printing is temporarily unmatched.
Jin Shi concluded: In a market economy environment, low cost can occupy a larger market.
Therefore, 3D printing cannot completely replace traditional hand mold manufacturers,
They are complementary beings.
When a shouban maker grasps both traditional production and 3D printing, walking on two legs obviously can occupy a larger market share and maintain greater competitiveness.
Editor in charge: Liu Yang
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