Watching the news there was a story of a company retooling to make medical mask shields. All done by 3D printing. All you need to retool was a new program and the printer prints it off... provided you have the right type of plastic to make the shields out of.
Damm neat...
Funny on u-tube there are lots of videos about CNC machines, that cut out sheets or blocks of metal to make parts. Add a 3D printer in and you can make just about anything.
I was watching one where they made a Formula One car chasis from a CNC machine. First came the styrofoam mold, then the carbon fibre laid down, then baking, then final machining. That's today's technology.
Tomorrow a 3D printer will lay down the mold, then add carbon fibre over the mold and add resin, bake and machine final all on the same worksurface... to make the same thing.
Damm neat...
Funny on u-tube there are lots of videos about CNC machines, that cut out sheets or blocks of metal to make parts. Add a 3D printer in and you can make just about anything.
I was watching one where they made a Formula One car chasis from a CNC machine. First came the styrofoam mold, then the carbon fibre laid down, then baking, then final machining. That's today's technology.
Tomorrow a 3D printer will lay down the mold, then add carbon fibre over the mold and add resin, bake and machine final all on the same worksurface... to make the same thing.
