Economist Article – 3D Printers Build Factories of the Future
A few weeks ago the Economist ran a briefing on how 3D printers build factories of the future, alongside an equally good leader article on the same subject. While it covered the topic rather generally, there were several elements in the article about jewellery manufacturing specifically.
Overall, the article both provides a current snapshot of the readily available state of the art in rapid manufacturing, as well as introducing to the general public how current trends in 3D printing are affecting the way commercial and industrial goods are manufactured. They’ve even mentioned in passing a commonly reiterated point about 3D printing’s particular strength in the area of small scale mass production versus using traditional mass production on short product runs.
I’m listing it here as a useful reference for those jewellery CAD/CAM users who may want somewhere to start when communicating to others what the fuss is about with 3D printing.
Economist Article – 3D Printers Start to Build Factories of the Future
Jack Meyer
Bespoke jewellery designer and jewellery technology educator, providing jewellery CAD and design training since 2006.
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