3d printing overhyped, says design consultant - China Die Casting Mould - China Hot Runner Injectio
3d printing overhyped, says design consultant - China Die Casting Mould - China Hot Runner Injectio Business,Business News,Business Opportunities The future for 3D printing is "not so rosy" accordingto Todd Grimm, president of T A Grimm and Associates, in a keynotepresentation during last week"s TCT conference in the UK, inwhich he urged the industry to adopt a more pragmatic approach. In his address, Grimm planted "seeds of doubt" aboutadditive manufacturing based upon the gulf between what ispractical today and what is promised in the future. Citing Gartner Research"s 2012 Hype Cycle for EmergingTechnologies special report – which indicates that 3Dprinting is reaching the "peak of inflatedexpectations" – Grimm blames media hype for distortingthe reality of what can be done today and what we can reasonablyexpect in the short term future. Examples of media hype that Grimm identified includedAirbus"s announcement at Farnborough that it was...