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- 3D printing is mentioned all the time in RS news. I'm honestly not sure why. Is this really an advantage? You can print some shapes that are very hard to mak
by ragebol 4y ago
- 3D printing is mentioned all the time in RS news. I'm honestly not sure why. Is this really an advantage?
You can print some shapes that are very hard to make otherwise, or even generatively designed and optimized. Integrate a bunch of parts into one, saving weight on bolts etc. Iterate on the design faster, as there's no need to make custom tooling and fixtures etc. 'Just' a ginormous printer.
- Symmetry 4y agoRelatively reproducible builds of physical objects without having to get a full robotic assembly line going seems sort of interesting.
- outworlder 4y agoSimpler logistics (including inventory) too.