Introduction
Using 3D printers for short-run production
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1. Analyzing Your Current Workflow
Analyzing your current products
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Considering your current workflow
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When products become digital
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2. Risk Reduction: Trying Out Additive Manufacturing
Testing out additive candidates for a trial application
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Printing with filament
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Printing with resin
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Printing with powder
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3. Benefits and Case Studies
Reducing part count and lightweighting
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Eliminating or reducing tooling
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Bridge and surge manufacturing
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Molds and casting
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4. Costs
Learning curves
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Big or small printers?
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Capital outlay and maintenance: Filament printers
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Capital outlay and maintenance: Resin printers
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Capital outlay and maintenance: Powder printers
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5. Medical and Dental
Medical and dental additive manufacturing issues
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Dental applications
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Medical additive manufacturing applications
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Case study: Manufacturing personal protective equipment
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6. Distributed Manufacturing
Getting started with distributed manufacturing
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Field-deployable manufacturing
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Distributed manufacturing challenges
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