Additive Manufacturing:Opportunities & Challenges
Todd GrimmT. A. Grimm & Associates
Santa Fe | Miami
Past Keynote
Consult
Innovate
Collaborate
Past Year
Economy
Industry
Santa Fe | Miami
Santa Fe | Miami
Past Keynote
Crossroads
Fragmentation
Unity
Opportunity | Challenge
Diversity
Fortune TellingCrossroads
Unity
Opportunities
Very bright, strong futureUnique, unrivaled, intriguing
Few with same breadthAmazing future
Inconceivable outcomes
Diversity
Opportunities
Diversity
Industries
Demographics
Applications
Technology
Materials
Diversity
Industries
Demographics
Applications
Technology
Materials
Opportunities
ManufacturingArts & entertainmentApparelMedical scienceGISEducation
Opportunities
Diversity
Industries
Demographics
Applications
Technology
Materials
DesignerMechanical engineer Manufacturing engineer Home userScientistClinicianStudentDoctorArtist
Opportunities
Diversity
Industries
Demographics
Applications
Technology
Materials
Prototypes/modelsToolingManufacturing aidsSeries productionCustom productsEducational aidVisual aid
Opportunities
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Industries
Demographics
Applications
Technology
Materials
JettingPhotocuringSinteringExtrudingLaminatingMeltingPlotting
Opportunities
Diversity
Industries
Demographics
Applications
Technology
Materials
PhotopolymerThermoplasticThermosetPaperCeramicMetalGlassSand
Opportunities
5 Processes$1,300 to $1 million3D printers,
3D production systems and services
Hobbyist to professional
Dental, jewelry, education, engineering and manufacturing
Diversity
Example
Opportunities
For the industryExpansionAdvancement
Diversity
Example
Promising future
Opportunities | Challenges
Diversity
Example
Promising future
Challenges
Diversity
Identity
Segmentation
Awareness
Depth
Challenges
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Identity
Segmentation
Awareness
Depth
What is additive manufacturing?What does it do?How does it work?How much does it cost?
No label, no brand.
Challenges
Diversity
Identity
Segmentation
Awareness
Depth
Focus for successAddress specific needs
IndustryDemographicsApplication
Challenges
Diversity
Identity
Segmentation
Awareness
Depth
UnknownEmerging marketsFuture markets
Poor exposureCore marketsCore applications
Challenges
Diversity
Identity
Segmentation
Awareness
Depth
Too many opportunitiesToo few resources
Many and shallowFew and deep
Work collectivelyMany voices, one messageDirect and guideBridging:
IndustriesDemographicsApplicationsTechnologies
Diversity | Unity
Leverage | Overcome
Unity
Vendors
Societies
Events
Groups
AMBI11 AM vendorsOne messageDrive awareness
Leverage | Overcome
Unity
Vendors
Societies
Events
Groups
ASTM F42AM standards
SME RTAMAM association
RAPIDAM event
TCT LiveAM event
Leverage | Overcome
Unity
Vendors
Societies
Events
Groups
3DSUGCollaboration amongst
vendorsUniting users
“To encourage and coordinate technical information exchange between owners and operators.”
Leverage | Overcome
Unity
Vendors
Societies
Events
Groups
Join, attend, volunteer, speak and share
Commit to 3DSUG 2012
Follow the leadOpen, invitingSharing and
supportive
You
Diversity | Unity