Recently, with the support of the Industrial Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan, the Taiwan Institute of Industrial Technology (hereinafter referred to as the Institute of Industrial Research) combined with the 3D printing related operators on the island to establish the "3D Printing Application Industry Alliance" to showcase 3D printing-related application products, and at the same time share new thinking from design to product value added. 3D printing saxophone performance music and music education are comparable to professional productions, as well as successful application products such as Maker homemade affordable open source prosthesis, automotive air intake valve molds and 3D printed lamps, all showing the business opportunities of 3D printing platforms.
Wu Mingji, director of the Taiwan Industrial Bureau, said that 3D printing technology provides an innovative manufacturing thinking that can break away from the limitations of traditional manufacturing methods to construct complex internal and external structures and create high-value novel products. In order to enable the industry to have cross-industry application exchanges and bring greater economic benefits, the Ministry of Economic Affairs Bureau of the Industrial Bureau jointly implemented the "3D Printing Industry Development Promotion Plan" by the Capital Policy Association and the Industrial Research Institute last year, integrating Taiwan's 3D printing technology, materials, intelligence power, makers, etc., establishing a cross-ministerial coordination mechanism to assist various industries in developing different types of innovative applications, and setting up a FAST Lab Innovation Center in the south and north. The establishment of the "3D Printing Application Industry Alliance" mainly hopes to connect domestic 3D printing application peers such as the Three-D Printing Association, the Mold Industry Association, the Taiwan Self-Builders Association, and the Industrial Design Association with domestic upstream, midstream and downstream manufacturers of 3D printing, and share 3D printing experience and exciting applications through media activities to achieve cross-domain exchanges and stimulate 3D printing applications with Taiwan characteristics, thereby promoting the development of the industrial chain and market. Cao Fanghai, director of the laser center of
Industrial Research Institute, said that the United States General Electric (GE) recently spent US$1.4 billion to acquire two important manufacturers of 3D metal printing equipment, Sweden Arcam and Germany's SLM Solutions. The brand company HP will use its exclusive inkjet printing head technology to officially launch a ten-speed 3D printing equipment this year, which is expected to attract professional users and materials industry to form a co-creation platform. After the market refinement in recent years, aerospace, industrial applications and medical equipment are important development directions for future industrial applications. Taiwan has a strong and flexible manufacturing industry, a highly divided ICT industry and a vibrant and creative service industry, which is very suitable for the development of real-time, customized and widely used 3D printing. The Institute of Technology has laid a good foundation in the development and application of three technologies: 3D printing FDM (hot melt extrusion), PBF (metal powder bed type) and LMD (direct deposition of laser metals). From the development of materials, processes, modules and equipment software and hardware, to the trial production, verification, and mass production of molds and medical materials, it has a good energy. We look forward to jointly launching various cross-border application cooperation with the industry, making 3D printing a "treasure" and a business opportunity.
Yifeng Company uses 3D instrument data combined with metal 3D printing technology of the Institute of Technology Research Institute to jointly design and produce the saxophone "bent pipe" that is relevant to the saxophone tone. It can fine-tune more beautiful tones based on the instrument design data, and also reduces the cost of opening a million yuan in molds and saves opening time.
At the alliance founding conference, a total of 20 island 3D printing equipment, materials, platforms, agents and service manufacturers including Industrial Research Institute, Zhongquan Weidian, Dongtai Precision Machinery, Joangus, Yangming Optics, etc., jointly displayed related products and services. Among them, the "Taiwan Shenshou, Open Source Prosthesis" developed by makers to exert their mutual assistance spirit, uses 3D scanning and printing technology to quickly scan and 3D appearance of broken limb curves for prosthetic demanders. With the assistance of the Industrial Research Institute's muscle inductance technology, a affordable prosthesis is produced, allowing disabled people to regain their confidence. In addition, Zhongquan Weidong assists in mold turnover and runner verification with hot melt 3D printing digital manufacturing, replacing traditional wooden mold trial production, shortening the construction period from 3 to 7 days to 8 hours, greatly shortening the mold design verification time, and assisting foundry manufacturers on the island to seize international business opportunities. At the same time, 3D printing manufacturers such as Yangming Optics, Yanneng Technology, and Bole Research have exhibited medical teaching and non-invasive medical products such as orthodontic braces or guide accessories. In the future, the establishment and certification of regulations can be used to introduce bone materials and medical implants, and the potential of new application markets can be expected to be opened with 3D printing.
According to Wohlers' survey report, the global 3D printing market reached US$5.16 billion in 2015, a 26% growth from 2014. Among them, leading metal 3D printing manufacturers such as EOS, SLM Solutions, Arcam and Concept Laser all grew by more than 35%. It is estimated that the global 3D printing output value will reach US$20 billion in 2020. According to statistics from the Bureau of Industry, Taiwan's 3D printing output value exceeded 4 billion yuan in 2015, of which hardware and software account for more than 80%. Compared with more than 60% of the world's 3D printing applications, Taiwan still has a lot of room for growth in 3D printing applications. Please pay attention to the Polar Bear 3D Printing Network.
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