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There are a number of massive factories around the world dedicated to producing
high volumes of the same product. It is a traditional method of producing
consumer goods. The objective of this essay is to discuss the benefits and
challenges of traditional manufacturing and 3D Printing. According to Ishengoma
and Mtaho in their 2014 article, 3D printing is a process of creating 3-dimensional
physical objects from a 3D computer models made in Computer Aided Designs.
This essay will refer to Grynols 2015 article and the European Parliaments 2015
article that discuss the benefits and drawback of traditional manufacturing
methods and how they are relevant to 3D printing. In the following paragraphs,
advantages and disadvantages of 3D printing will be compared and contrasted
with Traditional manufacturing.
Despite the new economic potential of 3D printing, there are several challenges
of developing and integrating 3D printing into the manufacturing industry. The
European Parliaments study (2013) identifies that industrial actors,
standardization, intellectual property rights, liability regulation and taxation are
some of legislative and regulatory challenges which need to be solved. The study
also highlighted the insufficiency of 3D printing software development and
education. Another research paper from Izabela Hager (2016) also added that
the possibility of losing jobs place for qualified workers because of the 3D printing
technology can make a social problem.
In conclusion, this paper has argued that 3D printing has not replaced traditional
manufacturing. As technologies change and evolve, 3D printing indicates to be
the future for manufacturing industries. There are a number of important
legislative and regulatory changes which need to be made to answer problem
and challenges for 3D printing implementation.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Grynol, B. 2016. Disruptive manufacturing - The effects of 3D printing. Quebec:
Deloitte Canada. Accessed 6 September 2017
https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/ca/Documents/insights-and-issues/ca-
en-insights-issues-disruptive-manufacturing.pdf.