subject: Aarkstore Enterprise---global Additive Fabrication Market 2009-2013 [print this page] Additive fabrication refers to a class of manufacturing processes, in which a solid object is built by depositing several layers of material upon one another.
Additive fabrication is also known as solid freeform fabrication, layered manufacturing, rapid manufacturing, rapid prototyping, or 3D printing. In this type of fabrication, a solid model is manufactured directly from a digital 3D model, which is created through the Computer Aided Design (CAD) software. This 3D CAD model is converted into many thin layers, and the manufacturing equipment uses this geometric data to build each layer sequentially, until the object is completed.
Additive fabrication is increasingly being adopted by a wide range of industries such as Aerospace, Biomedicine, Dentistry, Building Construction, Jewelery, Motor Sports and Fashion. Such fabrication allows these industries to easily produce 3D models directly from a digital design. Further, the advancements in Additive fabrication technology enables these industries to reduce their operating costs and improve ease-of-use and reliability.
The Additive fabrication technology serves the high volume requirement of the dentists for precision individualized dental implants. For instance, dental labs are increasingly utilizing Additive fabrication technology for the creation of dental prosthesis. Besides, they also use this fabrication for the production of copings, crowns, bridges, and PFMs (porcelain fused to metal crowns).
The report forecasts the size of the Global Additive Fabrication market over the period 2009-2013. Further, it discusses the key market trends, drivers and challenges of Global Additive Fabrication market, and profiles some of the key vendors .
