EBN Congress 2016 - Print Farms in Industry 4.0

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Transcript of EBN Congress 2016 - Print Farms in Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 - New European ManufacturingPrint Farms

Diogo Quental, iGo3D GmbH

From Industry 1.0 to 4.0

By Christoph Roser at AllAboutLean.com

3D Printing

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3D Printing Pros & Cons

• Pros• Rapid prototyping• Customized products• Production on demand• Shorter supply chain (local production)• Complex products without tools and

assembly• No stocks

• Cons• Slow process for manufacturing

So, you cannot depend on one printer only.

What to do?

3D Print Farm

3D Print Farm - Example

Formlabs Print Farm at SOLID Conference 2015

Q&A

Thank you!