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How 3D Printing Could Drive the Factory of the Future

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The Wall Street Journal

Technology

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

3D printing isn’t just for hobbyists – it could be central to the future of manufacturing. Companies are turning to this technology to make everything from car and airplane parts to houses faster and cheaper than with traditional techniques. Now, as 3D printing – also known as additive manufacturing – is getting quicker, researchers are testing its limits. WSJ’s Alex Ossola and Danny Lewis take a look at how this tech is building the factory of the future. What do you think about the show? Let us know on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or email us: [email protected] Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide for switching to a different podcast player. Further reading: This 3-D Printed Icelandic Fish-Gutting Machine Contains the Secret of a Future, Less-Globalized Economy Venture Investors Are Pumping Capital Into 3-D Printing Startups. Here’s Why. Energy Companies Turn to 3-D Printing to Bypass Snarled Supply Chains 3-D Printed Houses Are Sprouting Near Austin as Demand for Homes Grows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6

Hi Danny. Hey Alex. Have you ever heard of 3D printing? Yeah of course there was so much hype about that a few years ago.

0:39.0

Yeah, right? Like have you ever used a 3D printer, do you have anything made from 3D printing?

0:44.0

I've never used one, but I do have like some boxes and stuff

0:47.0

that were made with 3D printing.

0:49.1

And what do they look like?

0:51.2

They're plastic, and there's lots of ridges on it because they build everything in layers over and over and over again, kind of like a lasagna or something.

0:59.0

Right. So this idea of depositing a material in layers makes sense for like little things that we have at home, right?

1:06.4

That hype around, you know, we're going to have one of these in every home hasn't really come to pass.

1:11.3

Right, right. No Star Trek replicators.

1:13.5

Not yet.

1:14.5

But it turns out there is a really useful place

1:17.2

for this kind of technique, which is in manufacturing.

1:20.0

So the technical term is additive manufacturing.

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