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So, what can be done right now? “The possibility of making
continuous design adjustments at no cost to production
parts or finished products allows start-ups to enter
the market more rapidly and consolidated companies to
react in the best possible way to market conditions. A
vast array of materials, design techniques and the very
nature of additive, rather than subtractive, production,
allow to obtain innovative functions for the products,
hitherto impossible to reach”, Esposti explained. “Products
may be light without jeopardising their sturdiness;
shapes, textures and internal structures - impossible or
expensive to obtain by means of machining with utensils
- may improve the performances and exterior aspect of a
product”.
As Esposti remarked: “We are not talking about minor
positive aspects but about huge advantages, in terms of
product development, which could be used by companies
to characterize their brands and differentiate themselves
from al others.
Among these companies, there is, for instance, Nuova Società
Piemontese Automobili, which used 3D printing as a
bulk production technology for Bicicletto, a lighter e-bike
which may be produced more rapidly and economically,
equipped with customized parts used to create iconic and
distinctive characteristics. Or the Italian drone manufacturer,
Soleon, which uses the designing speed and freedom
provided by 3D printing so as to create and adapt rapidly
and continuously complex parts of drones, for a rapid distribution
to clients, among them emergency aid services
using this technology for complex missions of research
and rescue”.
68 maggio giugno 2017 The Additive Journal