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To: Haddit

Cycle times are going to have to get waaaay shorter, and material costs are going to have to be waaaaay reduced. Other than that, tooling costs are great.


4 posted on 05/29/2016 10:24:21 AM PDT by crosdaddy
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To: crosdaddy

Some of the much bigger 3D printer companies already are nearing the speed of injection molding.

The cost of a spool of filament for my printer costs about $50, granted it doesn’t run much since I only use it for a few parts at a time. I haven’t had to replace a color yet after 3 years.


13 posted on 05/29/2016 10:40:48 AM PDT by Haddit (Minimalists Al Gore and Al Qaeda)
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