What is 3D Printing:

3D Printing is to print objects from a digital file. Objects will be developed with numerous layers starts from bottom to top. I would say 3d printing technology  is going to be a revolution in manufacturing industry, The painful things of manufacturing are

1. Maintenance of machinery.
2. Electricity consumption.
3. Time to manufacture.
4. Production cost.
5. Human Resource.

I believe all these can be addressed with 3D printing technology.

My personal experience with manufacturing industry:

Well, I decided to deliver food to my customers in a microwaveable disposable tray which is easy to carry and to heat the food. I did little R&D and approached few manufacturers to manufacture plates per my requirement. Since it is different in shape and dimensions, I was forced to invest on the mold (shape).

The mold manufacturer took a month and a half to design. The tray manufacturer took another month and a half to manufacture the plate as the material was unique and not available in the market. Essentially, three months got wasted for me to go to the market and it impacted a lot. Time to market is critical in the business sometimes too much delay kills you.

3D printing definitely can solve this kind of issues in the manufacturing industry. It allows developing ideas faster than ever. Being able to 3D print a concept, design, and development can be done on the same day that helps companies stay one step ahead of the competition.

Food with 3D Printing:

Yes, Pizza, burger, and pancakes are being prepared for 3D printing. Preparation of Pizza is much more, easier, faster and cheaper. I predict this food printer will be much more popular as one of the home appliances, you can prepare food quickly for kids of their choice.

Health with 3D Printing:

The upcoming revolution in the medical industry is by using 3D printing.

Doctors can create body parts with patients organs. first skull transplantation happened in Netherlands successfully, sometimes great damage happens to body parts who meet with an accident. Customized medicine can be prepared for patients per their metabolism with right diagnose.

Enjoy 3D Printing:

I believe in future we can save on toys. Being a father of two kids I know the pain of spending on toys of their choice every week. So here is the solution buy a printer at home and create your toys. 🙂 🙂

You know? Your object can be prepared with 3D printing. I believe very soon we may have outlets to prepare an object exactly resembles as you, we use to have photo studios at every street in earlier days the same scenario may repeat with 3D printer studios. 🙂

The Take Away:

The entrepreneur has two choices

1. Be a part of 3D technology and come up with good printer solution to focused one industry like Health, Construction, food, etc.
2. Start a retail business with the existing technology.

Pick one and see the success, all the best 🙂

Also Read:  4 startup ideas for 2016

Narasimha Mohan

He is the Author, Product Specialist, Business Consultant, Entrepreneur, Public Speaker, Thought provoking writer, and Joke writer. Follow him on Twitter