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Ampower项目快速流行后金属3D打印恢复

工业3D打印咨询专家AMPOWER预测,金属添加剂制造业将在未来四年实现超过29%的年增长率。

In the advisory firm’s latest market research, it found that although COVID-19 has restricted recent revenue increases to materials and services, a rapid recovery will soon see metal 3D printing grow by over 29% until 2025. AMPOWER’s report also values the polymer 3D printing market at twice that of metal, but only anticipates annual growth there of 15%, due to the continued prevalence of PBF systems.

Ampower合着者兼合作伙伴Maximilian Munsch博士说:“粉末床系统仍然是工业领域中的大部分3D打印过程。”“对于2025年,我们预计这一份额会减少,并在聚合物中的替代添加剂技术(例如金属中的粘合剂喷射(BJT))和面积的增值税聚合(DLP)的销售量显着增加。”

“In the future, new technologies will continue to decisively drive growth.”

AMPOWER's table forecasting 29% growth within metal 3D printing.
AMPOWER’s research has led it to forecast 29% growth within the metal 3D printing market over the next four years. Image via AMPOWER.

Metal AM tipped to recover

Based on over 300 interviews conducted with industry sources, AMPOWER’s survey has been targeted towards machine suppliers, enabling it to cover around 10% of the global system install base. The research has also placed an emphasis on talking to end-users, yielding a mixed market dataset that’s designed to predict future developments.

一般来说,公司的报告发现,巴勒斯坦权力机构ndemic has caused the metal 3D printing market to stagnate, with revenue generated from equipment sales suffering from an acute fall in demand. Customers were especially reluctant to invest in the aviation sector during 2020, although AMPOWER’s research indicates that this was somewhat offset by increased investment within the space segment.

Similarly, the firm’s report makes reference to U.S-based manufacturers driving demand with the development of 3D printed rocket engines, reflecting the progress of companies like相对性空间Rocket Lab。基于这些新的金属添加剂制造机会以及退化的大流行领域,Ampower预计到2025年的市场年增长率为29.2%。

AMPOWER's table forecasting 20% 3D printing growth over the next four years.
Ampower预计在未来四年内总体3D打印市场将看到20%的增长。图像通过Ampower。

Delving into polymer analysis

与众不同AMPOWER’s previous research, the company’s latest survey has canvassed the views of polymer 3D printing users as well. At €5 billion, the firm’s report values the polymer market at around twice that of its metal equivalent, but in future, it expects to see significantly slower annual growth from plastic machines, materials and services at a rate of approximately 15%.

However, AMPOWER’s research has still identified a strong market for polymeric materials and on-demand manufacturing during 2020, and it projects a combined valuation for metal and plastic 3D printing of €17 billion by 2025. Interestingly, the company also anticipates that future growth will now primarily be driven by low-cost technologies, which are increasingly offering better value than traditional production processes.

Ampower合作伙伴Matthias Schmidt-Lehr总结道:“新3D打印过程的成本正在不断下降,并正在关闭传统制造技术的成本。”“因此,在传统技术中,增材制造的增长远大于制造业。”

Those interested in accessing AMPOWER’slatest report现在可以通过公司的网站这样做。

Turbulence in market analysis

Although 3D printing market analysis can sometimes provide an interesting insight into how the industry’s performing financially, many such reports are limited in scope, and at times they can prove to be well off the mark.

例如,在2018年,市场情报公司CONTEXTidentified adecline in desktop 3D printer shipmentswithin its Q1 report. However, many 3D printing industry manufacturers disagreed with CONTEXT’s findings at the time. The company later reported apost-pandemic desktop revenue boom

More recently,Lux Researchranked 3D printing as one of itstop twelve technologies to watch,进入2021年。该公司的报告确定了工作流程自动化,新技术并朝着连续生产转向,作为增材制造业继续具有显着增长潜力的关键指标。

在其他地方,咨询公司Wohlers Associates最近出版了其现已建立的3D printing industry report第26年。令人惊讶的是,该研究发现,尽管Covid-19对客户需求的影响,但该行业实际上在2020年期间继续增长,总估值为128亿美元。

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特色图显示了金属LB-PBF 3D打印过程。图像通过DMG Mori。