ARIRANG NEWS2014.9.14---韩国3D打印产业

ARIRANG NEWS2014.9.14---韩国3D打印产业
發佈日期：2014年9月14日
It's Monday so it's time for "Industry Insight".... There's a burgeoning industry out there that some people say is on the brink of revolutionizing the world. It's 3D printing and it could be one of the key technologies of the 21st century. Our Kim Ji-yeon tells us more the 3D printing industry here in Korea. In the beginning it was the cool factor that early adopters recognized from 3D printing. And the early players like Stratasys, 3D-Systems and Shapeways from the U.S. and Japan's D-M-M were quick to cater to hobbyists and industrialists with an eye on the future. In Korea, those first in line for a 3D printer include researchers in the medical sector looking for innovative ways to treat patients. For example, a local hospital, Saint Mary's hospital of Catholic University successfully performed an artificial joint treatment earlier this year by using 3D printing to make customized prototypes. The hospital says it wants to try to expand the technology to make functioning organs in the future. Other large hospitals are racing to patent the three dimensional printing technology that will be used for skull or dental implants and drug delivery agents in the human body. But despite promising signs of the technology, it's currently in its infant stages in Korea. Barriers like price and usability are preventing mainstream users from getting their hands on the technology. But some 3D printing companies are working on changing that. Take a look. 3D printers aren't as commonly used by average consumers in Korea due to its huge price tag. The hardware sells at around 2-thousand U.S. dollars. In order to break down such economic barriers, 3D-Developer, founded by its parent trading company, Mirae International Trade,... launched a leasing and rental program for the public. "We want to lead more people to use the 3D printing technology because we believe this is a very good thing, good for the industrial efficiency and also it can help to get their own customized product. Also they can change people's lifestyle. So in order to expand this new technology we're trying to watch what is the real barrier for the market." With monthly rental fees set at 35 U.S. dollars and an option to buy at the end of a two-year contract period, the company says its printer leasing program creates easier accessibility for customers to try the new hardware. The program also assures the machine will continue to operate properly, even after it's purchased. The company says its customers are not limited to a specific group... but includes manufacturers of toys and jewelry, as well as R&D centers, universities... and ordinary people. "For example, we can try to make my shoes. Somebody can scan my feet and then maybe we can design. We can change some design to make my own shoes and then I can just print it." Another company is also trying to widen the use of 3D printers... by making the hardware more easy to use for the average customer. Open-creators, the country's first start-up company in the 3D printing industry, says its printer, called the "Almond," is by far the easiest printer to use, yet. For most people it takes just the afternoon to get it up and running. "Almond has an auto-leveling function... it checks 9 points of a surface and adjusts the appropriate slope of the bed... eliminating the need for the user to manually attach any nuts and bolts. Also, there's a cooling pen... that brings down the temperature of the melted material... which improves printing quality." And for consumers who are worried about looks? The Almond has both substance and style. It was awarded some of the world's most renowned design awards including the Red Dot and IDEA awards. Open-creators says it's working toward a vision... to try to create an atmosphere, a culture where every household has a 3D printer in their homes, equivalent to appliances like TVs and vacuum cleaners. The company offers a weekly workshop open to anyone who wants to maximize the utility of its product. These efforts by the 3D printing industry are expected to open up the technology to the mainstream and pave the way for more specialized applications to become a part of our everyday lives.
Kim Ji-yeon, Arirang News.
这是周一所以它的时间为“行业洞察”.... 有一个新兴产业，在那里，有人说是彻底改变了世界的边缘。 这是3D打印，这可能是21世纪的关键技术之一。 我们的金姬妍告诉我们更多的3D印刷业在韩国。 在开始的时候是尝鲜的3D打印确认的酷因素。 和早期的球員，像Stratasys公司3D-系統和Shapeways來自美國和日本的數字萬用表很快，以滿足業餘愛好者和企業家對未來的眼睛。 在韓國，排在第一位的一個3D打印機，包括研究人員在醫療領域尋找創新的方法來治療病人。 例如，當地一家醫院，天主教大學聖瑪麗醫院成功地使用三維打印技術，使定制的原型進行人工關節治療今年早些時候。 医院表示，希望尽量扩大技术，使脏腑功能的未来。 其他大醫院都在競相申請專利的三維印刷技術，將用於顱骨或牙科植入物和藥物遞送劑在人體內。 但是，尽管该技术的可喜的迹象，这是目前在韩国的婴儿阶段。 如价格和可用性障碍，阻止主流用户得到他们手中的技术。 但是，一些3D打印的公司正在发生变化。 一起来看看。 3D打印机并不像常见的，由于其巨大的价格标签使用的普通消费者在韩国。 硬件售价约为2万美元。 為了打破這樣的經濟障礙，三維開發，其母公司的貿易公司，未來產業的國際貿易公司成立，推出了...對公眾租賃及租賃計劃。 “我們要帶領更多的人來使用3D打印技術，因為我們相信這是一件非常好的事情，有利於產業的效率，也可以幫助讓自己的定制產品，他們也可以改變人們的生活方式，所以為了擴大我們想看的是對市場的真正障礙這一新技術。“ 隨著定在35美元每月的租賃費和購買選擇權在兩年合約期結束時，該公司說，它的打印機租賃程序創建易於訪問的客戶嘗試新的硬件。 该计划还保证了该机将继续正常运行，它的购买之后也是如此。 該公司表示，其客戶不限於特定的群體......但包括製造商的玩具和珠寶，以及研發中心，大學......和普通百姓。 “例如，我們可以嘗試讓我的鞋。有人可以掃描我的腳，然後也許我們可以設計，我們可以改變一些設計，以使自己的鞋子，然後我就可以打印出來。” 另公司还试图通过使硬件更易于使用的普通客户，以扩大利用3D打印机.... 開放式的創造者，全國第一家初創公司在3D印刷業，稱其打印機，稱為“杏仁”，是迄今為​​止最容易使用的打印機呢。 对于大多数人来说，只需要在下午得到它启动和运行。 “杏仁具有自動調平功能...它會檢查9點表面，並調整床的合適的坡度......省去了手動附加任何螺母和螺栓的用戶，此外，還有冷卻筆。 ..带来下熔化的材料......这改善印刷质量的温度“。 而对于消费者谁是担心长相？ 杏仁有实质内容和风格。 它被授予了一些世界上最知名的设计奖项，包括红点和IDEA奖。 開放式的創造者說，這是對工作的願景...，試圖營造一種氛圍，在那裡每家每戶都有一個3D打印機在自己家中，相當於給家電如電視，吸塵器的文化。 該公司提供每週一次的研討會開放給任何人誰想要最大限度地發揮其產品的實用性。 這些工作由3D印刷業有望開拓技術的主流，並鋪平了道路更專業的應用，成為我們日常生活的一部分。
金姬妍，阿里郎新闻。