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Additive Manufacturing
Reportedly the First and Only Searchable 3D-Printing Database
Final Part Production’s Share of the AM Market
40 35 30 25 20 15 10
5
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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Source: Wohlers Report 2014
34.7
28.3
24.0
19.6 17.2
14.0 11.7
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Given the rapid growth of the industrial additive-manufacturing industry, it has become increasingly difficult to keep track of all of the machines and materials on the market. Senvol reported- ly has solved this problem with the launch of the Senvol Database, where users can search more than 30 fields including machine build size, material type and material tensile strength. The sheer quantity and dynamic nature of the search fields enable users to search in unique ways and to quickly get the information they need.
The database can be useful to potential machine buyers, and engineers searching for materials by specific material properties. It contains detailed information on more than 350 machines and 450 materials.
“We are seeing companies push the limits of additive manu- facturing to new levels and apply the technology in entirely new ways,” says Terry Wohlers, president of Wohlers Associates. “Given the vast interest and opportunities that lie ahead, Wohlers Associates believes strongly that the use of AM for series production will grow to become the largest application, by far.” www.wohlersassociates.com.
market segment has grown from less than four percent to more than one-third of total revenues from AM products and services worldwide (according to the Wohlers Report 2014). In capturing this share of the market, the use of AM for final-part production grew by 65.4 percent in 2013.
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Described as an “additive-manufacturing information goldmine” by 3Dprint.com and a “one-stop shop for 3D printers and mate- rial specs” by Gartner, the Senvol Database is online and free to access.
www.senvol.com/database
A $4-billion Industry
In its research for Wohlers Report 2015, Wohlers Associates, Inc., Fort Collins, CO, finds that the market for additive manu- facturing (AM), consisting of all AM products and services world- wide, grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 35.2 per- cent to $4.1 billion in 2014. This means that the industry grew by $1 billion in 2014. The CAGR over the past three years (2012–2014) was 33.8 percent.
Forty-nine manufacturers now are producing and selling industrial-grade AM machines. Since 2003, the final-part-production
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