3D printing post-processing market will reach 1.8 billion US dollars

On October 15, 2022, the Antarctic bear learned that the industry research company SmarTech Analysis released its latest report on the post-processing of additive manufacturing industry, "Post Processing for Additive Manufacturing: Market Analysis and Forecast." The report shows that the key role of post-processing will stimulate a market worth billions of dollars in the next decade.

Related report link:https://www.smartechanalysis.com/reports/post-processing-for-additive-manufacturing-market-analysis-and-forecast/

The report was written by Mike Vasquez, a 3D printing expert and the founder of 3Degrees, a Chicago consulting company. It provides necessary raw data and analysis for management, investors, users, product planners and marketing personnel to promote their understanding of this critical path in the AM workflow. It provides products with decoration, makes them look better and improves their intensity.

In general, the polymer post-processing industry now brings in an annual revenue of more than 145 million dollars, with automobiles as its largest market, while the scale of the metal post-processing market is estimated to be 175 million dollars in 2022, with 3D printing applications in the aerospace field as the leader. These two parts are growing because almost all 3D printing operations require more post-processing, and post-processing technologies for various additive manufacturing printing modes are also maturing.

Therefore, SmarTech predicts that in the 10-year forecast period covered by the report, the post-processing of additive manufacturing will reach 1.8 billion dollars in 2031. In addition, the report estimates that at least 26% of the total estimate corresponds to the polymer reprocessing market, while the rest belongs to the larger metal reprocessing market.

△ Photo source: SmarTech Analytics

Post treatment includes a wide range of operations after any part comes out of the printer, including cleaning, coloring, surface treatment, curing, heat treatment and other manufacturing operations. This means that once the part enters the post-processing stage, the automatic quality inherent in the 3D printing process tends to become manual operation, which has a great impact on quality, cost and time. However, SmarTech believes that post-processing is no longer an obstacle to the adoption or expansion of 3D printing applications.

On the contrary, the impact of dynamic changes in labor force has led to the trend of automation in the industry to minimize the required labor force, but also increase the overall throughput of high-yield applications. The same is true today in terms of post-processing. Part of the reason why post-processing is becoming more and more popular is that automatic completion has numerous advantages, including reducing overall errors. As more and more vertical industries adopt 3D printing, the post-processing market will usher in more vigorous development.

△ Solukon deburring system for metal parts, picture provided by Solukon

This new report of SmarTech also introduces the market dynamic changes that have led to greater emphasis on post-processing technology progress, reviews the top suppliers of post-processing equipment and services, as well as a series of market forecasts, studies the trend and industry segmentation year by year, and how end users decide to adopt post-processing technology and incorporate finishing operations into their production workflow, Whether through strategic cooperation with technology suppliers or directly introducing automation technology internally.

The companies highlighted in this report include those that provide services and products directly for the post-processing operations involved in additive manufacturing, namely AM Flow, AMT, Dyemansion, PostProcessTechnologies, Solukon, Bel AirFinishing, Gasbury, Hiperbaric, MicroTek Finishing, etc.

The report describes post-processing as a unique industry, which brings broad prospects to the 3D printing industry. In addition, post-processing solutions provide a growing market. As 3D printing becomes the preferred manufacturing method for mass production products, it can be fully integrated into the supply chain.

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