Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Background and Objective
1.2 Definition and Requirements
1.2.1 Accessibility
1.2.2 Speed and Quality
1.2.3 Applicability
1.2.4 Cost
1.2.5 Summary and Comparison of Compact Industrial vs. High-end and Maker/Prosumer Printers
Chapter Two: Printer Technologies
2.1 Powder Bed Fusion (PBF)
2.2 Material Extrusion (ME)
2.3 Directed Energy Deposition (DED)
2.4 Summary
Chapter Three: Applications of Compact Industrial Metal 3D Printers
3.1 Applications in a Product’s Lifecycle
3.1.1 Applications in the Innovation Stage
3.1.2 Applications in the Growth Stage
3.1.3 Applications in the Production Stage
3.1.4 Applications in the Decline Stage
3.2 Applications by Vertical
3.2.1 Applications within Automotive
3.2.2 Applications within Aerospace
3.2.3 Applications within Medical and Dental
3.2.4 Application within General Industrial Manufacturing
Chapter Four: Compact Industrial Metal Printers vs. CNC Machining
4.1 Physical Considerations of 3D Printing vs. CNC Machining
4.2 Economic Considerations of 3D Printing vs. CNC Machining
4.3 Summary of 3D Printing vs. CNC Machining
Chapter Five: Notable Compact Industrial Metal Printer Manufacturers
5.1 Additec
5.2 Aurora Labs
5.3 Desktop Metal
5.4 Markforged
5.5 OR Laser / Coherent
5.6 Pollen AM
5.7 Xact Metal
5.8 Others
5.9 Summary
Chapter Six: Cost of Ownership
6.1 Hardware Costs
6.2 Material Costs
6.3 Post Processing
About SmarTech Analysis
About the Analyst
Acronyms and Abbreviations Used In this Report
List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1-1: Evaluation Criteria for Compact Industrial Metal Printers
Exhibit 1-2: Typical Characteristics of Maker, Prosumer, Compact Industrial Metal and High-end 3D Printing Solutions
Exhibit 1-3: Speed and Quality vs. Ease of Use for the Various Categories of Metal 3D Printers
Exhibit 1-4: Cost vs. Application/Customer-Base for the Various Categories of Metal 3D Printers
Exhibit 2-1: The Complete Materials Extrusion Process Utilized by Markforged and Desktop Metal
Exhibit 2-2: Benefits and Limitations of Technologies Implemented for Compact Industrial Metal 3D Printers
Exhibit 3-1: Applications for Compact Industrial Metal 3D Printers within Each Stage of a Product’s Lifecycle
Exhibit 3-2: Considerations for Applications by Printer Technology
Exhibit 3-3: Market Adoption Statistics for Metal Additively Manufactured Implants
Exhibit 4-1: A Comparison of Compact Industrial Metal (CIM) 3D Printing vs. CNC Machining
Exhibit 5-1: A Comparison within the Materials Extrusion (ME) Sub-Segment of Solutions
Exhibit 5-2: A Comparison within the Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) Sub-segment of Solutions
Exhibit 5-3: A Summary of the Build Volumes and Spatial Requirements for the Notable Compact Industrial Metal 3D Printers (Color sorted by printer technology)
Exhibit 5-4: A Summary of the Resolution and Laser Power for the Notable Compact Industrial Metal 3D Printers (Color sorted by printer technology)
Exhibit 6-1: A Summary of the Pricing for the Notable Compact Industrial Metal 3D Printers (Color sorted by printer technology)
Exhibit 6-2: Estimated Costs for 17-4 PH Stainless Steel for use in Compact Industrial Metal 3D Printers
Exhibit 6-3: Estimated Costs for 17-4 PH Stainless Steel Feedstock for PBF, ME and DED Compact Industrial Metal Printers, as a Function of the Metal-Contained