3D Printing Google Trends
Hi ! I wonder what will be the big things this year in 3D Printing.
So far, I see that low cost LCD UV Resin based printers are going to ramp up and start to really become mainstream.
On the FDM Market, there are some evolutions but not revolution so far from a technology point of view, and there is not too much changes on the pricing point of view, but higher volume.
Same story on the industrial printers, no revolution, some evolution on some products, similar pricing too, but higher volume.
I performed a few queries on Google Trends to have a rough idea of what interested people in the last 12 months.
The most active part of queries performed on Google for 3D Printing is not USA, not Europe, it is Asia.
However I have a problem with the "volatility" of Related Topics and Related Queries, also it looks like there are many issues on the Asia part of the dataset.
Short resume
So far, 3d printing is not on the hype but still trendy.
- Technologies: Laser Sintering, SLA/DLP/LCD UV Based Resins, FDM
- Materials: Metal, Plastic, Ceramic
- Know-how & Manufacturing topics: CAD, Design, 3D Modelling
Another interesting part, it is to take some well know 3D Printers and have a look to the world wide distribution. You can see that some manufacturers are putting a lot of money in Google Ads, while some less, and some none.
Details
Follows a filtered set of the data.
WorldWide
Rising Topics related to :
- DLP
- Injection Moulding
- Implant
China:
Very sparse: Shanghai, Guangdong, Beijing (Google is probably not the good one)
Japan:
Ultra sparse: Tokyo (Google not adequate for this too)
Singapore:
Ultra sparse
Rising topics related to:
- 3D Modelling
- FDM
- Selective Laser Sintering
- SLA
- Fibre
- Metal
Australia:
Difficult to really know the distribution
Rising Topics related to:
- Selected laser sintering
- 3D Scanner
- TPU
- Clay/Wax
- Polymer
New Zealand:
Sparse: Canterbury, Auckland
Rising Topics related to:
- Plastic
- Material
- Design
- Metal
- Industry
South Africa:
Very sparse: Gauteng, Western Cape
Rising Topics related to:
- 3D Modelling
- Robot
- Software design
- Plastic
- Laser
- Metal
- Software
USA
Seems to be well distributed, but states are quiet large and do not reflect the true distribution. Hotpots in Utah, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Colorado
Rising Topics related to:
- Object Geometries
- Powder bed and inkjet head (HP related efforts ?)
- Casting
Canada:
Same distribution issue as on USA. Hotspots in Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
Rising Topics related to:
- FDM
- Metal
- Software
- Plastic
- CAD
Germany
Relatively distributed with hotspots in Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony.
Rising Topics related to:
- Selective laser sintering
- Sintering
- Simulation
- Biology
- Architecture/Textile
Belgium:
Sparse: Flanders & Brussels
Rising Topics related to:
- Software
- Manufacturing
- Extrusion
- Aluminium
- Design
Netherlands:
Well distributed with hotspots in: Overijssel, North Brabant, Ultrecht, Flevoland, Limburg
Rising Topics related to:
- Engineer, Professor, Profession
- CAD
- Ultraviolet
- Ceramic
- Structure
- Laser
- Extrusion
- Manufacturing
- Metal
UK:
Distribution issue, too large segmentation hiding the true distribution.
Rising Topics related to:
- Robotics
- Laser
- Metal
- Plastic
France:
Very sparse: Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Île-de-France, Rhone-Alpes, Provences-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, Midi-Pyrénées
Rising Topics related to:
- Aluminium
- Nylon Fiber
- Polymer
- Bioprinting
- Electrical filament
Switzerland:
Very sparse: Vaud, Zurich
Rising Topics related to:
- 3D Modeling
- Structure
- Material
- Research
- Service/Software
Italy:
Very sparse: Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Piedmont, Veneto, Tuscany
Rising Topics related to:
- Software
- FDM
Spain:
Very sparse: Basque Country, Catalonia, Community of Madrid
Rising Topics related to:
- Medecine
- Software
- Design / 3D Modeling
- Nylon Fiber
Great overview. My (personal ) experience from working in a research and innovation centered environment is that the evolution will go towards smallscale production as opposed to prototyping and new materials will be an important part of this, we already have resin materials that can be used to make injection molds for other plastics and I recently saw a desktop metalprinter in development, also a wider adoption in research areas other than tech related, will make it more mainstream. We often forget that it is slow going from the point where the early adopters grasp the potential, until it becomes mainstream, and it needs to become mainstream for the mature and cheap products to come out. I think thats what we are beginning to see with the lowcost resin printers.
If i should point at one revolutionary development (but i dont think that will be this years , or the next) it would be true replicators that is machines that can make other complete machines (including wiring, boards and motors). it is already technically possible but it has not been combined in one machine yet. I would love a printer that could print printers, and some researcher believe this is achievable within a few years
Yes, smallscale production seems to starts in few different areas.
If I compare it to the computer industry we are still at the end of 70's, we do not yet really grasp it, we do not have yet killer applications/products implemented with the 3D Printing potential.
I think too that we will see more MIM style desktop printing and the cost of a small electric kiln is not so expensive especially for the size of parts many people are printing.
What I am very interested is materials and multi-materials for metal/resin/plastic, it can enable crazy stuff for many applications.
One of the next step as you said will be the assembly, there are plenty of small bots (pick and place machines, "generic" bots) that are doing one or few tasks, the cost starts to reduce but most of the machines are not yet in the price tag of individuals or not having enough precision/force.
It will take some time also to have dirt cheap servos + fast controller with enough precision for this, the technology is already there but there is not yet the demand to really push down the price: may be the next generation FDM 3D Printers will push forward in this way. There is also the software that is not really accessible and a major bottleneck at this stage.
Every day we found new technology and that will never stop anyway you really shared interesting post and organized it very well . I hope for more succeed in steemit
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