柯林斯堡。株COLO。 （5月10日，10:40上午东部时间） - 衰退降温的热成型机销售快速增长，但行业 - 被称为“添加剂制造” - 继续得到一个从非常低的成本三维增强打印机，根据公布的沃勒斯Associates公司5月5日的报告

由于开放源码的需求三维打印机，添加剂制造设备的销售量增长了13.9百分之全球，该报告称。

相反的快速成型，沃勒斯协会现在使用的术语添加剂生产。这是参加由三维模型数据，通常层由层（而不是如加工制造业，以消减材料对象的过程）。

沃勒斯柯林斯堡Associates表示，业界已享有对整个销售额百分之26.4的22年历史的复合年增长率。但是，复合年增长率放缓至3.3个百分点，过去3年，2009年是“多年来最慢，到目前为止”报告说。

在250页的报告包含了开源3D打印机和服务供应商之间的商业状态的新章节。

该研究公司还预测持续增长的直接生产成品使用添加剂生产。到目前为止，两个市场已经出现。一个专业市场的产品包括医疗，牙科，航空航天，汽车和汽车运动产业。消费者占第二市场，包括家具，家居饰品，玩具，游戏头像和时尚产品。

“使用添加剂的生产制造部分被认为是下一个前沿，无法衡量的机会，说：”特里沃勒斯，对沃勒斯Associates和报告的主要作者总统。

这项技术可以让你做一个产品从数量到几千，他说。

英文原文：

FORT COLLINS. COLO. (May 10, 10:40 a.m. ET) -- The recession cooled off the hot sales growth for rapid prototyping machines, but the industry -- dubbed “additive manufacturing” -- continues to get a boost from very low-cost three-dimensional printers, according to a report released May 5 by Wohlers Associates Inc.

Because of demand for open-source 3D printers, unit sales of additive manufacturing equipment grew by 13.9 percent worldwide, the report said.

Instead of rapid prototyping, Wohlers Associates now uses the term additive manufacturing. That is a process of joining materials to objects from 3D model data, usually layer-by-layer (as opposed to subtractive manufacturing such as machining).

Wohlers Associates of Fort Collins said the industry has enjoyed a compounded annual growth rate for sales of 26.4 percent throughout its 22-year history. But the CAGR slowed to 3.3 percent over the past three years, and 2009 was “the slowest in many years, by far” the report said.

The 250-page report includes new sections on open-source 3D printers and the state of business among service providers.

The research firm also predicts continued growth for the direct production of finished goods using additive manufacturing. So far, two markets have emerged. A market of professionals includes products for medical, dental, aerospace, automotive and motor sports industries. Consumers account for the second market, including furniture and home accessories, toys, game avatars and fashion products.

“Using additive manufacturing for part production is considered the next frontier, with opportunities beyond measure,” said Terry Wohlers, president of Wohlers Associates and the principal author of the report.

The technology allows you do make products in quantities from one to several thousand, he said.