In Japan, NJBear 3D printing network also has many readers and users. Recently, a Japanese 3D printing company and NJBear carried out exchanges of market operation to see how Chinese 3D printing products are exported to the Japanese market.
The main business of Japan 3D Printing Co. is to distribute 3D printers and provide 3D printing services and solutions. This includes, among other things, it sells Chinese 3D printing products to Japan, such as Taire Times desktop-grade 3D printers and CCTV 3D scanners.
Through NJB's matchmaking, after obtaining Shanghai Raise3D's exclusive agency rights in Japan in 2016, Japan 3D Printing Co., Ltd. joined hands with Raise3D*** to develop the Japanese market, and through more than two years of hard work, it has gained the recognition of nearly 3,500 enterprises, scientific research institutes, societies and associations, etc., which are spreading across the fields of automobiles, medical care, large-scale scientific research institutes, consumer electronics, industrial fixtures, fixtures, film and television, cartoon, animation, and other industries. Fixtures, film and television, animation, construction and other industries. We have established good cooperative relationships with the All Japan Federation of University Life Associations, Softbank Business Services Corporation, Otsuka Chamber of Commerce, and others.
The market operation and relative success in Japan, Mr. Kitagawa, CEO of Nippon 3D Printing Co., Ltd. introduced his experience to NJB, and gave answers from different perspectives, such as product quality, solution value output and customer service experience.
1. Japan's booming market
Sales of 3D printing devices, consumables, and software in the Japanese market are expected to exceed 1 trillion yen in 2020, and if printing services and solutions are added, sales in the Japanese market are expected to reach 20 trillion yen.
2. Stable product performance and good cooperation
Raise3D started from Shanghai and laid out the global layout. The Rasie3D N2 series was rated as the best 3D printer by the U.S. authoritative magazines, and it can also complete large-scale printing with stable printing precision. +Raise3D's N series to the current Pro series has been tested and proven in the Japanese market, serving more than 600 companies in Japan.
3. Customer Service Solutions
In order to help our customers use the printer faster and better, we provide on-site training services to our customers. In order to enable Raise3D to address the needs of more customers, we have launched the Japanese OFP program to test print the world's best-performing consumables, expand the utility of Raise3D, and contribute to the manufacturing industry in Japan.
4. After-sales service emphasizes customer experience
24-hour e-mail correspondence and uninterrupted telephone consulting services on weekdays. Full Japanese operation manuals, door-to-door training at the initial stage of use, and free maintenance services for up to 2 years.
2018/5/18, Raise3D Pro New Series Launch Venue Tokyo.Raise3D 3D printers are stable, reliable and durable in the professional-grade 3D printer market, and have won numerous awards.
2018/6 DMS Tokyo
Mr. Kitagawa told NJB, "The traditional Japanese manufacturing industry, which was once the pride of the Japanese people in the world, is slowly losing its leading position, and in this environment, we believe that new technologies and services centered on 3D printers will create a new wave of reform of the traditional Japanese manufacturing industry. manufacturing industry in Japan. With the core concept of faster, newer, and better, we import the latest 3D printing technology and services to Japanese companies. We are not just a 3D printing into the machine channel sales company, our goal is to reform the Japanese traditional manufacturing industry, to be the enterprise solution partner in the new era."
Japan's 3D printing market from the show
International 3D printing giant Stratasys appeared at the entrance of Hall 1 East, bringing its 2016-released full-color, multi-material 3D printer J750, which is based on the fourth-generation PolyJet printing technology, one of the world's top non-metallic 3D printing machines, and can print a wide range of colors and multiple materials onto a single model for ultra-realistic printing.
As well as the new FDM industrial machine F370 released in 2017, the F370 is the largest sized FDM device in the F123 series, with a build size of 355 x 254 x 355 mm (14 x 10 x 14 inches). It can be placed in the office and allows designers to complete the entire prototyping workflow, from initial proof of concept all the way through design verification and final product performance.
A small injection molding machine was also on display, an application rarely seen in domestic exhibitions. As shown in the picture, the injection molding machine was fitted with a 3D printed non-metallic mold, through which the plastic parts in the hands of the staff were injected and molded. According to the staff, a 3D-printed mold can inject about 100 plastic parts, which is suitable for small batch production and less costly than metal molds.
The non-metallic molds can even cast metal materials directly, such as the metal coin in the picture below for the melting point of more than 200 ℃ tin alloy, directly through Stratasys 3D printing non-metallic mold casting.
▲Tin alloy with a melting point of more than 200 degrees Celsius
Japan is a country with a well-developed enterprise industry, and the application of 3D printing in the automotive field is also relatively large. Stratasys 3D printers are mainly used to assist in accelerating the research and development of automobiles, for example, by printing various parts such as wheels, interiors, steering wheels and so on.
A huge engine model was also assembled on site, put together using FDM printing.
ASPEX, a local Japanese 3D printing company, displayed several new material 3D printing samples that caught NJB's attention, namely a model of PPS material (polyphenylene sulfide), a composite model of PPS and carbon fiber, and a model of PBT material (polybutylene terephthalate), all of which were printed by the SLS laser sintering process. The person in charge of the manufacturer told NJB that PPS material has the advantages of flame-retardant, high-strength, corrosion-resistant, etc. Its melting point is as high as 280 ℃, which is mainly used in the field of aerospace, and the vast majority of the current SLS equipment can not be sintered such a high melting point of the powder material. According to NJBear's understanding, China's Huashu Hi-Tech released an ultra-high-temperature SLS equipment this year, can be sintered 280 ℃ and the following materials.
According to NJBear's understanding, PPS plastic is called polyphenylene sulfide, in the chemical industry pps can be used as synthesis, conveying, storage of materials, reaction tanks, pipelines, valves, chemical pumps, etc., in the mechanical center pps can be made impellers, blades, gears, eccentric wheels, bearings, clutches, and wear-resistant parts; pps's main purpose is still in the field of electronic and electrical appliances, such as the production of transformer skeletons, high frequency The main use of pps is still in the field of electronic and electrical appliances, such as making transformer skeleton, high-frequency coil skeleton, plugs, sockets, wiring harnesses, contactor drums and a variety of precision parts.
At the same time, the company also represents the French 3D CERAM ceramic 3D printer.
Hewlett-Packard (HP), which just released a new machine in Shanghai, also participated in the show, this time exhibiting a 4200 model. Detailed information about its 3D printers can be viewed by clicking on these latter links:
"From 2 million yuan, HP 3D printers in Chinese manuals"
"HP 3D printers launched in Shanghai, which involves a manufacturing market of 12 trillion U.S. dollars"
"A list of things you didn't know about HP 3D printing"
"Interpretation of the HP China's 3D printing layout under the global strategy"
▲HP printer, in the middle of which is a removable build unit
▲Processing station with the printer, the function is to add powder material to the build unit, as well as to take the printed model out of the powder, and to recycle the powder material
▲HP 3D printer printed samples
Exhibition The NJB noticed a 3D printer from China, Shanghai Fuzzy. The booth party is Japan 3D Printer Co., Ltd, a company founded by a few young Chinese people to represent and sell RAISE3D's FDM equipment in Japan. in 2016, they wanted to find better 3D printers and get them to represent and sell them in Japan, so they approached NJB to make inquiries to see who in China has the 3D printers that meet the requirements, and after a lot of comparisons, they finally selected RAISE3D. Since 2013, these Chinese people who started their business in Japan have been committed to pushing China's 3D printers to the overseas market, and their performance has been quite good.
In fact, it may be the best choice for Chinese 3D printing manufacturers to do foreign markets if they can find local teams abroad.