With the use of 3D printing technology in more and more fields, the more commonly heard of 3D printers are industrial-grade 3D printers and desktop 3D printers. So what is the difference between industrial-grade 3D printers and desktop 3D printers? Here to tell you.
First, the scope of application is different
The industrial-grade 3D printer is a wide range of applications, in aerospace, automotive, medical, electronics and other fields have its figure. For example, the industrial-grade 3D printers of Hegger Technology have been applied more maturely, and its 3D-printed headphones, dental products, etc. can be mass produced.
And desktop-level 3D printers, generally used to print smaller items, used to be used in industrial design, education, animation, archaeology, lighting and other fields. Now, many desktop 3D printers are also expanding into the dental healthcare industry, applying to the dental digital production process, which serves as a link in the digital healthcare model, assisting in the printing of the required products.
In the oral orthodontics to use implant surgical guides, simulation of the gums of this type of dental products, the doctor can be directly in the chairside clinic, with the help of desktop 3D printers, print out the required dental products, which can greatly shorten the patient's consultation time. As far as I know, the desktop 3D printer of Hegel Technology can bring better treatment experience to patients with 1 hour instant diagnosis and treatment, instant implantation and instant restoration.
Second, the volume of batch production is different
Desktop 3D printers, will be more inclined to personalized high customization, such as desktop 3D printers used in dentistry, mainly for chairside small batch production use. And industrial-grade 3D printers are mostly used in industrial high-volume production. For example, the production of 3D printed headphones, with industrial-grade 3D printers, can quickly print dozens of headphone shells with a sense of design and comfortable curvature, in terms of speed and high precision, will generally be better than the traditional production of headphones.
From the above two aspects, industrial-grade 3D printers and desktop-grade 3D printers still exist differences. At this stage, industrial-grade 3D printers have been applied to many industries, suitable for high-volume production, while desktop 3D printers, more inclined to personalized customization of small batch production.