(Sculpteo: San Francisco) -- Sculpteo, a leader in the online 3D printing industry, has published an ebook study which highlights the cost effectiveness of using 3D printing as a means of manufacturing. The study is available here.

Additive manufacturing (or 3D printing) helps product developers get their ideas off the ground on a daily basis. However, the advantages that the technology presents are not limited only to rapid prototyping.

Advancements in pricing and online technologies include:

Sculpteo’s batch control tool

Advancements in pricing and online technologies (specifically Sculpteo’s batch control tool) have opened the world of 3D printing into that of manufacturing, and direct and exciting competition to injection molding, the current standard in manufacturing.

“Ordering multiple objects directly on our website turns 3D printing into a real manufacturing solution,” notes Sculpteo’s CEO, Clément Moreau. “By making it cost effective for people to order higher volumes, Sculpteo is taking 3D printing beyond prototypes and on-demand manufacturing and into mass production.”

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