{"id":179,"date":"2020-09-21T21:55:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T04:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/birkzukowsky\/?p=179"},"modified":"2020-09-29T00:54:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T07:54:08","slug":"users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/birkzukowsky\/2020\/09\/21\/users\/","title":{"rendered":"Users"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

3D printing is reaching more and more users every day. An estimated \u201c6.7 million 3D printers [were] sold by the year 2020,\u201d<\/strong> and that number continues to grow rapidly (Toor, 2019). With the degree of versatility and unlimited potential, 3D printing is being adopted into a number of industries and used daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Demographics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to The State of 3D Printing (2019), 53% of people using 3D printers are under 35 years of age<\/strong>, with the largest age group being 25-34 year old millennials. With Europe and Asia dominating almost 80% of the 3D printing market<\/strong>, they are at the forefront and pushing the technology further than ever before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Geography and Ages of 3D Printer Users
The State of 3D Printing, 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Industry Uses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to 3D printing’s relevance to so many different areas of operation, it is used in a remarkable amount of industries as well as areas of study and hobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Primary Contextual Use of 3D Printing<\/em>
The State of 3D Printing, 2019<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Industry Use of 3D Printing<\/em>
The State of 3D Printing, 2019<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Years of 3D Printing Experience<\/em>
The State of 3D Printing, 2019<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Educational Background of 3D Printer Users<\/em>
The State of 3D Printing, 2019<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Occupational Roles of Users 3D Printing<\/em>
The State of 3D Printing, 2019<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My Two Sent.’s<\/strong>: With 3D printing showing so much diversity, opportunity, and potential, I believe that most people will have some sort of 3D printer in their homes within the next 30 years. I think this is realistic because of all the advancements that 3D printing, as an industry, is making, not only in FDM printing, but also other methods of printing used in the food industry, the manufacturing industry, the education system, medical care, dentistry, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Toor, R. (November, 2019). The 3D Printing Waste Problem. Filamentive. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.filamentive.com\/the-3d-printing-waste-problem\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

3D printing is reaching more and more users every day. An estimated \u201c6.7 million 3D printers [were] sold by the year 2020,\u201d and that number continues to grow rapidly (Toor, 2019). With the degree of versatility and unlimited potential, 3D printing is being adopted into a number of industries and used daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":371,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,8,9,29,7],"tags":[4,5,25,11,12,16,28,20],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-pla","category-research","category-statistics","category-technology","tag-3d-printing","tag-additive-manufacturing","tag-local","tag-pla","tag-pla-recycling","tag-research","tag-statistics","tag-systems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/birkzukowsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/birkzukowsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/birkzukowsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/birkzukowsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/371"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/birkzukowsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/birkzukowsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":478,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/birkzukowsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions\/478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/birkzukowsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/birkzukowsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/birkzukowsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}