㊗️ 👼🏽 ⛏️ 3D printing in 2021, trends, brands and the path to Mars 🔱 🤹 👩🏻‍💻

In this article, I would like to talk about the latest trends in the 3D equipment market, which products have become more popular, and which, on the contrary, are gradually leaving the scene.

2020 was a serious test for everyone, but, oddly enough, the pandemic, like a litmus test, showed the most important advantages of 3D printing. When supply chains were disrupted, this technology came to the rescue of hospitals struggling with masks, valves for ventilators, nasal sticks for taking PCR tests, and more. It turned out that all this can be printed in the shortest possible time on any 3D printers - from the simplest home models to industrial devices. This decision saved lives and attracted a lot of attention to 3D printing as a technology that can come to the rescue anywhere, in the most difficult situation.

Photopolymer 3D printing

In terms of innovation, 2020 was a breakthrough year for photopolymer 3D printing. I would compare it to 2013, when MakerBot launched the first affordable 3D printer for home and office use, the MakerBot Replicator 2. Years of effort from the enthusiast community has resulted in models available to the general user. Before that, they cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and were available to large companies. 21st century technologists challenged old-school engineers, and it completely changed the rules of the game.