The current 3 d printers and raw material prices is not accepted by instrument manufacturer
"At present, the 3 d printer for mass production is not too realistic, cost is too high, the printer itself is higher, the price of about $100000, $200000 high-end, but also need to imported raw materials, in an ordinary instrument parts, for example, if the traditional mould processing cost is 100 yuan, and the cost of the 3 d printer is 3000 yuan. 3 d printers in instrument industry is mainly applied in instrument development and making the prototype stage."
The author also interviewed several instrument manufacturers, domestic learned now GeChang are unused to 3 d printing. Dongguan Chen Jiangang KEPIN testing instrument co., LTD. General manager said, "have attention to 3 d printing, in dongguan KEPIN approved major instrument special research projects, the company plans to buy a 3 d printer, but also is in the stage of preliminary understanding and research." To the popularization of the technology, he thinks, 3 d printing technology also can only be used for the early stage of the research and development, and current instruments manufacturer for 3 d printers and raw material prices also can't accept it.