【Economist】Additive manufacturing: Printing things...

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中文导读 增材制造（俗称3D打印）技术是指以数字模型文件为基础，运用树脂或金属等可粘合材料，通过逐层打印的方式来构造物体的技术。该技术具有数字化制造、快速成型、可迅速为客户提供定制产品、方便成型复杂形状制件等突出特点。随着各种新型打印技术的不断涌现，3D打印技术有望克服其不适用于大批量生产的缺点，从而使得未来的制造业领域发生深刻变革。 3D printers will shape the factory of the future MANUFACTURING advances often take time to catch on. Only later does their real significance become apparent. The flying shuttle, invented in 1733 by John Kay, a British weaver, allowed the production of wider pieces of cloth. Because its movement could be mechanised, the shuttle later became one of the innovations which paved the way for t ………………………………