Today, most manufacturing methods such as molding or forming are based on the concept of mass production: fabricating large quantities of identical goods. While these techniques are extremely cost-efficient for high-volume production (over 10,000 parts), they require standardization, expensive machinery and tooling that rarely allow for product modifications.

By contrast, the fabrication of items based on unique specifications, or custom manufacturing, has traditionally been performed manually in small workshops. In this webinar, we will learn about how 3D printing enables this custom manufacturing to be done at scale as well as understanding the differences between “mass customization” and “mass personalization”.

Peter Unger, Formlabs’ Applications Engineer and specialist in mass customization, will discuss the value of mass customization, how 3D printing is revolutionizing it, and how Formlabs is investing in it with the new potential of the Form 4 materials and printer technology.