Thinking Beyond the Desktop: University Libraries are Turning to Fusion3 Industrial 3D Printers to Make a Makerspace that Will Last – 3DPrint.com

For the 3D printing industry, 2014 was defined primarily by the major printer manufacturers moving quickly and aggressively to educate the public on 3D printing and to get their desktop printers into homes and offices. For most companies the result was a success, which led to a huge increase in sales and a rapid expansion of the 3D printing industry as a whole. But as the hype started to die down, sales of desktop 3D printers started to slow, resulting in those same companies switching gears and focusing on the education market. Getting 3D printers into classrooms, school libraries and educational settings seemed to be a priority throughout most of 2015.

One Thing is Not Like the Other: Where the Classroom Ends and the Library Begins

3D printing in the classroom

While the industry’s attention of the education market was somewhat successful, and any 3D printer is going to…