How to Prevent 3D Printing Hacks with Hidden Flaws
- Engineering.com May 24th, 2017
- Source: http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/14965/How-to-Prevent-3D-Printing-Hacks-with-Hidden-Flaws.aspx
Additive manufacturing (AM), also called 3D printing, is growing fast. Worldwide, the AM market grew nearly 26 percent to more than $5 billion last year, versus 2015, and another 17.4 percent this year versus last.
The rapid prototyping market alone is expected to reach $5 billion by 2020.
But since the global supply chain for AM requires companies to share computer aided design (CAD) files within the organization or with outside parties via email or cloud, intellectual-property thieves and malefactors have many opportunities to filch a manufacturer's design files to produce counterfeit parts.