Re: RP/SFF Machines Sold

From: Marshall Burns (Marshall@Ennex.com)
Date: Mon Jan 17 2000 - 19:35:29 EET


>Can anyone estimate the total number of RP/SFF/FFF commercial machines that
>have been sold worldwide (since the start of the technology, all
>companies)?

David,

    Terry Wohlers publishes these number annually. Ennex does some
additional analysis, resulting in minor modifications to his numbers. We
don't publish this analysis, but it's not secret. Our modified-Wohlers
estimates for additive (including hybrid subtractive/additive, e.g. LOM)
fabbers are:

    Industrial fabbers: 1998: 615. 1988-98: 3,149
    Studio fabbers: 1998: 331. 1993-98: 985
    Total fabbers: 1998: 946. 1988-98: 4,134

Industrial fabbers are the big machines, like SLA, LOM, Sinterstation, etc.
Studio fabbers are the smaller machines, often called "concept modelers:"
Actua/ThermoJet, BPM, Denken, Genisys, Meiko, Sanders, Ushio, and Z.

Best regards,
Marshall Burns
President, Ennex Corporation

Marshall@Ennex.com
Los Angeles, USA, (310) 397-1314
www.Ennex.com

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