Re: Who coined the term "3D printing"?

From: tw <tw_at_wohlersassociates.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 17:26:41 +0000

The article is attached, in case anyone is interested in a slice of 3D
printing history. I don't recall whether the rp-ml supports attachments,
so I hope you receive it.

Cheers,

Terry

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Terry Wohlers
Wohlers Associates, Inc.
tw_at_wohlersassociates.com
http://wohlersassociates.com



------ Original Message ------
From: "Marshall Burns" <ListMail2_at_fabbers.com>
To: rp-ml_at_rp-ml.org; "Elly Sachs" <Sachs_at_mit.edu>; "Terry Wohlers"
<tw_at_wohlersassociates.com>; "Norman Kinzie" <nk_at_landfoam.com>
Sent: 2/13/2017 3:34:20 PM
Subject: Who coined the term "3D printing"?

>Hi RP World,
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> I used to think that the term “3D printing” originated
>at MIT for describing their process that was later commercialized by
>Soligen and Z Corp. Elly Sachs wrote a paper about the process that was
>published in June 1990 with the title, “Three-Dimensional Printing:
>Ceramic tooling and parts from a CAD model.” In my 1993 book, I applied
>the term only to that technology.
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>
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> However, I have now become aware of two earlier uses of
>the term:
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> * Terry Wohlers wrote an article for the May 1988 issue
>of “Computer Graphics World” with the title, “3d printing: From CADD
>model to prototype.”
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> * Norman Kinzie has told me in recent correspondence
>that he coined the term and used it in the title of a document he
>distributed in early 1988 or in 1987. My records show a document by
>Kinzie with the title “introduction to: Three-Dimensional Printing” and
>dated June 2, 1988. Unfortunately, I no longer have the paper files
>with that document. In any cases, it is dated after Wohler’s article.
>Kinzie tells me that he has in his possession an earlier version of the
>document, dated April 27, 1988, and that he believes there were
>versions prior to that but that he cannot find them at this time. Since
>magazines usually come out in advance of their cover dates, it is
>likely that Wohler’s article was on shelves prior to the earliest
>available date of Kinzie’s document.
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> According to the above, it appears that the earliest
>known use of the term “3D printing” was by Terry Wohlers. Does anyone
>have any information to either support or refute that?
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>Regards,
>
>Marshall
>
>www.fabbers.com
>
>
>





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