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78. What is Direct Digital Manufacturing?

Today, additive manufacturing (AM) technology is more and more being used for the production tooling of finished, end-use parts. With direct digital manufacturing (DDM), also referred to as rapid manufacturing, it becomes feasible to decentralize manufacturing operations and produce parts more quickly, less expensively, and with far more flexibility. Even the manufacture of custom molds becomes a practical option. With this approach, it is possible to manufacture parts - from CAD data to finished production parts - in two days.

Without the constraints imposed by tooling, designers are given the freedom to create new designs that before were impossible or impractical to manufacture. DDM presents a dramatically different way of thinking and the future implications are staggering. True just-in-time manufacturing becomes a reality because companies can produce parts, as they are needed, rather than in large batches as they are done today.