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London Exhibit Shows Advances in 3-D Printing 倫敦科技展顯示3D打印技術(shù)進步
WASHINGTON—
A technology known as 3-D printing, or "additive manufacturing," has long been used for producing prototype models of three-dimensional objects. A new exhibit that opened in London Thursday shows how the technology has evolved to save time and money in producing machines, clothes, cars and even body parts, using rapid prototyping industrial robots, known as 3-D printers
一項被稱為3D打印的技術(shù)一直以來被應(yīng)用于實物三維模型的仿制上。9月4日，在倫敦開幕的一場新品展覽中，我們見識了3D打印技術(shù)的顯著進步。3D打印機如今可以直接制造機械、衣物、汽車乃至人體部件，為人們節(jié)省大量的時間與金錢。
On display at the exhibit is a car that can reach speeds of 320 kilometers per hour and is set to be entered in the Le Mans 24-hour race. It is the result of several prototypes built by Strakka Racing, a company based in Silverstone, England - the home of Britain's motor sports.
這輛車的時速高達每小時320公里，將被用來參加勒芒24小時耐力賽。這輛車是位于英格蘭銀石地區(qū)的斯特拉卡公司是用幾件模型所合成的結(jié)晶。而該公司的所在地，又正是英國賽車運動的起源地。
"Motorsports is such a competitive industry that if you're slow in bringing something to the track, you fall behind, and once you fall behind it's almost impossible target=_blank class=infotextkey>possible to catch up,” said Dan Walmsley, engineer and team principal for Strakka Racing.
斯特拉卡車隊工程師、車隊負責(zé)人沃姆斯利說：“賽車運動就是這樣一個競爭激烈的行業(yè)；如果你在某項技術(shù)上慢了，你就落后了。一旦你落后了，再追上幾乎就是不可能的了?！?BR> Like many other teams, Strakka has been using 3-D printing of components to try out designs and materials as quickly as possible target=_blank class=infotextkey>possible. But the company is now producing the actual car parts using the 3-D print technology, which is essentially adding layers of material under computer control to get a desired shape.
像其它車隊一樣，斯特拉卡一直盡可能快地用3D打印所制造的零部件來對設(shè)計和材料進行新的嘗試。但是如今該公司利用3D打印技術(shù)直接制造新的零部件。大體來講是在計算機的控制下生產(chǎn)材料層，以獲得所預(yù)期的形狀。
"So we've got aerodynamic components on the car such as the front dive planes, the air intake, interior components. We found that the material properties have recently moved forwards to a point where they're stiff enough and strong enough and light enough to function as a fully finished production component on a race car," explained Walmsley.
沃姆斯利說：“我們將氣動元件如前潛水架、進氣口、內(nèi)部部件等裝在車上。我們發(fā)現(xiàn)，材料的性能又上了一個臺階，現(xiàn)在具有足夠的硬度、強度和較輕的重量，符合賽車對于零部件的要求標準?！?BR> A Dutch producer is developing smaller drones for use in everyday life, like surveying areas for fires or other problems.
一架來自荷蘭的制造商正在研究將小型無人機運用到日常生活中，以執(zhí)行如火災(zāi)檢測等任務(wù)。
"At the moment we're working on drone-to-drone communication, that is where a drone can talk with another drone and knows where he is in the area, at this stage we're developing this. For the future, drones will only get smarter and smaller and will do stuff we cannot imagine now," said Joost Hezemans, head of design for drone manufacturer Aerialtronics.
無人機制造商阿萊茲尼克斯公司設(shè)計總監(jiān)赫茲曼斯說： “目前，我們正在著力研究無人機之間的通訊?，F(xiàn)在的階段是，我們在研究一架無人機如何與另一架無人機進行交流，并獲知其所在的具體區(qū)域。從未來來看，無人機將會變得更聰明、更小，甚至可以做一些我們現(xiàn)在無法想象的事情?！?BR> Movie costume makers also find the technology useful.
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影視服裝制造商也受益于3D打印技術(shù)。
"Not so long ago if we'd have invested a lot of time in making a prototype, if we found that it didn't fit or we had to change it dramatically, you know, you're really going back massive amount of weeks of work. Now, you can make the modifications pretty quick," said Grant Pairman, costume manufacturer for FBFX Ltd.
FBFX服裝生產(chǎn)公司皮爾曼說：“還在不久之前，我們需要花很多的時間來制作一個樣本，如果我們發(fā)現(xiàn)不合適的話，還需要做大量的修改，這可能會好再耗上幾個月的時間?，F(xiàn)在改起來就快多了?！?BR> Naomi Kaempfer, creative director of Stratsys, a U.S. manufacturer of 3-D printers, says manufacturing in 3-D printing is still evolving.
時裝設(shè)計師們也持相同看法。但三維打印機制造商斯切特西公司的創(chuàng)意總監(jiān)坎普弗爾說，3D技術(shù)仍在不斷向前發(fā)展。
“We are still waiting for 3-D printed materials that have the right durability and the strength that textile fiber allows. We have to understand that 3-D printing is an additive layered technology, and in order to create fiber strength you actually need to have a continuous fiber going through the material,” said Kaempfer.
坎普弗爾說：“現(xiàn)在3D打印的成品在耐久性與纖維匹強度上都還不屬于。我們必須了解3D打印技術(shù)是一項是材料層生產(chǎn)技術(shù)。為了使生成的纖維的具有強度，我們需要將纖維不斷添加到生成材料中去?！?BR> Today, 3D printing has come a long way from the time when it served to produce models for plastic surgeons, architects and manufacturers to only visualize the final product.
照比之前的只能夠為整形醫(yī)生、建筑師和生產(chǎn)商們提供視覺化的產(chǎn)品模型，3D打印技術(shù)在今天已經(jīng)取得了長足的進步。
London Exhibit Shows Advances in 3-D Printing 倫敦科技展顯示3D打印技術(shù)進步
WASHINGTON—
A technology known as 3-D printing, or "additive manufacturing," has long been used for producing prototype models of three-dimensional objects. A new exhibit that opened in London Thursday shows how the technology has evolved to save time and money in producing machines, clothes, cars and even body parts, using rapid prototyping industrial robots, known as 3-D printers
一項被稱為3D打印的技術(shù)一直以來被應(yīng)用于實物三維模型的仿制上。9月4日，在倫敦開幕的一場新品展覽中，我們見識了3D打印技術(shù)的顯著進步。3D打印機如今可以直接制造機械、衣物、汽車乃至人體部件，為人們節(jié)省大量的時間與金錢。
On display at the exhibit is a car that can reach speeds of 320 kilometers per hour and is set to be entered in the Le Mans 24-hour race. It is the result of several prototypes built by Strakka Racing, a company based in Silverstone, England - the home of Britain's motor sports.
這輛車的時速高達每小時320公里，將被用來參加勒芒24小時耐力賽。這輛車是位于英格蘭銀石地區(qū)的斯特拉卡公司是用幾件模型所合成的結(jié)晶。而該公司的所在地，又正是英國賽車運動的起源地。
"Motorsports is such a competitive industry that if you're slow in bringing something to the track, you fall behind, and once you fall behind it's almost impossible target=_blank class=infotextkey>possible to catch up,” said Dan Walmsley, engineer and team principal for Strakka Racing.
斯特拉卡車隊工程師、車隊負責(zé)人沃姆斯利說：“賽車運動就是這樣一個競爭激烈的行業(yè)；如果你在某項技術(shù)上慢了，你就落后了。一旦你落后了，再追上幾乎就是不可能的了?！?BR> Like many other teams, Strakka has been using 3-D printing of components to try out designs and materials as quickly as possible target=_blank class=infotextkey>possible. But the company is now producing the actual car parts using the 3-D print technology, which is essentially adding layers of material under computer control to get a desired shape.
像其它車隊一樣，斯特拉卡一直盡可能快地用3D打印所制造的零部件來對設(shè)計和材料進行新的嘗試。但是如今該公司利用3D打印技術(shù)直接制造新的零部件。大體來講是在計算機的控制下生產(chǎn)材料層，以獲得所預(yù)期的形狀。
"So we've got aerodynamic components on the car such as the front dive planes, the air intake, interior components. We found that the material properties have recently moved forwards to a point where they're stiff enough and strong enough and light enough to function as a fully finished production component on a race car," explained Walmsley.
沃姆斯利說：“我們將氣動元件如前潛水架、進氣口、內(nèi)部部件等裝在車上。我們發(fā)現(xiàn)，材料的性能又上了一個臺階，現(xiàn)在具有足夠的硬度、強度和較輕的重量，符合賽車對于零部件的要求標準?！?BR> A Dutch producer is developing smaller drones for use in everyday life, like surveying areas for fires or other problems.
一架來自荷蘭的制造商正在研究將小型無人機運用到日常生活中，以執(zhí)行如火災(zāi)檢測等任務(wù)。
"At the moment we're working on drone-to-drone communication, that is where a drone can talk with another drone and knows where he is in the area, at this stage we're developing this. For the future, drones will only get smarter and smaller and will do stuff we cannot imagine now," said Joost Hezemans, head of design for drone manufacturer Aerialtronics.
無人機制造商阿萊茲尼克斯公司設(shè)計總監(jiān)赫茲曼斯說： “目前，我們正在著力研究無人機之間的通訊?，F(xiàn)在的階段是，我們在研究一架無人機如何與另一架無人機進行交流，并獲知其所在的具體區(qū)域。從未來來看，無人機將會變得更聰明、更小，甚至可以做一些我們現(xiàn)在無法想象的事情?！?BR> Movie costume makers also find the technology useful.
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影視服裝制造商也受益于3D打印技術(shù)。
"Not so long ago if we'd have invested a lot of time in making a prototype, if we found that it didn't fit or we had to change it dramatically, you know, you're really going back massive amount of weeks of work. Now, you can make the modifications pretty quick," said Grant Pairman, costume manufacturer for FBFX Ltd.
FBFX服裝生產(chǎn)公司皮爾曼說：“還在不久之前，我們需要花很多的時間來制作一個樣本，如果我們發(fā)現(xiàn)不合適的話，還需要做大量的修改，這可能會好再耗上幾個月的時間?，F(xiàn)在改起來就快多了?！?BR> Naomi Kaempfer, creative director of Stratsys, a U.S. manufacturer of 3-D printers, says manufacturing in 3-D printing is still evolving.
時裝設(shè)計師們也持相同看法。但三維打印機制造商斯切特西公司的創(chuàng)意總監(jiān)坎普弗爾說，3D技術(shù)仍在不斷向前發(fā)展。
“We are still waiting for 3-D printed materials that have the right durability and the strength that textile fiber allows. We have to understand that 3-D printing is an additive layered technology, and in order to create fiber strength you actually need to have a continuous fiber going through the material,” said Kaempfer.
坎普弗爾說：“現(xiàn)在3D打印的成品在耐久性與纖維匹強度上都還不屬于。我們必須了解3D打印技術(shù)是一項是材料層生產(chǎn)技術(shù)。為了使生成的纖維的具有強度，我們需要將纖維不斷添加到生成材料中去?！?BR> Today, 3D printing has come a long way from the time when it served to produce models for plastic surgeons, architects and manufacturers to only visualize the final product.
照比之前的只能夠為整形醫(yī)生、建筑師和生產(chǎn)商們提供視覺化的產(chǎn)品模型，3D打印技術(shù)在今天已經(jīng)取得了長足的進步。