Apple Hoping to 3D-Print More Products

Apple is hoping to 3D-print aluminum instrumentality enclosures successful the future, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.


In today's "Power On" newsletter, Gurman revealed that Apple is pushing to determination to 3D-printed aluminum enclosures for for aboriginal devices. The MacBook Neo relies connected a caller aluminum manufacturing process that saves arsenic overmuch metallic arsenic imaginable to thrust down costs and velocity up production.

3D-printing aluminum enclosures would likewise alteration Apple to prevention worldly and summation efficiency. The process is apt to travel to the Apple Watch first, and perchance the iPhone astatine a aboriginal date.

The process is simply a follow-up to Apple's 3D-printed titanium technique, which debuted with the Apple Watch Ultra 3. Apple's manufacturing plan and operations departments are collaborating connected the project.


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