It looks like one model of the next Apple Watch, due to land in just a few weeks, could be built in a whole new way.
But the new system is designed to make the production line more streamlined, reducing “the time it takes to build devices while also helping the environment by using less material.”
Gurman says the new technique is called binder jetting which prints something close to the case size from “a powdered substance, which afterward goes through a process called sintering. That uses heat and pressure to squeeze the material into what feels like traditional steel. The exact design and cutouts are then milled like in the previous process.”
The move to 3D printing is expensive when it’s in development, it seems but could lower costs over time. “For now, the cost per watch case with the new process is in line with that of the prior method,” Gurman explains. For now, Apple is limiting 3D printing to “lower-volume products,” the report claims, but is considering adding other materials that can be 3D-printed for more devices in the future. Titanium can be 3D-printed, too, so perhaps a future Apple Watch Ultra or even iPhone Pro will be created using this process.
As for the regular Apple Watch Series 9, which is doubtless going to be made from aluminum as at present, Apple “hasn’t made headway on mass-producing 3D-printed enclosures with that material,” it’s said.
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