A day-long workshop to introduce 3D printing (additive manufacturing), a jaw dropping technology, was organised jointly by Government College of Engineering and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Salem here recently.
K. M. S. Rajesh Kumar, chairman, CII Salem, in his key note address, expressed the hope that the workshop would influence the human index factor of Salem – the longevity, literacy rate and the GDP in total.
R. S. D. Wahida Banu, principal, Government College of Engineering, explained the objectives of the workshop. C. Rani, assistant professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering and co-coordinator of the workshop, offered felicitations.
The workshop discussed existing and evolving opportunities available in the field of medicine, education and space science. The resource persons explained that rapid prototype was a modelling technique that could speed up and improve new product and development. It was widely used in all engineering areas that included automotive, aerospace and marine, architecture, fashion jewellers, bio-medical and consumer product industries.
Rapid prototyping was used to make three-dimensional objects under computer control and quickly fabricate a scale model of a physical part using three-dimensional computer aided design (CAD) data. By virtue of quantum improvements in science and technology, the concept of 3D system corporation had turned a tremendous graph in the state-of-the-art advanced technology. The 3D printing technology was used in all fields such as aeronautical, armament, biomedical, electronic, missile system, allied system and also transportation system, they said.
The participants worked with the 3D printer worth Rs. 45 lakh.
