Chennai, 10th May 2017: 3D printing turns digital 3D models into solid objects by building them up in layers. The technology was first invented in the 1980s, and since that time has been used for rapid prototyping (RP).
To make the faculty and students aware of this technology, an interactive seminar and demonstration on 3D printing was organized at Loyola institute of Technology, Palanchur by IONIC 3DP, a Singapore based innovative 3D printer company, recently. The Team consisted Dr. Du Xinxan, Director, Mr. Francis Regan, Chief Technical Officer, Mr. Shabbir Sultan Shamsuddin from Singapore, Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Feng Xuming from China, Chief Architect of IONIC 3DP were the resource persons for the event.
The team presented merits and application of this technology and made the students CSE, Mechanical, ECE & Civil Engineering aware of the functionality of their newly invented, user friendly and cost effective 3D printer-KAPPA. This has several applications in both Engineering and Medical fields. The utilization of the 3D printers for building various working models was also emphasized.
The manual modeling process of preparing geometric data for 3D computer graphics is similar to plastic arts such as sculpting. A live demonstration of the working model was shown which made several realistic plastic products. The Faculty were asked to make a printed model of the main building of the college.
