[Legacy Report] Symposium on 3D Printing and Allied Technologies

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IEEE Student Branch at Quantum School of Technology, Roorkee has organized a two days Symposium on 3D Printing and Allied Technologies as its debut event during 21^st and 22^nd April 2017.

3D Printing is an Additive Manufacturing technique that creates a physical object from a virtual 3D CAD model by depositing successive layers of material. They work like the traditional inkjet printers, but instead of ink, a 3D printer deposits desired material to manufacture an object from its digital format. 3D printing and rapid prototyping, in general, are widely claimed to have revolutionized not only the manufacturing industry but also many other walks of life like medicine, aerospace and automotive industry. This program on 3D Printing helped the participants understand the design, functioning and operation of a basic 3D Printer.

The inaugural keynote speaker of the event Dr. Arun K. Lall presented his address on Product Development and Rapid Prototyping. He aware all the participants about the benefits of rapid prototyping and its associated techniques. He tells the participants about the various RP techniques such as Stereo Lithography, laminated Object Manufacturing, Selective Laser Sintering, Fused Deposition Modeling, Solid Ground Curing, 3D Printing and Laser Engineered Net Shaping. At the end of his speech he gives his best wishes to event organizers and the institute for the success of the event.

During the symposium Er. Ramnath Bhat makes the participants familiar with the technical and practical aspects of 3D printing. He had also printed few of the selected designs made by the participants during the symposium.

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