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Three-Dimensional Printing: Revolutionary Technology for Academic Use & Prototype Development

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In current scenario, 3D printing is a revolutionary technology for design and development of 3-dimensional digital model and prototyping objects. There are various 3D printing technologies available today. This paper presents the ‘fused deposition modeling’ technique of 3D printing and its applications in making real world objects. Here, a 3D printer is used for the development and implementation purpose. 3D printing is being used to teach both students and pedagogue about 3D printer and to develop 3D printing skills. This technology helps to develop design skills and methodologies for creativity; to create art effects that can be used as learning aids or as assistive technologies in special learning settings. This paper mainly describes how to design and develop various objects and prototypes with this technology. It also focuses on how this technique is helpful and beneficial to educational projects and engineering-based researches.

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Tripathi, B.S., Gupta, R., Reddy, S.R.N. (2019). Three-Dimensional Printing: Revolutionary Technology for Academic Use & Prototype Development. In: Chen, S., Zhang, Y., Feng, Z. (eds) Transactions on Intelligent Welding Manufacturing. Transactions on Intelligent Welding Manufacturing. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8668-8_9

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