Small presentation on 3D Printing & Space

1. 3D Printing & Space
SpaceUp India
Bangalore
1st December, 2012
Viral Sachde
Cycloid System
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2. 3D Printing
• Also called “Additive manufacturing”
• Process of making solid object from
digital design
• Laying down one layer of material at
time and doing it repetitively
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3. Example Parts
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4. Advantage of 3D Printing
• Does not require any setup / mold
• Typically, does not require any
manual work
• Builds part in minutes ! ! !
• Clean technology (Less material
waste)
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5. Disadvantage
• For higher qty (mass) production,
manufacturing time per Part is realty
high
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6. Space
• Typically, Space and related industry
requires plenty of custom
components on small quantity.
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7. Examples
• NASA Turns to 3D Printing for
Self-Building Spacecraft [13 Sep, 2012]
• 3D-Printing a Low-Cost Satellite [26 Nov, 2012]
• Boeing Making Airplane Parts Using
3D Printing[14 July, 2012]
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8. Cycloid System
• At Cycloid System, we are developing
our own 3D printers.
• We provide 3D printing service using
www.c4l.in website.
• C4L stands for Custom Components
for Large Community
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9. Thank you
Viral Sachde
Cycloid System
viral@cycloid.in
+91 9739182449
Skype: viral_sachde
Twitter: viralsachde
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