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3D Printing in the Railway Industry
A passenger coach is built to run for thirty or forty years. The company that moulded its armrest end caps may not last ten. Somewhere in the second half of that life, every railway ends up with the same problem:…
Read the story3D Printing in Engineering: From Concept to Functional Prototype
Every product goes through the same ladder: a sketch, a shape you can hold, a version that works, a version that survives testing, and finally the…
Vijay Raghav Varada · 4 min read3D Printing in Dentistry: Models, Aligners and Surgical Guides
Dentistry adopted 3D printing earlier and more completely than almost any other field, for a simple reason: every patient is a one-off. A crown, an aligner,…
Vijay Raghav Varada · 4 min read3D Printing for Entertainment: Props, Costumes and Sets
A prop department has always been a small factory that makes each thing once. A helmet for one scene, a weapon that has to look right…
Vijay Raghav Varada · 4 min read3D Printing in Jewellery: Investment Casting and Direct Printing
Jewellery was one of the first trades to make money from 3D printing, and it did so quietly, by replacing one step in a process that…
Vijay Raghav Varada · 4 min readHow to Get a Part 3D Printed by Fracktal: Upload, Quote, Delivery
Getting a part printed by us is a short process, and most of the delay people experience with any print service comes from the file rather…
Vijay Raghav Varada · 4 min readFDM, SLS, SLA or Metal: Which 3D Printing Process for Which Part
"3D printing" is five different processes that share a file format. Choosing the wrong one is the most common reason a printed part disappoints: a nylon…
Vijay Raghav Varada · 4 min readFracktal Works Raises Seed Funding from Aarin Capital, MEMG
Bengaluru, November 2024. Fracktal Works, one of India's first homegrown 3D printing companies, has received seed funding of an undisclosed amount from Mr Mohandas Pai of…
Ishaan Pilar · 5 min read3D Printing for Monument Conservation: 530 Karnataka Sites
3D printing for monument conservation is the largest application of our technology outside engineering and medicine, and it began with a partnership announced in March 2024…
Ishaan Pilar · 3 min read3D Printing Lab for Engineering Colleges: Setting It Up
A 3D printing lab for engineering colleges is a different thing from a printer in a school: it runs unattended overnight, it prints engineering materials rather…
Ishaan Pilar · 4 min read
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