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3D Printing in Schools: What a Classroom Printer Teaches
3D printing in schools works when the printer is treated as a tool for making things, not as a subject in itself. The schools that get…
Ishaan Pilar · 5 min readFDM Print Settings Explained: The Six That Matter
FDM print settings decide whether a part comes off the machine strong, accurate and on time, or as a stringy, warped object that took nine hours…
Ishaan Pilar · 6 min read3D Printing in Manufacturing: Tooling, Aids, Small Batches
3D printing in manufacturing pays for itself on the parts nobody puts on a bill of materials: the fixture that holds the assembly, the guide that…
Ishaan Pilar · 4 min read3D Printing in Aerospace: Cabin Parts, Ducts and Tooling
3D printing in aerospace is famous for the parts that fly: the fuel nozzle, the titanium bracket, the consolidated manifold. Those parts exist, they are metal,…
Ishaan Pilar · 4 min read3D Printing in the Automotive Industry: Where It Pays
3D printing in the automotive industry has settled into three jobs it does better than anything else: prototypes that arrive in days, tooling that a plant…
Ishaan Pilar · 4 min readHow Porsche 3D Printed Pistons for the 911 GT2 RS
Porsche's 3D printed pistons are the clearest case yet of additive manufacturing improving an engine that had already been optimised for decades. In 2020 Porsche, working…
Ishaan Pilar · 4 min read3D Printing in Healthcare: Models, Guides, Devices, Implants
3D printing in healthcare divides into four things, and it helps to keep them apart: anatomical models that surgeons plan on, guides and instruments used in…
Ishaan Pilar · 4 min read3D Printing in Robotics: Grippers, Mounts and Housings
3D printing in robotics is not about printing robots. It is about the parts of a robot that are different on every machine: the fingers that…
Ishaan Pilar · 6 min read3D Printed Spare Parts: Digital Inventory for Indian Plants
3D printed spare parts solve a problem every plant manager recognises: the machine is down for a plastic part worth a few hundred rupees, the supplier…
Ishaan Pilar · 5 min readIs 3D Printing Sustainable? Waste, Materials and Energy
Is 3D printing sustainable? Honestly: sometimes, and the difference is in how it is used. A printer that makes one part, once, from exactly the material…
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