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3D Printing in Defence: Spares, Drones and Depot Tooling
3D printing in defence is mostly not about printing weapons. It is about the parts that keep a thirty-year-old platform in service, the drone airframe redesigned…
Ishaan Pilar · 5 min read3D Printed Electronics Enclosures: Materials, Design, Cost
3D printed electronics enclosures are the first thing most engineers print and the part most of them print worst. A box is easy to model and…
Ishaan Pilar · 5 min read3D Printing for Packaging: Prototypes, Tooling, Line Parts
3D printing for packaging rarely means printing the packaging. It means printing the bottle before the mould exists, the closure that has to be tested in…
Ishaan Pilar · 4 min read3D Printing for Drones: Frames, Mounts and Small Batches
3D printing for drones works because a drone is an argument between stiffness and mass, settled in grams, and re-argued after every crash. A printed arm…
Ishaan Pilar · 5 min read3D Printing for Electric Vehicles: Battery, Cabin, Tooling
3D printing for electric vehicles matters because an EV is a vehicle being redesigned while it is being sold. Battery packs change with every cell supplier,…
Ishaan Pilar · 4 min readPreoperative Planning with 3D Printed Anatomical Models
3D printed anatomical models turn a CT or MRI scan into an object a surgeon can hold, cut, drill and plan on before the patient is…
Vijay Raghav Varada · 4 min read3D Printed Jigs, Fixtures and Gauges: A Design Guide
3D printed jigs and fixtures are the highest-return part anyone prints. A fixture is needed in ones, changes constantly, and is used hard, and every one…
Vijay Raghav Varada · 5 min read3D Printed End-Use Parts: When Production Printing Pays
3D printed end-use parts are production parts made without a tool: the housing, the clip, the duct or the bracket that ships in the product, printed…
Vijay Raghav Varada · 4 min read
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