We Empower Creation
Starting from humble beginnings, we have always asked “what next?”. The answers have taken us on more than a decade of experimentation and innovation in digital manufacturing — and turned a student robotics problem into a company that builds 3D printers in Bangalore.
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Mission and Vision
Our Mission
Empower the sustainable development of humankind by leveraging the disruptive advantages of digital fabrication and 3D printing.
Our Vision
High-quality, affordable manufacturing within the reach of every individual.
How We Do It
By building the machines here, supporting them from here, and publishing what we know about the materials that run on them.
Two Students, One Robotics Problem
Fracktal Works was founded in June 2013 by two engineering students at Manipal Institute of Technology. They were building robots with the university robotics team, Robomanipal, and kept hitting the same wall: the manufacturing they needed was either not affordable or not good enough. Looking for a way around it they found 3D printing, and used their robotics background to build their first printer.
Where the Name Came From
“Fracktal” is derived from fractal — a never-ending, infinitely complex pattern that is the graphical representation of a recursive mathematical expression. In fractals we found the perfect analogue for 3D printing: tangible geometric beauty generated from a mathematical expression.
The logo comes from the work of the Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärd, who drew impossible objects. The “FW” in the mark is itself an impossible object when the two letters are read together — while each letter on its own is a perfectly ordinary shape in 3D space. It signifies exactly what we set out to do: make the impossible happen.
From One Printer to a Range
Snowflake
The plug-and-play desktop machine — quality parts straight out of the box.
Julia
The line the company started with, now a connected professional desktop printer.
Volterra
450 °C hotend and a 90 °C heated chamber for engineering polymers.
Apollo SLS
Production-grade laser sintering — no supports, full geometric freedom.
The Rest of What We Do
Manufacturing services
FDM, SLS, HP MJF, SLA and vacuum casting — send us the part and we will make it.
Engineering services
CAD, DfAM, process parameters, reverse engineering, UAV work and IIoT.
Research and education
Machines, materials and support for labs, classrooms and student projects — including a sponsorship programme.
Come and see what we build
Whether you want a machine on your floor or a part in your hand, the conversation starts the same way. Tell us what you are trying to make.