3D printing Lab
3D printing Lab was established to provide the modern research facilities related with current innovation in additive manufacturing for startups and research work. This proposed lab was designed to facilitate the undergraduate, post graduate and doctorate students to work on novel ideas related to research and startups. The facilities in this lab includes: sterolithography (SLA) 3D printing, multi jet 3D printing, LCD based resin 3D printing, and 5 different extrusion based 3D printers. Recently this research lab owned a extrusion system (extruder, shredder and spooler). Along with these facilities, melt flow indexer, shore D hardness tester is being used for the testing the quality of the filament manufactured through extruder. This lab is now best known for manufacturing the low cost filaments used in 3D printing made up of waste plastic materials. Currently, 4 undergraduate, 6 post graduate and 4 PhD research scholars are working in this lab through their novel research ideas. This researchers in this 3D printing Lab has been established the methodology to develop own 3D printing filament (raw materials for 3D printing) materials composed of waste plastics. By using the mechanical extrusion process with reinforcement of metallic/non-metallic particulate for production of feedstock filaments used in 3D printing (Fig. 1). It has delivered a significant breakthrough in the line of 3D printing, where the cost of 3D printing feedstock filament has been reduced. The market cost of this 3D printing feedstock filament is around 10000-15000Rs/Kg, which is reduced to Rs 500-600/Kg if processed by using mechanical recycling. The proposed feedstock filaments (recycled) of 3D printing can be used for various engineering, prototyping, and structural applications.
Associated Projects
Project title: On development of PCL-PLA nanofibre composite matrix for biomimetic scaffolding through additive manufacturing", Cost 19 Lakhs, PI: Dr, Ranvijay Kumar, Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board, India.
Details of funding agencies
Project title: On development of PCL-PLA nanofibre composite matrix for biomimetic scaffolding through additive manufacturing", Cost 19 Lakhs, PI: Dr, Ranvijay Kumar, Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board, India.
Outcomes mapped with the accomplishment of sustainability goals by today i.e. 21st January, 2022 at 3pm
The Outcomes of 3D printing Lab mapped in relation with sustainable development goals (SDG) to achieve:
- Quality education
- Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- Responsible consumption and production
- Climate action
As the world’s population continues to grow, the increase of day-to-day use products has led to the accumulation of garbage. As plastic is composed of major toxic pollutants, it has the potential to cause significant harm to the environment in the form of air, water, and land pollution. Plastic pollution is the collection of substances in the form of solid or particles in the earth’s environment that adversely impact wildlife, wildlife habitats, and humans. The plastic pollutants can be broadly divided into macro-debris and micro-debris categories, which must be recycled for better sustainability of living and non-living creatures. The proposed route has been developed for recycle the waste polymeric materials for manufacturing of useful products by 3D printing process. The researchers of 3D printing Lab are continuously working is this direction to provide the quality education to society thus they can take the preventive actions against the causes of climate change and plastic pollution.
Apart from the quality education and reducing the plastic waste for sustainable environmental goals, the researchers is the 3D printing Lab are also working together with industries related projects to facilitate the updated research and innovations. The recent collaboration has been done with the local 3D printing industries to facilitate them with outcomes of the recent research and innovations. The 3D printing Lab aims to deliver the foolproof and soundproof technologies for responsible consumption and production of the plastics and plastic wastes.
