5 most Applications of 3D printing in Jewellery

3D printing is a Rapidapid Prototyping Technology positioned at the design stage to produce inexpensive models. Once the 3D model is created the design team will review the product. 3D printing use has increased and many industries are adopting this technology.

The use of 3D printing in the jewellery industries is increasing day by day. With 3D printing model editing is fast. Software like RHINO, JewelCAD is used for work jewellery designing.

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Now let us see, 5 most applications of 3D printing in jewellery.

1. Prototype Modelling

Before making actual jewellery a prototype model can be made first and can be viewed in all direction. Any changes to be done can be implemented at this stage. At this stage, it not only reduces design defect but also saves time.

2. Functional Testing beforehand

After making the model actual jewellery is made. Then it is tested functionally and used on the body. The customer is satisfied with its appearance and usage.

3. Customisation

Customised Jewellery can be made directly. Due to this customer can make quick decisions and make changes as per their creativity and demand. Customised 3D printed jewellery fits properly and is aligned with the body composer, which looks beautiful.

4. Produce Jewellery parts directly

Normally in several international fashion shows, jewellery costume is made and shown to the public as a unique application of 3D printing in jewellery, which is highly appreciated by the world.

5. Wax models in Lost Wax Casting

Normally wax model is made as a pattern in the lost wax casting procedure. It is a complicated procedure step by step to prepare a wax model. With the help of a wax model pattern, actual jewellery is made with different material such as brass gold extra. 3D printed wax models are fast to make on a 3D printer after a CAD model is made. Thus reducing the time and cost to make jewellery.

The high cost of 3D printing in jewellery application it has captured a small fraction of the market. In the future with easy to use 3D printing Technology the 3D printed jewellery market is poised for growth. Castable Wax 40 Resin easy to use material for jewellery manufacturing will lead to a bigger market in future definitely.

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5 Applications of 3D Printing in Medical Field

 

3D printing is used in many fields nowadays along with the medical and dental fields too. In my previous blog, I had written about the main four applications of 3D printing in dentistry. In this blog, I will be writing on 5 applications of 3D printing in the medical field.

Personalise, precision in the medical field is on the rise. New technology is bringing doctor and patient closure by delivering treatment and giving customised services comfort and personalised treatment.

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Following are the 5 applications of 3D printing in the medical field.

1. Anatomical models patient wise

Anatomical models normally which we see at ENT specialist, where eye, nose or ear 3D model is kept near the doctor to explain the patient regarding their problems. Due to 3D printing technology, the patient can be 3D scanned, and as per their configuration 3D model can be built. This anatomical 3D model can be referred to for preoperative planning, visualisation, and sizing for pre-fitting medical equipment for a routine and highly complex procedure.

2. Medical instruments and devices

As you know 3D printing is a rapid prototyping process. Because of reviews and low cost, many manufacturers of medical tools have developed and adopted the technology to produce brand new medical devices and surgical instruments. Overall 80 to 90% reduction in lead time for prototypes is due to in-house 3D printing.

3. Affordable artificial body part (Prostheses)

Simple prostheses only available in a few sizes, the patient has to use what best fits him. Custom-fit prostheses are expensive depending upon a person's individual size and shape. Secondly, as a child grows the protheses has to be adjusted which is very expensive to repair. 3D printing prostheses has got the required size will be much cheaper than those available in the market.

4. Solutions for foot-related issues (Insoles and Orthoses)

Insoles and Orthoses are solutions for a number of foot-related issues and can be very effective for reducing pain and addressing other physical or postural problems.
Insoles are the product that you can find in pharmacies and other healthcare shops. Insoles offer to cushion and support the foot, which reduces pain. Insoles can be used by wide a range of people as possible.

Orthoses are similar to inserts, but with the important distinction of being custom-made.

5. 3D printed organs, Tissues, Blood Vessels.

Normal procedure is using autograft of tissue from one point to another of the same individual body, or organ transplant from a donor. Research in the field of 3D bioprinting is hoping to soon be able to create tissues, blood vessels, and organs on demand. While 3D bioprinting fully functional internal organs such as hearts, kidneys, and liver still sound futuristic, advancements with hybrid 3D techniques are happening at a very rapid rate.

Overall there is tremendous research going on in the medical field to make use of 3D printing technology. With the help of man's original tissues different organs are being built, which can be replaced with the damaged organs.

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Main 4 Applications of 3D Printing in Dentistry

 

3D printing is being used in many fields nowadays. 3D printing applications are endless and particularly it is now advancing into medical and dental fields too. A dental implant is usual in the field of medicine and everything is made as per the patient mouth and should be custom-made for that person. There is no one size that fits all dentures or braces and patient often needs repetition of the process of the same mouthpiece they work their way through different treatment.
This makes 3D printing an ideal fit for dental industries, as it's possible to make unique surgical guides, crowns, and trays quickly and cheaply. There is no need of taking a physical impression and creating a plaster model. Instead, a 3D digital impression can be taken with a scanner, a camera that can create a 3D rendering of teeth into a digital file. With all this technology on hand, the device can be printed right then and there without the patient even having to leave their chair.

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Following are the applications of 3D printing technology in dentistry.

1. Repair or replace a damaged tooth

The dentists scan the patient's mouth with a small scanner. This creates a 3D image of teeth and gums which is saved in a computer in a 3D model. This helps the dentist to digitally to design the tooth repair and print the finished product on a 3D printer.

2. Create a 3D Model of Teeth and Gum for study and treat accordingly.

Normally the patient is told to bite down on uncomfortable clay to get an impression of their teeth and gums, which becomes their initial model for designing a treatment of braces or artificial tooth replacement. But now with 3D printing dentists can use the same Technology explained in the first example to scan the teeth, design, and print the end result in-house.

3. Manufacture dentures, bridges, caps, or crowns.

With the help of 3D printing, all kinds of dental implants can be 3D printed in-house. Here it will be printed more precisely and will fit properly.

4. Make surgical tools and guides

Not only 3D printing can make dental implants themselves but they can also 3D print 3D guides of supports that are needed to complete dental procedures.

There is a number of benefits of 3D printing in dentistry. The dentist saves money as he makes implants in-house also no skilled staff is needed to support. Subsequently patient saves money too. Manual model making is time-consuming while 3D printing is very fast and accurate. Overall there is a bright future for 3D printing in dentistry.

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5 ways to start a small business using 3D printer

3D printing is an innovative business. 3D printing is a new technology and there are chances that you will succeed and achieve profits in 3D printing. Considering the market you will not have many competitors in this field. It's Blue Ocean market right now. Compare to other countries we in India have a long way to go and explore.

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There are 5 ways to start a small business using a 3D printer, let us understand how. To know about it read my blog till the end.

1. Customised Items

Many of us must be remembering when we were a child we used to collect different stickers, photos of cricketers, film actors or comic characters and used to exchange if you have double or triple. These all were available through some toffees or chocolates. Now you can choose any character and print in no time at your home.

A good model designer and 3D printer can make anything you wants. You can sell this product all over the world. You can make dinosaurs, ancient animals or any characters you want. Your imagination is the limit. You can even get money from the most popular crowfunding sites for your 3D printing startup.

2. Designers products

You can print home products in small series and at affordable prices keeping 3D printing profit at the same time. Similarly, 3D printing startup is Jewellery manufacturing. Demand for made to order Jewellery is more nowadays in the market. You can make Customised Jewellery.

3. Prototyping

Actually, 3D printing initially started for prototype products only, due to its initial high cost in manufacturing with the help of dies. Many designers will like to check their ideas on real models. Offering prototype services for them will be an ideal business. The cost of production is not much and the 3D printing margin will be satisfactory.

4. 3D printing farms

Instead of having a number of printers you can get it printed from outside from 3D printing farms. A 3D print farm is a group of 3D printer that run simultaneously and as continuously as possible to increase production rates of printed parts. Here you can send your model through the internet to them and get 3D printed object at your doorsteps.

5. 3D scanning

3D scanning is a supplementary service to 3D printing. Many people will like to copy the shape of their favourite objects, living creature are even their own face. Scanning your object and scaling to the required size and modifying it and joining with some other object you can print as you like. Instead of a picture of anything, a 3D object is made and it looks beautiful.

The more you explore 3D printing solution the bigger are the chances of the 3D printing business. You will succeed and start ahead of other competition and make an impact in the market. So don't wait 3D printing is just within your reach. Just try.

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5 Reasons Why You Should Use 3D Printing for Jigs and Fixtures

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Jigs and Fixtures are used for manufacturing components accurately a number of times. Jigs hold the workpiece in place and guide the cutting tool to carry out a specific task. Jigs are normally used in drilling, boring, reaming and tapping. Fixtures are used for milling, slotting, shaping, turning and planning.

Jigs and fixtures are normally made from steel or aluminium but nowadays addition to this material, 3D printed Jigs and Fixtures are used to increase speed and reduction of time and expenditure.

The top 5 reasons to use 3D printing for Jigs and Fixtures are as follows.

 1. Complex Design

It is most suitable for complex design, irregular shape, intricate shape or smaller size Jigs and Fixtures. With 3D printing, you can create new design at regular intervals, for optimum performance and make it in less time and less cost. You have much larger scope with 3D printing for tool configuration as tool production will no longer be limited by machining or injection moulding operations.

2. Component consolidation 

As complex parts can be made by additive machining , Jigs and Fixtures can be redesigned and made as one single unit instead of multiple Jigs, which will reduce or even eliminate the long lead time, labour and costs that are required for assembly line. This will improve the overall precision and accuracy of the finish tool.

3. Customisation 

Printed Jigs and fixture create strong, lightweight easily customised for the application, better ergonomics and operator safety. You can build in special property such as heat and chemical resistant, UV stability and flame retardancy. Most of the material used in 3D printing are lighter than aluminium and are not printed solid, in fact infills are used in between with outer shell. This reduces the weight and consequently increases productivity. Tools are easy to move around the production floor.

3. Cost Reduction 

3D printed Jigs and Fixtures not only saves time, there is significant reduction in production cost too. Often Jigs and fixture and other tooling equipment or outsourced to external supplier. 3D printing allows manufacturer of Jigs and fixture inhouse. This reduces the outsourcing cost. Inventory also reduces with 3D printing. Instead of storing tooling equipment's additive manufacturing enables on demand manufacture. So tools can be made as and when needed.

5. Better Ergonomics

Jigs and Fixtures are handled by people on production floor. It is easier for worker to use due to its lightweight. Also it eliminate discomfort and risk of injury due to work. Additive manufacturing allows engineers to create improved tools to match exact requirement.

 

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9 Materials used for Industrial 3D Printing

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The following list includes the most common 3D Printing materials and filaments used for Industrial use.

1. PLA - Poly Lactic Acid Filament
it is the most common material used for 3D printing because it is easy to print, biodegradable and bio derived from corn and other bio material.

2. ABS - Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene Filament
This is another common 3D printing filament and is slightly less brittle then PLA and can handle high temperature. It releases fumes when heated so it is advisable that your print area is properly ventilated.

3. Cellulose + PLA - Wood Fiber Filament
This has high strength, highly robust material made from wood fibre and PLA. It has a natural wood look, feel and even smell like wood.

4. PET - Polyethylene Terephthalate Filament
This is commonly used in plastic bottle, a recyclable filament. Even objects printed in PET are recyclable.

5. PVA - Poly Vinyl Alcohol
This is a supporting material used for complex object being printed. After printing object the PVA can be dissolved in water, creating open spaces in the object.

6. Nylon Filament
This is used for object for high strength and high heat resistance.

7. TPU - Ninjaflex & Thermoplastic Urethane Filaments
This is a soft flexible material with a variety of applications.

8. Metal
Second most popular material in 3D printing industry are metal, used through a process known as direct metal layer sintering or DMLS. DMLS printing are also used for jewellery products.
The range of metals that are applicable to the DMLS technique is a diverse as the various 3D printer plastic types, they are Stainless-Steel, Bronze, Gold, Nickel, Aluminium and Titanium.

9. Carbon-Fibre
Composite such as carbon fibre are used in 3D Printers as a top-coat over Plastic materials, to make part stronger. This combination is used in the 3D Printing Industry as fast, convenient alternative to metal in the future.

 

There are many other material used in 3D printing and are explored in various sectors application.

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3D Printing verses Conventional Machining

 

In 3D printing material is deposited only whatever is needed to make a part since it is an additive process, whereas in conventional machining material is removed, subtracted, thereby scrap is generated and part is made. To know more about 3D printing let us compare 3D Printing verses Conventional Machining please read my blog till the end.

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1 - Rapid prototyping

Prototyping can be done quickly from design. Once the 3D model is made on software as per requirement, it can be made quickly after defining actual manufacturing on 3D printer with help of slicing software and layering software. Once this is done, connect a pen drive where this program is ready to a 3Dprinter. 3D printer will start manufacturing part layer-by-layer in no time.

 

2 - Waste Prevention

In 3D printing, only material is deposited to make that part layer by layer, with no extra material, so there is no wastage at all as compared to conventional machining, where from solid block or rod material is removed to make part. Thus the material removed in conventional machining to make part produces wastage too, which goes into scrap

 

3 - Creating complex geometries

 

Compared to conventional machining, more complex geometries can be produced since it is an additive process. Those complex geometries are often lighter and stronger to compared to conventional machined part. With conventional methods, a highly complex part cost more to make than to make a very simple one, whereas in additive manufacturing the process is same for complex part, thus no additional cost.

 

4 - Freedom of design

By use of new optimisation software it gives freedom to design and produce organic shapes and light-weight structures. Conventional machining has to adhere strictly to the design of manufacturing. However 3D printing the additive manufacturing process eliminate this concern since any design is possible, as long as you have right support material.

 

5 - Adaption to production with 3D printer

3D printing is typically used for prototype parts, it can be quickly expanded to production, ready to use parts and finished products. In conventional machining to finalise the part, it is normally done on CNC machine till the part is ok which costs more than normal machining, whereas in 3D printing it costs the same for prototype as well as for production.

 

6 - 3D printing and the future of manufacturing business

3D printing are not only more productive but are also for environmentally friendly. Normally when you make any part with conventional method, it has scrap leftover. A 3D printer knows the mould and design and build only what is needed. Thus 3D printed parts are more economical and earth friendly. 3D printer also has the advantages of becoming a productive manufacturing tool. With commercial 3D printer, higher production volumes can be achieved and larger products can be designed.

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