J.D Birla Institute, LECTURE ON 3D PRINTING AND RAPID PROTOTYPING

 J.D Birla Institute

Department of Textile Science, Clothing & Fashion Studies organized

LECTURE ON 3D PRINTING AND RAPID PROTOTYPING

  

Kolkata: J.D. Birla Institute in association with 3dlabs.in held a special lecture-cum-demonstration on 3D Printing & Rapid Prototyping for students of the Department of Interior Designing and Department of Textile Science, Clothing and Fashion Studies on 8^th May, 2013. The lecture was delivered by Mr. Prateek Lohia of Radiant Advertising, a former JDBI student. The technology may be integrated for students in their courses when designing. Some models were created using polymer derived from maize starch.

Among the new technologies currently employed in art, fashion and design, 3D printing definitely is the one that has been generating more interest, offering an entirely new tool to make things with complex shapes and structures using innovative materials.

3D printing is a process of making a three-dimensional solid object of virtually any shape from a digital model. 3D printing is achieved using an additive process, where successive layers of material are laid down in different shapes. The technology is used for both prototyping and distributed manufacturing in jewelry, footwear, industrial design, architecture, engineering and construction (AEC), automotive, aerospace, dental and medical industries, education, geographic information systems, civil engineering, and many other fields.

Interestingly, home interiors were one of the first applications where 3D Printing was really used to manufacture products, rather than simply prototypes. 3D printed interior products from lamp fittings and fruit bowls, to furniture and art are being produced. At the moment, 3D printing is still very much a rapid prototyping tool for architects. As more and more architects have transitioned from 2D Computer Aided Design (CAD) software to 3D CAD software, they have been able to exploit the link between 3D CAD and 3D printing. Architects are now regularly producing very detailed models of buildings, interiors, 3D site plans and even whole master plans for redevelopments, made possible by linking 3D printing with topological scanning and satellite data. It is even possible to extract data on a specific geographic area from Google Earth and 3D print this as an aid to master planning.

For the fashion and luxury industries, in particular, 3D printing technology has significant implications for rapid prototyping and product customizations, like size and fit. Certain sophisticated experimentations have led to a 3D printed shoe collection, jewellery, a (wearable) bikini made out of one continuous piece of material generated by code, and an application that allows a layperson to create an avant-garde little black dress in minutes.

About the J.D. Birla Institute:

J.D. Birla Institute, which is a private un-aided college, was established in June 1962 when late Smt. Sushila Devi Birla established a college for girls to provide scientific education to young women from Kolkata's conservative family. Over the 50 glorious years, JDBI has grown with the needs and demands of the changing times. The Institute has made rapid strides over the decades to emerge as a centre of excellence. The name was changed to J.D. Birla Institute in 2002 with the launch of a satellite campus to house the co-educational Department of Management. Today the Institute, which has an `A' grade from National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), provides graduate, post-graduate degrees under affiliation to Jadavpur University and several short term courses.