think3D, India’s largest 3D printing platform has now expanded its 3D printer sales, printing services to Gandhinagar, Gujarat. This is as part of our endeavor to present in all the state capitals and prominent cities in India. Customers in Gandhinagar will be served from our regional hub in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. If you wish to purchase a 3D printer in Gandhinagar, please call us at (079) 3959 3960 or email us at info@think3d.in. Our person shall contact you within 24 hours and shall assist you in your requirement.
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think3D supplied couple of machines to us, one of which is a 3D printer. think3D team is reliable, was with us till the satisfactory delivery was made and minor post-delivery glitches were addressed. Highly dependable and trustworthy!
– Dr. Srinivas Prakash Regalla, Professor, BITS Pilani
About think3D
think3D is India’s largest 3D printing platform launched with the mission “3D Printing For All”. At think3D, we offer 3D Printers, 3D Printing Services, 3D Scanning Services, Design Store and also provide latest news on 3D printing technology. Over the last 1 year, think3D served various reputed clients like GE, Microsoft, Polycom, HCL, Wipro, Himalaya Wellness, IITs, BITS Pilani and so on.
About Gandhinagar
Gandhinagar is the capital of the state of Gujarat in Western India. Gandhinagar is located approximately 23 km North from Ahmedabad, on the west central point of the Industrial corridor between Delhi, the political capital of India, and Mumbai, the financial capital of India. Gandhinagar, Gujarat’s new capital city, lies on the west bank of the Sabarmati River, about 464 km away from Mumbai, the financial capital of India.
think3D, India’s largest 3D printing platform has now expanded its 3D printer sales, printing services to Panaji, Goa, India. This is as part of our endeavor to present in all the state capitals and prominent cities in India. Panaji customers are served through our regional hub in Bangalore, Karnataka. If you wish to purchase a 3D printer in Panaji, please call us at (080) 3951 3950 or email us at info@think3d.in. Our person shall contact you within 24 hours and shall assist you in serving your requirement.
Popular 3D printers
Makerbot Replicator 2X
Add a new level of creativity to your 3D designs with two interlaced colors that you can print simultaneously at a 100-Micron layer resolution. It’s powered by an advanced slicing engine, leading to high quality, high impact prints every time. Know more
Ultimaker 2
Designed for non-expert and expert alike The Ultimaker 2 was created to be as accessible as possible. Easy to use, the Ultimaker 2 is a truly revolutionary machine. Know more
FlashForge Finder
Flashforge Finder is super silent, simple and safer to use. 3.5 inch full color touchscreen with intuitive icons and slide-in build plate makes it very easy to operate the printer. Know More
Our Clients
Microsoft
SAP
Polycom
WIPRO
BITS Pilani
IIT BHU
IISC
IIT Kharagpur
ITM University
Graphic Era
Vimal Jyothi
Acharya Nagarjuna
HCL
SRM University
DRDO
Indian Air Force
BHEL
General Electric
Whirlpool
MESCO Steel
Autopal
Merritronix
Raychem RPG
Trelleborg
Himalaya
Sunshine Hospitals
Brun Health
Chassis Brakes
Customers Speak
think3D supplied couple of machines to us, one of which is a 3D printer. think3D team is reliable, was with us till the satisfactory delivery was made and minor post-delivery glitches were addressed. Highly dependable and trustworthy!
– Dr. Srinivas Prakash Regalla, Professor, BITS Pilani
About think3D
think3D is India’s largest 3D printing platform launched with the mission “3D Printing For All”. At think3D, we offer 3D Printers, 3D Printing Services, 3D Scanning Services, Design Store and also provide latest news on 3D printing technology. Over the last 1 year, think3D served various reputed clients like GE, Microsoft, Polycom, HCL, Wipro, Himalaya Wellness, IITs, BITS Pilani and so on.
About Panaji, Goa
Panaji is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district. It lies on the banks of the Mandovi River estuary in Tiswadi taluka. With a population of 114,405 in the metropolitan area, Panaji is Goa’s largest city, ahead of Margao and Vasco da Gama.
think3D, India’s largest 3D printing platform has now expanded its 3D printer sales, printing services to Raipur, Chattisgarh, India. This is as part of our endeavor to be present in all the state capitals and prominent cities in India. If you wish to purchase a 3D printer in Raipur, please call us at 040-3091 1007 or email us at info@think3d.in. Our person shall contact you within 24 hours and shall assist you in your requirement.
Add a new level of creativity to your 3D designs with two interlaced colors that you can print simultaneously at a 100-Micron layer resolution. It’s powered by an advanced slicing engine, leading to high quality, high impact prints every time. Know more
Ultimaker 2
Designed for non-expert and expert alike The Ultimaker 2 was created to be as accessible as possible. Easy to use, the Ultimaker 2 is a truly revolutionary machine. Know more
FlashForge Finder
Flashforge Finder is super silent, simple and safer to use. 3.5 inch full color touchscreen with intuitive icons and slide-in build plate makes it very easy to operate the printer. Know More
Our Clients
Microsoft
SAP
Polycom
WIPRO
BITS Pilani
IIT BHU
IISC
IIT Kharagpur
ITM University
Graphic Era
Vimal Jyothi
Acharya Nagarjuna
HCL
SRM University
DRDO
Indian Air Force
BHEL
General Electric
Whirlpool
MESCO Steel
Autopal
Merritronix
Raychem RPG
Trelleborg
Himalaya
Sunshine Hospitals
Brun Health
Chassis Brakes
Customers Speak
think3D supplied couple of machines to us, one of which is a 3D printer. think3D team is reliable, was with us till the satisfactory delivery was made and minor post-delivery glitches were addressed. Highly dependable and trustworthy!
– Dr. Srinivas Prakash Regalla, Professor, BITS Pilani
About think3D
think3D is India’s largest 3D printing platform launched with the mission “3D Printing For All”. At think3D, we offer 3D Printers, 3D Printing Services, 3D Scanning Services, Design Store and also provide latest news on 3D printing technology. Over the last 1 year, think3D served various reputed clients like GE, Microsoft, Polycom, HCL, Wipro, Himalaya Wellness, IITs, BITS Pilani and so on.
About Raipur, Chattisgarh
Raipur is a city in the Raipur district of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It is the capital city of the state of Chhattisgarh and is the administrative headquarters of Raipur District. It was formerly a part of Madhya Pradesh before the state of Chhattisgarh was formed on 1 November 2000. As of 2011, the municipal corporation of the city had a population of 1,010,087. Raipur’s economy has been based on agricultural-processing, Steel, Cement, Alloy, Poha and Rice. The city is located centrally in the state of Chhattisgarh, and now serves as a regional hub for trade and commerce for a variety of local agricultural and forest products.
THINK3D is one of India’s largest integrated 3D Printing service providers offering 3D Printing, 3D Scanning, 3D Designing, CNC Machining, Vacuum Casting & Injection Molding services all under one roof. Our facility is equipped with entire range of 3D Printing machines, 10 CNC Machines, 2 Injection Molding Machines and have a passionate team to serve you. We also have state of art 3D Scanning, 3D Designing, QC labs in-house
3D printing is an essential tool for accelerating the prototyping process. However, its applications stretch well beyond prototyping to other facets of the product lifecycle.
• Manufacturing – Design freedom and economically viable low-to-mid-volume production enable new possibilities for product design and operational improvement. Applied in combination, these two capabilities have the potential to transform decades-old supply chains and business models. • Tooling – 3D printed tooling advantages include on-demand production, customization, digitization of designs and unrestrained design flexibility. This cuts out costly suppliers, compresses lead times, enables digital warehousing and accelerates manufacturing floor productivity. • Sales and Retail – 3D printing gives retailers the ability to innovate, delivering highly customized, on-demand products and new experiences such as “co-designed” items developed in conjunction with the customers. • Aftermarket Supply – Businesses that embrace 3D printing for spare and replacement parts can replace warehouses of spare parts with 3D printers or a contract 3D printing service bureau to produce parts on a just-in-time basis.
3D printing accelerates the process by reducing the time and cost associated with prototyping and refining the design. Many more 3D printed prototypes can be produced in the time needed to mold or machine them and for much less cost. Highly realistic prototypes printed on full-color multimaterial printers look like the final product, cultivating faster and better decisions.
3D printing gives designers the capability to drastically shorten the design process compared to traditional methods of hand-modeling or outsourcing to model shops.
Keep the design process entirely in-house. With 3D printing, designers gain full control over the design process. Creating models in-house saves the time associated with outsourcing. More timeline flexibility empowers designers to try new ideas and iterate often, resulting in better products that stand out.
Prototype faster and smarter. Outsourcing is often too expensive and time-consuming to allow iteration of more detailed prototypes, especially models that incorporate CMF (color-material-finish). The speed and streamlined workflow of 3D printing gives designers the freedom to create dozens of detailed prototypes while reducing the time to arrive at the optimal design.
Create beautiful, highly detailed models. With full-color, multimaterial printing, designers can create prototypes that look, feel, and even function like the real thing in just a few hours. The ability to assess the color, texture, and ergonomics of a product means better feedback and faster approval from clients.
3D printing is not a wholesale replacement for existing manufacturing methods like molding and machining. Its benefit lies in supplementing these other technologies at points where they can’t compete. For example, 3D printing’s additive nature is able to make structures that aren’t possible with machining or molding. It also makes low- to mid-volume production economically viable because there’s no need for the tooling investment. Similarly, it’s much faster to get started, which is why GM turned to 3D printing to retool its production line to produce ventilators in the pandemic. In short, 3D printing is another tool in the toolbox, but one that offers key benefits over traditional manufacturing practices when used strategically.
Contracting with a service bureau to make your 3D printed parts is a good way to get introduced to the benefits of the technology. You gain the expertise and insight of a 3D printing specialist who can possibly guide you in optimizing the use of the technology for your specific purposes. Your out-of-pocket expenses are usually lower initially since you avoid the up-front expense associated with a printer purchase.
Additive manufacturing shows promise for the defense, energy, aerospace, medical and commercial sectors. Its alternative approach to machining, forging, molding and casting makes it a good choice for rapidly making highly customized parts. The technology also shows promise for creating parts on site, such as at forward-stationed military bases. Because of its potential, many companies are using the technology to get themselves into a position to use it. The growing field of companies using the technology includes makers of machine parts and novelty items.
We’ve been in the business of helping customers solve problems for over 8 years with our 3D printing solutions. We can help you determine what technology is right for your application, whether a printer or a service bureau is more appropriate, as well as answer any questions you might have.
Yes, lots of different companies across a range of industries use additive manufacturing, including the medical industry, aerospace and more. Additive manufacturing is particularly useful for making complex or bespoke parts – whether for a new application or to replace an old part that may no longer be available.
How long does the 3DP process take?
The printing time takes in a few factors, including the size of the part and the settings used for printing. The quality of the finished part is also important when determining printing time as higher quality items take longer to produce.
AM can take anything from a few minutes to several hours or days – speed, resolution and the volume of the material are all important factors here. How do I find out if AM is right for me?
You probably know the answer to this one by now! It takes a discovery to analyze your current parts and determine whether or not there is an ROI for you at this point. If a basic ROI exists, then you will also profit from other AM benefits such as:
Freedom to design parts and sub-assemblies for the design, not for the manufacturing processes (DFM*)
Have inventory on demand for both production and spare parts
Eliminate costs of inventory and the time lag of supply chains
And!
Gain the ability to quickly prototype with the same process with which you will manufacture — true rapid prototypes!
think3D, India’s largest 3D printing platform has now expanded its 3D printer sales, printing services to Patna, Bihar, India. This is as part of our endeavor to present in all the state capitals and prominent cities in India. We provide services in Bihar through our regional hub in New Delhi, India. So, if you wish to purchase a 3D printer in Patna or in any other city in Bihar please call us at (011) 3958 5958 or email us at info@think3d.in. Our person shall contact you within 24 hours and shall assist you in your requirement
Popular 3D printers
Makerbot Replicator 2X
Add a new level of creativity to your 3D designs with two interlaced colors that you can print simultaneously at a 100-Micron layer resolution. It’s powered by an advanced slicing engine, leading to high quality, high impact prints every time. Know more
Ultimaker 2
Designed for non-expert and expert alike The Ultimaker 2 was created to be as accessible as possible. Easy to use, the Ultimaker 2 is a truly revolutionary machine. Know more
FlashForge Finder
Flashforge Finder is super silent, simple and safer to use. 3.5 inch full color touchscreen with intuitive icons and slide-in build plate makes it very easy to operate the printer. Know More
Our Clients
Microsoft
SAP
Polycom
WIPRO
BITS Pilani
IIT BHU
IISC
IIT Kharagpur
ITM University
Graphic Era
Vimal Jyothi
Acharya Nagarjuna
HCL
SRM University
DRDO
Indian Air Force
BHEL
General Electric
Whirlpool
MESCO Steel
Autopal
Merritronix
Raychem RPG
Trelleborg
Himalaya
Sunshine Hospitals
Brun Health
Chassis Brakes
Customers Speak
think3D supplied couple of machines to us, one of which is a 3D printer. think3D team is reliable, was with us till the satisfactory delivery was made and minor post-delivery glitches were addressed. Highly dependable and trustworthy!
– Dr. Srinivas Prakash Regalla, Professor, BITS Pilani
About think3D
think3D is India’s largest 3D printing platform launched with the mission “3D Printing For All”. At think3D, we offer 3D Printers, 3D Printing Services, 3D Scanning Services, Design Store and also provide latest news on 3D printing technology. Over the last 1 year, think3D served various reputed clients like GE, Microsoft, Polycom, HCL, Wipro, Himalaya Wellness, IITs, BITS Pilani and so on.
About Patna, Bihar
Patna is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. Patna is the second largest city in eastern India after Kolkata. It had an estimated population of 1.68 million in 2011, making it the 19th largest city in India. With over 2 million people, its urban agglomeration is the 18th largest in India. Patna also serves as the seat of Patna High Court. Patna has long been a major agricultural hub and center of trade . Its most active exports are grain, sugarcane, sesame, and medium-grained Patna rice. There are several sugar mills in and around Patna. It is an important business and luxury brand center of eastern India.
think3D, India’s largest 3D printing platform has now expanded its 3D printer sales, printing services to Vijayawada, AP, India. This is as part of our endeavour to present in all the state capitals and prominent cities in India. If you wish to purchase a 3D printer in Vijaywada, please call us at 040-3091 1007 or email us at info@think3d.in. Our person shall contact you within 24 hours and shall also provide free demo session at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.
Popular 3D printers
Makerbot Replicator 2X
Add a new level of creativity to your 3D designs with two interlaced colors that you can print simultaneously at a 100-Micron layer resolution. It’s powered by an advanced slicing engine, leading to high quality, high impact prints every time. Know more
Ultimaker 2
Designed for non-expert and expert alike The Ultimaker 2 was created to be as accessible as possible. Easy to use, the Ultimaker 2 is a truly revolutionary machine. Know more
FlashForge Finder
Flashforge Finder is super silent, simple and safer to use. 3.5 inch full color touchscreen with intuitive icons and slide-in build plate makes it very easy to operate the printer. Know More
Our Clients
Microsoft
SAP
Polycom
WIPRO
BITS Pilani
IIT BHU
IISC
IIT Kharagpur
ITM University
Graphic Era
Vimal Jyothi
Acharya Nagarjuna
HCL
SRM University
DRDO
Indian Air Force
BHEL
General Electric
Whirlpool
MESCO Steel
Autopal
Merritronix
Raychem RPG
Trelleborg
Himalaya
Sunshine Hospitals
Brun Health
Chassis Brakes
Customers Speak
think3D supplied couple of machines to us, one of which is a 3D printer. think3D team is reliable, was with us till the satisfactory delivery was made and minor post-delivery glitches were addressed. Highly dependable and trustworthy!
– Dr. Srinivas Prakash Regalla, Professor, BITS Pilani
About think3D
think3D is India’s largest 3D printing platform launched with the mission “3D Printing For All”. At think3D, we offer 3D Printers, 3D Printing Services, 3D Scanning Services, Design Store and also provide latest news on 3D printing technology. Over the last 1 year, think3D served various reputed clients like GE, Microsoft, Polycom, HCL, Wipro, Himalaya Wellness, IITs, BITS Pilani and so on.
About Vijayawada
Vijayawada is a city on the banks of Krishna River, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipal corporation and the headquarters of Vijayawada (urban) mandal in Krishna district of the state. It is also a part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region and the headquarters of APCRDA. The city is one of the major trading and business centers of the state and hence, it is also known as “The Business Capital of Andhra Pradesh”. The city is one of the two metropolis in the state, with the other being Visakhapatnam. As of 2011 census, the city had a population of 1,048,240, making it the second largest city in the state in terms of population and it had an urban agglomeration population of 1,491,202.
Every other day we hear about some or the other new invention in 3D printing space. Some of those inventions are incremental whereas few others are so disruptive that they have the potential to change the 3D printing technology development track. One such invention, OLO was unveiled at Maker Faire New York last week. OLO is designed to take any smartphone and transform it into fully-functional 3D printer. Open the app, put the phone into the device and pull out a completed part a few minutes later. It was created by an Italian startup called Solido3D.
Below is how OLO works:
In total, the printer consists of three main parts
The printer consists of three main parts: a reservoir, a special photopolymer resin and a mechanised lid that contains the build plate and control electronics. There is a piece of polarised glass at the bottom of the reservoir. You place the phone underneath the reservoir facing upwards.
Once the lid is placed and the printer starts going, the app makes the phone screen light up with a specific pattern. The polarised glass then takes all this light and redirects it at a wider angle so that all the photons are travelling straight upward. As the phone’s screen beams light up into the reservoir, the directed light causes a layer of resin to harden onto the build plate which slowly moves upward as each new layer is created. It is basically a DLP system that uses phone screen instead of projector to solidify the liquid layer.
With smartphone replacing the DLP projector, OLO is democratising 3D printing technology as smartphone availability is ubiquitous now.
Autodesk today unveiled Autodesk Digital Footwear Group by combining products from the Delcam Crispin and Delcam Custom Orthotics Insoles lines into a single new brand. The Footwear group will integrate Delcam’s existing software solutions with Autodesk’s 3D printing software, services and technologies to design and manufacture custom shoes and shoe accessories.
Delcam is a UK based company that provide complete CAD/CAM software for digital footwear industry and also various other software packages to manufacture custom orthotic insoles, footwear design solution, and total footwear costing. Autodesk acquired the company in February 2014 and all the Delcam business staff will be absorbed by the new Autodesk Footwear group.
There is currently a very large market for custom shoes, orthotics and insoles with major players like Nike, Adidas and New Balance eager to develop new products that enhance comfort, fit and athletic performance. With this strategic development, Autodesk is soon to enter the digital shoe market in a big way.
Over the last few years, 3D printing industry has experienced remarkable growth with a rapid increase in the total sales of both consumer level and industrial level 3D printers. According to Gartner Inc, this trend is expected to continue for the next few more years. As per Gartner Inc, worldwide 3D printer shipments are expected to exceed 496,475 units by the end of 2016, a massive increase of 103% over the total units to be shipped by the end of 2015. Gartner expects the trend to continue till 2019 and they expect the total 3D printer sales to climb to more than 5.6 million units by 2019.
Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) technology is expected to dominate the 3D printer market of the 7 different 3D printing technologies available in the market. FDM is the first 3D printing technology to enter the consumer realm from the industrial space and with many companies entering this space, the cost of FDM based 3D printers started falling down. In 2015, FDM based 3D printers account for a massive 232,336 unites of the total 244,533 units expected to be sold this year. By 2019, total sales of 3D printers is expected to jump to 5,527,493 units and capture a market share of whooping 97.5% of 3D printer market. This is primarily because of the sales of low cost entry level 3D printers being sold to homes and small businesses.
As of 2015, $1000 – $2500 price point remained a popular price point for entry level 3D printers. In future, it is expected that this comes down to sub $1000 price point. Currently, 3D printers costing less than $1000 make up about 25.5% of all 3D printers sold at those two price points combined. However, by 2019 sub-$1000 3D printers are expected to make up 40.7% of units sold for all printers under $2,500. Almost all the 3D printers at this price range are FDM based. Though the prices of various 3D printing technologies are coming down, clearly, FDM based 3D printers are going to be industry standard for the next few years because of the lead this technology has over other technologies.
“Rapid quality and performance innovations across all 3D printer technologies are driving both enterprise and consumer demand, with unit shipment growth rates for 3D printers increasing significantly. The 3D printer market is continuing its transformation from a niche market to broad-based, global market of enterprises and consumers,” said Gartner research vice president Pete Basiliere.”
Also the filament prices continue to drop due to scale, standardisation of processes and competitive pressures. Also, many companies develop greater variety of speciality filaments for market dominance. This inturn leads to increased sales of FDM based 3D printer. Also, the primary reason for huge jump in sales of 3D printers is expected to be purchases made by schools and universities.
On an overall, the 3D printing industry is going to experience rapid growth in years to come. Majority of the growth comes from consumer level 3D printers but the industrial level 3D printers also experience good growth rates as the costs come down and overall applications of this technology increase.