Paper Title: Research facility Training and Workshop on Metal 3D printing with Smart Materials

Author's name: Velmurugan C, Vijaya Kumar P

This article deliberates the emerging trends on metal 3D printing and smart materials discussed in a technical program designed for the researchers. This initiative is sponsored by the Science and Engineering Research Board under the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India, as part of project’s Scientific Social Responsibility. The metal 3D printing is an advanced technology allowing precise and efficient fabrication of intricate metal components. However, the adoption of this technology among new researchers has been hindered by limited awareness and high cost of the equipment compared to traditional manufacturing techniques. To address these challenges, the experiments were conducted using a customized metal 3D printer to enable the fabrication of metallic parts. The practice focused on Fused Deposition Modeling, a technique falling under the Material Extrusion category in Additive Manufacturing. The results of the practice successfully achieved its primary goal as the simple and intricate metallic parts can be fabricated using fused deposition process with accurate dimensions and meets other specified parameters.

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