Rohini College of Engineering and Technology, the Department of Mechanical Engineering organized “A National Level Workshop on 3D Printing” on 11.08.2017 for Mechanical Engineering students. Department of Mechanical Engineering takes pride in providing experiential learning processes at the grass root level through 3D Printing Technology. It aims at revolutionizing the classrooms by making students aware of this futuristic technology.

The Board of Directors, Chief Guest Dr. S. Rajkumar, Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Anna University, Tirunelveli graced the occasion. Student Visalatchi of III Mechanical Engineering delivered the welcome address and introduced the Chief Guest. The Principal delivered speech on “The importance of 3D printing to the Engineers”. He congratulated the Department of Mechanical Engineering for organizing this workshop and welcomed the participants. The opening remark was made by Dr. S. Indran, Head of Mechanical Engineering , Convener of the workshop. Chief Guest Dr. S. Rajkumar, Head - Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, started the session with the introduction on 3D Printing highlighted the key features of 3D Printing. He explained the basic principle involved in 3D Printing, evolution of 3D Printing. 3D Printing refers to processes in which material is joined or solidified under computer control to create a three-dimensional object with material being added together (such as liquid molecules or powder grains being fused together). 3D printing is used in both rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing (AM).

Session 2 started with the Hands-on session on using Sketchup basic Geometrical shapes & a customized mini project; Demos of Tinker CAD, Open SCAD, Designing Code, various types of 3D Printers. He started the session with Live demo of Printing, STL principles, Print Bed Calibration, Object placement. The 3D Printing workshop is first of its kind in the arena of creativity; computerized manufacturing techniques designed especially for students to advance learners. Several students from other colleges participated and got benefited from this workshop. Certificates were distributed to all participants. This workshop on 3D printing helps the participants to understand the design, functioning and operation of a basic 3D Printer. The Resource person and the Principal congratulated the organizing committee and the participants for making the workshop a grand success one.