HP launches 3D printers in India - Selects ADROITEC as its Partner

“We believe that digital transformation of manufacturing will be a key enabler of the next industrial revolution,” said Sumeer Chandra, Managing Director, HP India.

HP also announced Imaginarium and Adroitec as resellers of its 3D printing solution in the country who are expected to be part of customer deployments to enablement of new applications.

“3D printing will contribute to democratising manufacturing and transforming industries, including the $6 trillion Asia-Pacific and Japan manufacturing segment. India is a strategic hub for this significant shift and we are excited to bring the cutting-edge Multi Jet Fusion technology to Indian customers across a variety of vertical markets,” added Chandra.

According to HP, ‘MJF 3D printing solution is a production-ready commercial 3D printing system that is said to deliver superior-quality physical parts up to 10 times faster and at half the cost of current 3D printing systems.’

“India’s strength in value-added engineering, supported by the Government’s push on local manufacturing and adoption of digital technologies, HP is also said to be driving the expansion of 3D printing materials and helping lower costs with its ‘Open Platform’ for materials development. The Open Materials Platform approach has more than 50 companies actively engaged, including Arkema, BASF, Dow Chemical, Dressler, DSM, Evonik, Henkel, Lehmann & Voss, Lubrizol and Sinopec Yanshan Petrochemical Company. presents an opportunity for India to benefit from Industry 4.0 transformation,” said Chandra. “HP has been committed to creating technology that advances lives and businesses across India. With HP’s MJF 3D printing solution, we will support India’s transformation and enable local businesses to adopt best-in-class manufacturing technologies,” he added.

NASA’s Expedition 48 Commander Conducts 3D Printing Experiment in Zero-Gravity

This past week, on NASA’s Destiny laboratory module, Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams began conducting an experiment to 3D print in zero gravity. After gathering the 3D printing payload hardware and setting it up in the lab’s Microgravity Science Glovebox, Williams began testing whether or not a 3D printer can work in the conditions of outer space. The experiment demonstrated that the 3D printer operated normally while in space, proving that the emerging technology may provide major benefits for deep-space crewed missions and in-space manufacturing. During Williams’ experimentation with 3D printing, his Russian crewmates, Flight Engineers Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin, worked on a variety of other experiments, and also prepared a cargo ship for departure back into the Earth’s atmosphere this weekend.