New building for additive centre opened at VIT Chennai

The centre is getting equipped with industrial-grade 3D printers of various popularly used technologies, including Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM), Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), Stereolithography (SLA), Digital Light Processing (DLP) and co-extrusion based composite printing.

The centre is expected to cater to all the academic and industrial requirements. The inauguration function was attended by Sankar Viswanathan, vice president, Dr Kanchana Bhaaskaran, Pro-vice Chancellor and Dr PK Manoharan, Additional Registrar. Addressing the gathering, Dr Viswanathan emphasized on the potential of additive manufacturing in the future.