RESHAPING THE FUTURE

INDUSTRY EXPERTS DISCUSS HOW 3D PRINTING CAN REVOLUTIONISE THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR.

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IS NOW AT THE forefront in embracing and implementing disruptive technologies. 3D Printing or Additive Manufacturing is among the ones that is fast catching up in India.

To understand the technology, the current state of usage, the challenges and its potential, Manufacturing Today organised a webinar in partnership with Markforged.

The luminaries in the panel were Surendra M Vaidya, Executive Vice President and Business Head, Godrej Aerospace; Vikash Mishra, Chairman, Raphe mPhibr Pvt. Ltd., Vilas Pujari, CIO, ACG Worldwide; Shankar Ghosh, GM-Plant Engineering, RSB Group; Anuj Budhiraja, Country Manager-India, Markforged.

The event on ‘how 3D printing is disrupting manufacturing,’ was moderated by Neeraj Singh, Director, KPMG. The panel discussion was followed by a presentation by Anthony Rosengren, Application Engineer, Markforged.

Speaking about 3D printing before he could bring in the panellists, Singh talked about the key advantages of 3D printing, the questions that it raised about its true potential in the country and the transformation that it will bring about in the businesses.

“Rapid and inexpensively done prototyping, drastic reduction in lead time, rapid just-in-time manufacturing and rapid innovation the way the industry has never seen before, are some of the key advantages of 3D printing,” said Singh who has led large global teams for digitisation and technology implementation himself.

With this brief introduction, Singh invited Vaidya to open the discussion.

Vaidya, with a rich experience in the aerospace industry behind him, began by explaining the nature of the industry.