Saturday, September 10, 2016

By Ruth Green


The conversion of a physical material to a realistic object is called 3D printing. It is constructed of layered thin materials which are laid down to produce the object. This process is called as additive. Before this can be done, you need to first create your own virtual design, which is a CAD file or computer aided design. This file is produced by using a scanner or a modeling application.

Scanners uses different types of technologies to produce a model. This includes volumetric scanning, modulated or structured light, time of flight, and many more. A lot of known companies are already using 3D scanning for their hard wares, thus, concluding that digitizing objects will become very easy in the future. So the aim of solid concepts 3D printing is to produce more real designs in a fastest possible way in a very affordable price.

The company is private and also a company for rapid prototyping. This company involves engineering and also production. This company is also a service provider of additive manufacturing and also a manufacturer of industrial designs and equipment, foundry cast patterns, equipment and devices for medical use, aerospace, transportation parts, business products, and unmanned systems.

But it purely focuses on rapid prototyping or 3D printing. Last year, they created their first metal gun which is 3D and they called it as 1911 pistol. They use powdered metals with sintered metal laser in production. The global press have so much interest in this metal gun when it first came out.

The gun is fully working and was being fired for about 500 times during its endurance test. The gun is made up of stainless steel and some inconel components that is garnished with a laser sintered nylon hand grip filled with carbon fiber. Each part has been utilizing metal laser sintering procedure, except for the springs.

After this production, the company thinks and wishes to bring a motivation for printing concepts and would make workable solutions for modern manufactures today. The company also wishes to bring their originality to people who wanted to have custom printed weapons. And through the development of this product, they can prove accuracy, usability, and as well as reliability of metal printing.

The printed 1911 pistol was made a sequel. This new created pistol design is called the reason. It is made up of inconel powder and metal laser with direct sintering of a steel which is stainless. The reason has a lot more improvements on its details when being compared to the 1911 pistol.

The pistol has seen smooth features in it. The trigger and the hammer is partially hollow. Its trigger shows the initial of subsidiary firearm project manager. And its front grip shows the independence declaration introduction.

Many people would ask of why is there a need for some people to have a customized gun. And one simple answer to this is that in the future, wherein electronic components can be printed easily to objects, guns can be tailored to an individual. And also for safety reasons in which only the owner of the gun can fire it, and whoever uses it can be found with the use of a finger print recognition.




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