January 12, 2016
3D printers are finding applications in a variety of areas,
ranging from prosthetics to building bridges. Research labs can benefit a lot
from 3D printers for designing prototypes or missing components with ease and
in a reasonable time frame.
Optics labs in
particular can benefit from 3D printers, since we require a vast majority of
small components, like optics holders, adaptors and stages. Such small albeit
critical components can take weeks or sometimes even months to arrive if
ordered from commercial vendors, thus impeding progress of a research project. Using 3D printers one can easily make a 3D model of the missing component
with required dimensions and then easily fabricate the design in-house in a
matter of a few hours. Here are a few examples of 3D-printed components and
devices that we have used recently in our lab.
Kashif Masud Awan
No comments:
Post a Comment