In July 2017, think3D has entered into an agreement with AP MedTech Zone, a medical device manufacturing park located in Vizag to set up India’s largest integrated 3D Printing facility. Honorable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri. Nara Chandra Babu Naidu inaugurated the facility on 13th December 2018 after 18 months of brisk construction. This January and February all machines were commissioned and the facility is ready to serve the clients as of this month, March 2019.
AP MedTech Zone is a novel initiative by provincial government of Andhra Pradesh, India to make Andhra Pradesh an internationally recognized manufacturing hub for medical devices. This hub also helps to reduce healthcare costs in India and functions as an import substitution. Around 70% of medical devices used in hospitals in India are imported. This leads to employment loss, foreign exchange loss and expensive healthcare in India. To solve these issues and make healthcare in India affordable, the government has devised this manufacturing park under the MAKE IN INDIA initiative.
Think3D’s Services For Manufacturers Globally
This new 3D printing facility is conceptualized to offer rapid prototyping and batch production services to various manufacturers globally. To cater to the needs of international manufacturers, think3D has set up 3D Design, 3D Scan, 3D Print, Batch Production centers in this facility. A manufacturer can come to think3D facility with an idea and leave with a small batch of finished items that they can assemble in their facility.
Technology and services offered by think3D:
- 3D Printing: The facility has various industrial 3D printing machines in-house to offer entire gamut of 3D printing services across various technologies like FDM, SLA, DLP, SLS, MJP, CJP, PJP, MJF, DMLS.
- 3D Designing: An expert 3D design team to offer CAD Modelling, Organic Modelling services using softwares like SolidWorks, UniGraphics, Maya, ZBrush, Ansys.
- 3D Scanning: High quality RE, Dimension Inspection, CMM services with state of art equipment from reputed manufacturers across the world like Artec, Hexagon, Solutionx, Shining3D.
- Machining: CNC & EDM Machining services to customers using 2 CNC Machines (3-Axis & 5-Axis) and 2 EDM machines (W-EDM, Die Sink).
- Molding: Injection moulding & vacuum casting services to customers for their batch production needs.
- Post Processing: Various post processing services like vacuum heat treatment, machining, shot blasting, sanding, spray painting will be offered inhouse to give the best quality finish to customers.
The 3D Printing Facility
The entire facility has a floor space of 17,500 sft and comprises of 2 floors. The ground floor has shops and shopping activities. On the first floor you will find a design center, 3D scanning center, tinkering lab, office space and meeting rooms.
“This facility will be used for prototype and batch production of parts for medical devices like MRI, ECG, Ultrasound machines and so on. Once these parts are manufactured, they shall undergo various tests in the biomaterial testing lab present in the park and thereafter these parts will be assembled and send to Gamma Irradiation Facility present inside the park for sterilization. This way, a complete ecosystem for product development, manufacturing, testing is available in the facility”, says Prudhvi Reddy, co-founder of think3D.
This facility has 3D printers from high-end industrial brands like EOS, HP, Stratasys, 3D Systems. It has one EOS M290 DMLS machine, one EOS P110 SLS Machine, one HP 4200 MJF among many other 3D printers. The facility also has a well-equipped tinkering lab for innovators & start-ups to work on their ideas. In the tinkering lab, there is a bio printer, composite printer, electronics printer and multi-tool printer.
The company is looking to offer DMLS, SLS & Vacuum Casting services to global audience. If you wish to avail the company’s services, you can directly place an online request by clicking here.
