3D printers help elevate design capabilities of leading Singaporean academic institution

DKSH’s innovative 3D printers are helping to keep students ahead in the engineering education sector in Singapore.

The academic institution is among Singapore’s leading universities for applied learning. It offers degree programs with a unique pedagogy that exemplifies the best of university and industry collaboration.

Presently more than 7,000 students are enrolled in its over 42 degree programs including in fields like engineering, chemical engineering and food technology, ICT, health and social sciences as well as design and specialized businesses.

Challenge

Academic institutions and learning centers in Singapore are always looking out for the latest technologies and solutions to support their students’ development. For this university, it needed to invest in a 3D printer that can help students to enhance their visualization of designs for parts modifications.

However, most 3D printers in the market were expensive and can only print the entire design in totality which does not allow users to split the design process into separate parts to better facilitate the learning process for students.

Approach

This was where HP’s 3D printers fitted in perfectly to fulfill the university’s printing needs. Most important of all was that the 3D printers can print by functional parts and in full-color specifications. This proved to be a unique selling point for us in the market.

Also, the recommended printing system was affordable and has a competitive cost of operation as compared to other available 3D printing systems in the market.

Result

With the implementation of our 3D solutions, the institution can now print their students’ designs in different functional parts and in full color.

Students can now better visualize prototypes and enable faster design changes, thereby enhancing their learning and development progress throughout the academic program.

We are excited by how our solutions can help the institution to print functional parts and in full-color. The system is relatively more affordable, while the operation is also more cost-effective as compared to other systems in the market.

Mujahed Haj Abdullah, Application Specialist, DKSH Singapore Business Line Machinery