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Publiée le 30/10/14 à 16h30

3D printers are now being used in research laboratories, as well as in class, and in workshops. And in the robotics club at the school...
3D printing, which is now revolutionizing production methods, and even the design of parts of all different shapes and sizes, has arrived with a bang at the Ecole des Mines. Lecturers, researchers and students are now using them, sometimes for practical training, in the department of automatic control and production systems or in certain research projects in the SUBATECH laboratory... They even have a role to play in clubs and organizations, in particular in the school's robotics club.
"By using 3D printing, we were able to make the prototype for a machine for rivet insertion in record time, for an industrial contract with Airbus, followed by a working model which has just been delivered, explains Mathieu Porez, head of the industrial automation and information technology option (AII). The project with Airbus is ongoing."
Lecturers are also using 3D printing in their classes and workshops. "The students are really interested in it, and it motivates them to make headway in their practical work", continues Mathieu Porez. In fact the number of students taking the industrial robotics option has grown from fifteen to thirty-one this year.
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