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3D Printing: A Game Changer for Indian MSME Sector in Industry 4.0

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The era of fourth Industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, is bringing in new aspects in industrial practices as well as management of value chain. Additive Manufacturing (AM), popularly known as 3D printing is playing transformative role in Industrial Revolution 4.0 and bringing revolutionary changes in manufacturing landscape of Indian industries. 3D painting uses Computer Aided Designs (CAD) to create three dimensional objects through layering materials. The businesses across the globe are recalibrating their supply chain management and reorganising manufacturing order, this provides tremendous opportunities to Indian industries to strengthen its value proposition and realign its global positioning by adopting integrated approach to AM across all segments like public sector, defence, automotive, electronics, manufacturing and especially MSME. Indian MSME sector is comprising of 51 million units and form backbone of industrial landscape. As the world is heading towards Industry 4.0, the MSME sector is required to pay utmost attention to manufacture superior quality and technological products. The Zero effect and Zero-defect goal can be achieved by use of 3D printing to minimise the cost as well time for MSMEs. The present chapter aims at creating theoratical background of 3D printing including types, material, processes, Indian and Global scenario with special focus on case study on application of AM during COVID-19.

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Abbreviations

ABS:

Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene

AI:

Artificial Intelligence

AM:

Additive Manufacturing

CAGR:

Compound Annual Growth Rate

CNC:

Computer Numerical Control

CAD:

Computer Aided Design

CDPL:

Continuous Digital Light Processing

DED:

Directed Energy Deposition

DLP:

Digital Light Processing

EBM:

Electron Beam Melting

FGMs:

Functionally Graded Materials

FDM:

Fused Deposition Modelling

GeM:

Government e-marketplace

LOM:

Laminated Object Manufacturing

ML:

Machine Learning

MSME:

Micro Small and Medium Enterprises

PLA:

Polylactic Acid

PP:

Polypropylene

SAF:

Selective Absorption Fusion

SLM:

Selective Laser Melting

SHS:

Selective Heat Sintering

SLS:

Selective Laser Sintering

SLA:

Stereo Lithography

TC:

Technology Centres

UAM:

Ultrasound Additive Manufacturing

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  1. Department of Accounting and Financial Management, Faculty of Commerce, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

    Nidhi U. Argade

  2. College of Natural & Applied Science, Department of Computer Science, University of Houston-Victoria, 3007 N. Ben Wilson St, Victoria, TX, 77901, USA

    Hirak Mazumdar

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Argade, N.U., Mazumdar, H. (2023). 3D Printing: A Game Changer for Indian MSME Sector in Industry 4.0. In: Nayyar, A., Naved, M., Rameshwar, R. (eds) New Horizons for Industry 4.0 in Modern Business. Contributions to Environmental Sciences & Innovative Business Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20443-2_14

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