By DARIUS SHU CHEN KEONG
SUBANG JAYA: The 3D Printing Booth by Triplaxis, a company started by two Taylor’s University (TU) students, amazed visitors at TechFest 2015, on 29 October at Lakeside Campus.
“The crowd responded better than I expected as they were overwhelmed and fascinated by it,” said School of Computing and IT student Lim Jan Chian, 26, the business development director and co-founder of Triplaxis.
Lim said he was happy to see many people were interested in the booth, with some recording the printing process in action with their mobile phones.
“It’s a great eye-opener to have this displayed at TechFest and I’m sure people have seen 3D printing over the internet but not the physical machine in action,” said Lim, adding that TechFest was the best place to showcase 3D printing technology to the student community.
Lim said he knew 3D printers were costly and therefore wanted to provide the service to people who could not afford the printer.
“The 3D Printing will revolutionise our country’s manufacturing industry,” Lim said.
School of Engineering student Winston Lim Lik Khai, 19, said, “As we often do prototypes for projects, 3D printing would help us in moulding what we want."
“This would benefit us a lot due to the detailed accuracy of 3D printing, which is crucial for us when building different types of prototypes.”
Taylor’s College A-Levels student Sim Yi Xuan, 19, said, “I would love to use custom designing with 3D printing technology to send gifts to my friends and family.”
Sim added that he was amazed that the business was started by university students because it can be very challenging.
He was interested in the technology to make gifts that was on display at the booth.
“The crowd responded better than I expected as they were overwhelmed and fascinated by it,” said School of Computing and IT student Lim Jan Chian, 26, the business development director and co-founder of Triplaxis.
Lim said he was happy to see many people were interested in the booth, with some recording the printing process in action with their mobile phones.
“It’s a great eye-opener to have this displayed at TechFest and I’m sure people have seen 3D printing over the internet but not the physical machine in action,” said Lim, adding that TechFest was the best place to showcase 3D printing technology to the student community.
Lim said he knew 3D printers were costly and therefore wanted to provide the service to people who could not afford the printer.
“The 3D Printing will revolutionise our country’s manufacturing industry,” Lim said.
School of Engineering student Winston Lim Lik Khai, 19, said, “As we often do prototypes for projects, 3D printing would help us in moulding what we want."
“This would benefit us a lot due to the detailed accuracy of 3D printing, which is crucial for us when building different types of prototypes.”
Taylor’s College A-Levels student Sim Yi Xuan, 19, said, “I would love to use custom designing with 3D printing technology to send gifts to my friends and family.”
Sim added that he was amazed that the business was started by university students because it can be very challenging.
He was interested in the technology to make gifts that was on display at the booth.