Czech partners contribute cutting-edge 3D scanning equipment to Kyiv Polytechnic
The Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has inaugurated the latest 3D scanning and parts post-processing/cleaning equipment, which is currently unique in Ukraine, and put it into operation.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by Luboš Veselý, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to Ukraine, and representatives of the 3Dees Industries, a company that has been dedicated to cutting-edge 3D printing and additive manufacturing technologies since 2014.
Prior to the inauguration, 30 students and staff members from four Kyiv Polytechnic’s faculties underwent training provided by 3Dees Industries experts. Their training covered key aspects of modern additive manufacturing and the post-processing of 3D-printed products – from 3D scanning and digitisation of parts to materials handling and streamlining manufacturing.
On completion of the training, the participants have been issued with international certificates and are now prepared to apply the acquired knowledge in research, the educational process and viable engineering projects.
Conceived by the Kyiv Polytechnic’s Institute of Mechanical Engineering and the Sikorsky Challenge Science Park of Additive Technologies, the project has been carried out as part of the initiative “Expanding the additive manufacturing centre by equipment for digitising and post-processing of printed parts”.
The list of equipment includes:
- 3D scanner GOM Scan 1 with a set of accessories for digitising parts and quality control;
- DyeMansion DM60 machine designed for dyeing polymer parts produced on 3D printers;
- DyeMansion Powerfuse S large capacity device for the chemical smoothing of polymer parts.
Such technologies significantly expand the capacities of digital manufacturing, engineering research and the training of highly qualified specialists.
The project is supported by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ukraine and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic through the CzechAid agency within the framework of the assistance programme to Ukraine. Specifically, the equipment is being supplied under the Humanitarian, Stabilisation, Reconstruction and Economic Assistance Programme to Ukraine in 2023–2025, funded by the Government of the Czech Republic.
