Modeling and Production of Solid Model of South Panel, Tuncbilek Open Pit by 3D Printer

Abstract

Three-dimensional printers have begun to be widely used in machinery, architecture, construction, education, mould design, medical and dental fields to produce visual and functional parts. With this technology, manufacturing is realized jointly layer by layer, and there is no restriction in terms of part shape and detailing. Objects are scanned with optical scanning devices at first by means of reverse engineering and then converted to the computer aided design (CAD) data by making necessary arrangements on the scanning data. In this study, the CAD data of the open pit area of South Panel, Tuncbilek, Turkish Coal Board was formed by mapping and reverse engineering software of topographical points, and then colored solid modeling was formed with 3D printers.