Russian company uses 3D-printer to create tank prototypes

The Russian military makes wide use of 3D printing to create physical objects. Thus Electromashina, a part of the Uralvagonzavod corporation, develops solid objects made of polymer materials. In the summer of 2015, an industrial 3D-printer was introduced to create prototypes and low-volume parts.

“The 3D-printer helps to speed up the trial production. When the designer develops some new product he designs and primarily works with the 3D-computer model first. So, the 3D-printer allows the drawing of fabricated prototype parts,” Anton Ulrich, Head of the Laboratory of Rapid Prototyping at Electromashina, told Russian news portal Sputnik.