The Lower Silesian 3D Printing Center is ready for full commercialization. The final finishing works are nearing completion. DC3D is also fully equipped. From this point, the next stage of DC3D’s operations begins: making the entire facility and its infrastructure available to external entities from the micro, small and medium-sized enterprise sector.
The project provides incubation infrastructure, namely warehouse and office space together with laboratory facilities, for 27 entities operating in the field of smart specializations from Lower Silesia. The building provides facilities for training new employees, including in 3D printing, and the existing infrastructure of the Lower Silesian Park of Innovation and Science has been expanded. The Lower Silesian 3D Printing Center also supports knowledge transfer between companies using the incubator and the scientific community. The facility is fully adapted to the needs of people with disabilities.
The 3D Printing Incubator is aimed in particular at entrepreneurs who are starting a business and do not yet have their own production or warehouse facilities. This solution is especially useful for companies that want to introduce a new product. Here, before investing large sums of money, they can create a prototype and check whether all its elements work—and ultimately whether it has a chance of succeeding in the market.
- Lower Silesia is among the most innovative regions in Poland. Building an economy based on knowledge and innovation, together with the resulting increase in the competitiveness of enterprises, are among our main strategic objectives, says Cezary Przybylski, Marshal of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
There are increasingly more applications for 3D printing, and they are becoming more widely used. The medical sector uses these technologies, for example, to create prostheses. The automotive industry uses them to manufacture some car parts. More and more examples of 3D prints can be found in museums, which reproduce exhibits to make them more accessible to blind people. The technology is also used in architecture and design.
- For a long time, we have seen that equipment and technology are becoming increasingly accessible. What is lacking, however, are operators of these devices. We hope that DC3D will also be a training site where people can learn a new profession that is in demand on the labor market, says Jakub Trzyna, DC3D’s chief engineer.
DC3D has a workshop and production hall covering approximately 5,000 m², along with approximately 1,800 m² of office space and a 3D printing laboratory equipped with state-of-the-art printing devices.
The Lower Silesian 3D Printing Center was established as part of the project “Supporting SME Entrepreneurs through the Creation of a Modern Lower Silesian 3D Printing Incubator in Wrocław.” The total value of the project is PLN 35,045,987.38, including eligible expenditure of PLN 19,648,718.70 and funding of PLN 15,395,268.68. Formally, the project will end on December 31, 2022.