Clean solution: The mammoth skeleton made by 3D printing Clean solution: The mammoth skeleton made by 3D printing How do you build a life-size and – more-importantly – life-like dinosaur? And what is the best way of replicating the missing bones from a mammoth skeleton? If you really want to know, then ask Andreas Dilba from Neumünster, Germany. Dilba's company manufactures parts and replacement parts from glass bre-reinforced plastic (GRP) Dilba scans the original part using a 3D scanner, which generates a CAD data set. The data forms the "template" for a 3D printer, which replicates the parts. Depending on the method employed here the components can even be produced in the original colour, and they are very durable. Dilba's company dk Kunststobau successfully uses this technique to man

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