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ESA Prints 3D Metal Shape In Space For First Time
Saturday September 7, 2024. 04:34 PM , from Slashdot
The printer is overseen from the ground and operated for around four hours per day. The ground team has to check each layer via images and a scan of the surface area; printing a sample can take 10-25 days. However, Postema said: 'Through automated control of the printing process as well as continuous operations, this can be substantially reduced.' Knick-knacks from orbits are all well and good, but could something more substantial be produced? Yes, although not with this demonstrator, which can print to the outer dimensions of a soft drink can. Postema noted that while the demonstrator could manage smaller parts, either as a single unit or as part of larger structures, 'there are definitely opportunities to create 3D shapes and parts with this technology larger than what we have done with this Technology Demonstrator.' Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/2225225/esa-prints-3d-metal-shape-in-space-for-first-ti...
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