3D printing on steroids!!
 

Took a tour of a pretty cool facility yesterday.
They have several 3D printers; typical plastic, but also concrete and metal!
One thing they printed a while back was an AC cobra:

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Couple of pics of the metal printed stuff. Its a 4 cyl engine block! The printer also has a CNC machine, so as it prints a couple of layers, it can machine features or smooth surfaces, then print another layer or so, then machine, lather rinse repeat!!

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No pics of the concrete printer, but it was pretty cool too. This thing flied around on cables.

I have a meeting over there tomorrow. We are getting "help" and being asked about 3D printing targets. Great technology, but material properties are the challenge.

I also saw the concrete printing machine when it was down at Robotics a few years ago (Bldg 7601).

Very cool stuff. I think they have 3D printed some of helium swirl bubblers for us.

Just WOW...that is all :).

Thanks!

ORNL printed a Cobra??

maybe the CD IROC wants is not for neutrons, eh?

Yeah. Rick Perry even drove it around.

My son's rocket team has a liquid-fueled rocket motor that is partially 3D printed.

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